Research Briefing
Recovery of social security benefits from compensation awards
Recovery of social security benefits from compensation awards. By Steven Kennedy. SN/SP/168.
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Research Briefing
The Constitutional Reform Bill & local land charges
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on the Constitutional Reform Bill and local land charges, from 2005.
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Research Briefing
Constitutional Reform Bill (HL); the office of the Lord Chancellor (Bill 18 of 2004-05)
The Constitutional Reform Bill (HL) - the office of Lord Chancellor (Bill 18 of 2004/05). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/05.
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Research Briefing
Mental Capacity Bill (Bill 120 of 2003/04)
The Mental Capacity Bill became the Mental Capacity Act 2005, which came into force during 2007. As amended, it provides a legal framework and statutory code of practice for decision-making on behalf of those who lack capacity to make decisions for themselves, creates a statutory basis for advance directives to refuse treatment (“living wills”), and provides safeguards relating to deprivation of liberty. The Act also established a new Court of Protection and the Office of the Public Guardian.
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Research Briefing
Civil Partnership Bill (HL) (Bill 132 of 2003/04)
The Civil Partnership Bill (HL) (Bill 132 of 2003/04): the detail and legal implications. House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/65.
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Research Briefing
Civil Partnership Bill (HL) (Bill 132 of 2003/04)
The Civil Partnership Bill (HL) (Bill 132 of 2003/04): background and debate. House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/64.
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Research Briefing
Gender Recognition Bill (HL) (Bill 56 2003/04)
The Gender Recognition Bill (HL). (Bill 56 2003/04). House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/15.
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Research Briefing
Will the Draft Mental Incapacity Bill legalise euthanasia by omission?
The Draft Mental Capacity Bill provoked considerable controversy due to provisions relating to "living wills" and the grounds for withholding treatment, provoking active campaigning against all or part of it by groups including the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children and the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. This historical note summarises the ensuing debate, which is also covered in the library Research Paper Mental Capacity Bill (Bill 120 of 2003/04).
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Research Briefing
Relationships (Civil Registration) Bill and Civil Partnerships Bill (HL) (Bill 36 and HL Bill 41 of 2001-02)
Relationships (Civil Registration) Bill and Civil Partnerships Bill (HL) (Bill 36 and HL Bill 41 of 2001/02). House of Commons Library Research Paper 02/17
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Research Briefing
Land Registration Bill (HL) (Bill 48 of 2001-02)
Land Registration Bill (HL) (Bill 48 of 2001/02). House of Commons Library Research Paper 01/103
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