Research Briefing
This is an account of the House of Commons Committee Stage of the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill and has been prepared for the Report and Third Reading of the Bill, scheduled for 8 September 2011. It supplements Research Paper 11/34, prepared for the Second Reading of the Bill in the Commons on 28 April 2011.
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This note provides information on the driver and vehicle requirements in the UK for foreign drivers and imported vehicles.
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This paper outlines the changes made to transport policy by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government and looks at some of the long term transport challenges the government is likely to face over the course of this Parliament.
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From 1993 to 2000 Conservative and Labour Governments set taxes on road fuels by means of a 'escalator' - a commitment to raise duty rates by a specified percentage each year. This note is a short history of this policy.
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This note discusses the 'fuel crisis' of summer 2000, and the Labour Government's approach to taxing road fuels in the following years.
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This note gives details of the current weight limits for goods vehicles in the UK.
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This note outlines the legislative requirements to fit and wear seat belts in cars, taxis and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs).
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This note explains the right of homeowners to compensation where they are affected by road works of one type or another.
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This Note outlines the various initiatives of successive government and the European Union to properly monitor and reduce road traffic noise and its associated impacts.
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This note explains the right of businesses to compensation in the event of loss of trade due to road works.
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This note outlines the targets that successive governments have set to reduce traffic on strategic and local roads.
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This standard note explains the structures and reform of local transport governance and finance in England during the course of the 1997-2010 Labour Government.
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This note gives information as to the legislative authority for traffic calming measures; the relevant guidance to local authorities on its installation and explains about different types of calming such as road humps, chicanes and so-called 'naked streets'.
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This note outlines what the Transport Innovation Fund (TIF) was, from its inception in 2005 to its demise in 2010.
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