Debate Pack
Proposals to allow self-identification of gender
A Westminster Hall debate on Proposals to allow self-identification of gender is scheduled for Wednesday 21 November 2018 at 9.30am. The Member leading the debate is David T C Davies MP.
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Research Briefing
Social Mobility Index by Constituency SMIC
The House of Commons Library's Social Mobility Index by Constituency (SMIC) provides an indication of how likely a person from a disadvantaged background in each constituency is to progress to a higher social status later in life. The SMIC compares constituencies in England using 14 variables which represent four life stages: early years, school age, youth, and adulthood.
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Insight
International Day of Sign Languages: Could BSL become a GCSE?
In the UK, campaigns to increase the uptake of British Sign Language in schools, including potentially through a GCSE in England, are currently gaining in strength.
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Research Briefing
Transgender Prisoners
The Government published new guidelines on the treatment of transgender prisoners in England and Wales in 2016. This note looks at these, and at the position in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Research Briefing
The Equality Act 2010: caste discrimination
This note provides an overview of the concept of caste, explains the existing law and sets out the background to the order-making power in the Equality Act 2010.
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Research Briefing
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
This House of Commons Library briefing explains what Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) are, their purpose and the process which is followed in order to authorise a deprivation of liberty. The paper outlines the Law Commission's recommendations to abolish DoLS and replace them with a new system called the Liberty Protection Safeguards. The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill was introduced to the House of Lords on 3 July 2018. The Bill broadly follows the Law Commission’s recommendations, with some changes.
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Research Briefing
An early history of British race relations legislation
This Library paper has been written to support the House of Commons ‘artist in residence’ project First Waves: Exploring the impact of race relations legislation in the UK. Scarlett Crawford has been commissioned by the Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art in the House of Commons to explore the impact of the 1965, 1968 and 1976 Race Relations Acts. This paper provides information on all three of these Acts. It explains their main provisions and looks at how they attempted to address racial discrimination in the UK.
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Debate Pack
UN Committee report on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: debate on the Government’s response
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on the Government response to the report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities on 20 June 2018 at 9:30. The debate is will be opened by Rosie Duffield MP. This landing page provides background information in preparation for the debate.
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Debate Pack
International Day against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia
A debate on the ‘International Day against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia’ has been scheduled for Thursday 17 May 2018 in the Main Chamber. The debate has been nominated by the Backbench Business Committee after a representation from Peter Kyle MP and Angela Eagle MP.
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Research Briefing
Brexit: new guidelines on the framework for future EU-UK relations
Brexit negotiations have resumed and this third phase will cover issues outstanding from the last phases - the Irish border in particular - and the framework for future EU-UK relations. This paper looks at how the EU and the UK envisage their relationship after Brexit.
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Research Briefing
Brexit: the draft withdrawal agreement
The Commission published a draft legal text of the withdrawal agreement in February 2018 and an updated draft on 15 March. On 19 March a third text was published which showed where there is full agreement between the EU and the UK, where there is agreement in principle and where there is no agreement. This paper looks at the recent draft, making reference to earlier drafts where relevant.
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Research Briefing
International Womens Day 2018 – Women in Parliament and Politics
International Women's Day on 8 March is being marked with debates in both the House of Commons and House of Lords. Key statistics on women in Parliament and politics are summarised here and in the linked documents.
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Debate Pack
General debate on Holocaust Memorial Day 2018
There will be a general debate on Holocaust Memorial Day 2018 to be held in the Commons Chamber on Thursday 18 January. The subject was determined by the Backbench Business Committee.
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