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Legislating for Brexit: EU directives

Wednesday, 05 April, 2017

What are EU directives and what will happen to them when the UK leaves the EU? This paper looks at EU directives in force and how they are implemented in the UK. This will give some idea of the task ahead for UK legislators.
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Debate Pack

Future of local and regional news providers

Wednesday, 29 March, 2017

A backbench business debate on the future of local and regional news providers will be held in Westminster Hall on Thursday 30 March 2017 at 3.00pm. Helen Goodman, Jason McCartney and Liz Saville-Roberts will lead and open the debate.
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Funding for the National Spitfire Project

Wednesday, 22 March, 2017

MPs will debate ‘Funding for the National Spitfire Project’ in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 28 March 2017 from 2.30pm to 4.00pm. The debate has been initiated by Royston Smith MP.
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Stoke on Trent City of Culture 2021

Monday, 20 March, 2017

A Westminster Hall debate entitled Stoke on Trent City of Culture 2021 will be held at 4.30pm on Tuesday 21 March 2017. The Member in charge of this debate is Ruth Smeeth MP.
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VAT and Sports Clubs

Tuesday, 07 March, 2017

This note examines the VAT treatment of sports clubs - in the context of the change made in UK VAT law in 1994 to exempt from VAT certain sport supplies, and subsequent debate as to how these rules have affected golf clubs.
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Governance of the Football Association

Wednesday, 08 February, 2017

A backbench business debate on a motion relating to Governance of the Football Association will be held in the Commons Chamber on Thursday 9 February 2017. The debate will be led by Damian Collins MP, Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, and by Christian Matheson MP and Andrew Bingham MP.
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Commons Library Analysis of the Broadcasting (Radio Multiplex Services) Bill 2016-17

Thursday, 02 February, 2017

This Commons Library Briefing Paper looks at the Broadcasting (Radio Multiplex Services) Bill 2016-17.
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Allocation of funding from the soft drinks industry levy for sport in schools

Monday, 09 January, 2017

This pack has been prepared ahead of the debate to be held in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 10 January 2017 at 2.30pm on the allocation of funding from the soft drinks industry levy for sport in schools. The debate will be opened by Justin Tomlinson MP
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BBC Charter renewal

Wednesday, 28 December, 2016

The current BBC Charter expires at the end of 2016. A new Charter has now been agreed. What was the process, what is in the new Charter and what happened when it was last renewed?
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Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill [HL] 2016-17: Committee Stage Report

Wednesday, 14 December, 2016

The Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill [HL] 2016-17 has been considered in Public Bill Committee. This Commons Library Briefing Paper gives an overview of the debate so far.
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Homophobia in sport

Tuesday, 29 November, 2016

This Commons Library debate pack looks at what has been said on homophobia in sport and what various sports and organisations are doing to combat it.
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Committee Stage Report on the Digital Economy Bill

Thursday, 24 November, 2016

The Digital Economy Bill implements a number of policies broadly related to the digital economy. This paper covers the key issues debated at Committee Stage.
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Release of the 700 MHz spectrum band for mobile data in 2020

Monday, 14 November, 2016

This pack has been prepared ahead of the debate on the Release of the 700 MHz spectrum band for mobile data in 2020, to be held in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 15 November at 4.30pm. The Member in charge of the debate is Calum Kerr MP.
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Commons Library Analysis of the Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill [HL] (Bill 66 of 2016-17)

Tuesday, 25 October, 2016

This Briefing Paper has been prepared for the second reading debate of the Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill [HL] 2016-17 on 31 October 2016. The Bill would enable the UK to ratify the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and accede to its two Protocols.
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Commons Library analysis of the Digital Economy Bill

Friday, 09 September, 2016

The Digital Economy Bill 2016-17 [Bill no. 45] was published on 6 July 2016 and its First Reading in the House of Commons took place that day. Its Second Reading is scheduled for Tuesday 13 September 2016.

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