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UK-EU relations after Brexit: an Association Agreement?

Tuesday, 13 August, 2019

We don't know what the future relationship between the UK and the EU will be. It has been suggested that an Association Agreement might be appropriate because it is a fairly flexible kind of agreement and can include a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area. But an Association Agreement also requires a degree of legislative approximation of the third country with the laws of the EU, and it isn't clear whether the UK Government would find this acceptable. This paper looks at the scope and contents of some existing Association Agreements.
Research Briefing

EU preparations for a no-deal Brexit

Tuesday, 30 July, 2019

The EU and the other 27 Member States have been preparing for a possible no-deal, or 'disorderly', Brexit. The European Commission has had a no-deal preparedness plan which is now complete, and the EU27 have also been implementing their own preparations which will take effect if the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement at the end of October 2019. This paper looks at the EU preparedness programme and at some of the EU27 measures, particularly in the area of citizens' rights.
Economic Updates,Research Briefing

Economic update: Growth slows at home and abroad

Wednesday, 24 July, 2019

Growth has slowed in recent months, while a faltering international economy and Brexit uncertainties pose risks to the outlook.
Insight

Economic update: Growth slows at home and abroad

Wednesday, 24 July, 2019

Growth has slowed in recent months, while a faltering international economy and Brexit uncertainties pose risks to the outlook.
Insight

No-deal Brexit: How might state aid to businesses change?

Monday, 22 July, 2019

EU law currently impacts on the ability of UK governments to deliver state aid to UK industries. What might the rules on state aid be in the event of a 'no deal' Brexit?
Research Briefing

UK trade and investment strategy

Friday, 19 July, 2019

This short note has been prepared in advance of the Westminster Hall debate “UK Trade and investment strategy” which will take place on Tuesday 23 July 2019.
- Research Briefing
- International trade
Research Briefing

Breathing space for individuals in problem debt

Thursday, 18 July, 2019

This briefing paper provides information on past consultations on proposals to introduce new debt measures in England and Wales.
Research Briefing

Brexit: parliamentary scrutiny of UK replacement treaties

Wednesday, 17 July, 2019

The UK is party to hundreds of international treaties with third states or organisations, many of them on trade, by virtue of its EU membership. To continue to benefit from the advantages of these agreements, the Government has been seeking to replace them in a UK bilateral context. The Government has prioritised trade agreements, but has also agreed replacement agreements covering aviation services and safety, and road transport, for example. But Parliament is not happy about the way the Government is carrying out this 'treaty continuity programme' and Committees in both Houses have called for a greater scrutiny role for Parliament in treaty-making processes. This paper looks at what has been going on and what Parliamentary Committees in both Houses have asked for. It includes a table showing where we are with scrutiny of these treaties and what sort of scrutiny they have undergone, both in their precursor form as EU treaties and currently as replacement treaties.
Debate Pack

Future trade deals and the National Health Service

Tuesday, 16 July, 2019

The House of Commons Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate in Westminster Hall on the motion "That this House has considered e-petition 242300 relating to future trade deals and the National Health Service" on Monday 22 July at 4.30pm. Mike Hill MP will open the debate.
Research Briefing

Insolvency Service review: volume providers of Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs)

Thursday, 11 July, 2019

This Commons briefing paper summarises the Insolvency Service’s “Review of the monitoring and regulation of insolvency practitioners” published in September 2018. In this document, the Insolvency Service detailed significant concerns about the practices and regulation of Insolvency Practitioners working for volume providers of IVAs and made several recommendations.
- Research Briefing
- Business
Research Briefing

Brexit: Owning a Second Home in the EU27

Tuesday, 09 July, 2019

This paper compiles responses to a variety of frequently asked questions by MPs on behalf of their constituents who own property in another Member State but do not live there full-time, and wish to know what will change for them after Brexit.
- Research Briefing
- Aviation
- EU law and treaties
- Europe
- Health
- Immigration
- Industry
- Roads
- The EU
- Brexit
Debate Pack

Developing a retail strategy for the future

Monday, 08 July, 2019
Research Briefing

The UK’s EU Withdrawal Agreement

Monday, 08 July, 2019

This briefing looks in detail at the Withdrawal Agreement negotiated between the EU and UK and finalised on 14 November 2018. It was endorsed by EU Member State leaders at a special European Council summit on 25 November and the UK Prime Minister promoted it in the UK Parliament and around the country. The Agreement was debated at length in Parliament on several occasions and has been voted on three times. But the House of Commons has not endorsed it. A second extension of Article 50 took exit day to 31 October 2019, but once again the UK is faced with the possibility of leaving the EU without an agreement if this agreement or another one is not ratified by the UK and the EU.
Debate Pack

Future of the UK Steel Industry

Thursday, 04 July, 2019

This debate pack has been prepared ahead of the debate on the Future of the UK Steel Industry, to be held in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 9 July 2019 at 4.30pm. The debate will be led by Nic Dakin MP.
Research Briefing

New Enterprise Allowance

Thursday, 04 July, 2019

The New Enterprise Allowance is a government scheme designed to help unemployed people who want to start their own business.

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