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Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill [HL]

Friday, 27 April, 2012

The Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill [HL] is subject to the fast-track procedure. The Bill was introduced into the House of Lords where it had its Second Reading debate on 24 April 2012. It is expected to complete its remaining stages in the House of Lords on 26 April 2012 and then to be introduced in the House of Commons. All stages of the Bill are expected to take place in the House of Commons on just one day, 30 April 2012. Given these time constraints, this Paper has been published after the Bill’s Second Reading in the House of Lords but before its consideration in Committee.
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Allotments

Wednesday, 21 March, 2012

This note covers issues arising from allotment gardens, including what happens when developers want to build on the site
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Olympic Games and Regeneration

Tuesday, 07 February, 2012

This note discusses the regeneration potential of the London Olympic Games
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Daylight Saving Bill: Committee Stage Report

Wednesday, 11 January, 2012

This is a report on the House of Commons Committee Stage of the Daylight Saving Bill.
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BBC local radio

Friday, 25 November, 2011

The BBC is looking to make cost savings of 20% in the years to 2017. For English local radio, their main proposal is to focus spending on peak-time programmes, with increased sharing of content between stations.
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London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill: Committee stage report

Monday, 22 August, 2011

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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BBC World Service

Tuesday, 17 May, 2011

The BBC World Service has a global audience of some 180 million people and is widely considered to be an important instrument of British “soft power”. This note provides background to ongoing parliamentary debates on recent decisions to cut the World Service’s budget and, in the longer term, to fund it by the licence fee.
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Funding the arts

Friday, 06 May, 2011

This Note looks at trends in funding within the arts sector from 1997 to the present.
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London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill

Thursday, 21 April, 2011

This Bill makes a small number of technical amendments to the advertising and trading, ticket touting and traffic management provisions of the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006. These amendments cover the seizure of articles which contravene advertising and trading regulations; the parliamentary procedure and notice periods required when new advertising and trading regulations are introduced; the penalty for unauthorised sales of Olympic tickets; and traffic regulation and enforcement during the Games.
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Financing the London 2012 Olympic Games

Tuesday, 27 July, 2010
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Artists’ resale right

Thursday, 01 July, 2010
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Digital Economy Act 2010

Tuesday, 29 June, 2010

The Digital Economy Act 2010 received the Royal Assent on 8 April 2010 following accelerated debate in the House of Commons as part of the pre-election "wash-up". The present Government has confirmed that there are no plans to repeal any of the Act's provisions
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Local newspapers

Tuesday, 22 June, 2010

The Government has decided to cancel three pilot schemes in favour of developing broadband infrastructure and promoting local TV stations. This comes at a time when local newspapers face competition from the internet and local authority newspapers and have difficulty in maintaining levels of funding from advertising.
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Digital television switchover

Tuesday, 18 May, 2010
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Digital Economy Bill: amendments

Wednesday, 07 April, 2010

This brief note provides some background to amendments that have been tabled in relation to the Digital Economy Bill, Bill 89 2009-10.

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