Research Briefing
‘Helen’s Law’ refers to a proposal that the law should be changed to prohibit the release on parole of offenders who were convicted of murder and have failed to reveal the location of the body of their victim. A petition to change the law has received 390,000 signatures. This Briefing Paper looks the proposal and the Government's response.
Debate Pack
An Opposition Day debate (19th allotted day) on the subject of prisons has been scheduled for Wednesday 25 January 2017.
Debate Pack
This Commons Library debate pack has been prepared for the Westminster Hall debate on funding of the Crown Prosecution Service on Wednesday 11 January 2017. The debate has been tabled by Karl Turner MP.
Debate Pack
This Commons Library debate pack has been prepared for the Westminster Hall debate on access to justice on Wednesday 11 January 2017. The debate has been tabled by Rob Marris MP.
Research Briefing
This Commons Library briefing gives an overview of the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, what it covers and how it is enforced.
Debate Pack
MPs will debate the Crown Prosecution Service's approach to prosecuting disability hate crime in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 8 November 2016 at 9.30am. Peter Dowd will lead the debate. This House of Commons Library briefing provides some background information, statistics and press and parliamentary coverage.
Debate Pack
This pack has been prepared ahead of the debate on Sentencing for Animal Cruelty, to be held in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 8 November 2016 at 4.30-5.30pm. The Member in charge of the debate is Anna Turley MP. Ms Turley is the sponsor of a Private Members Bill, Animal Cruelty (Sentencing) Bill 2016-17, which would “increase the maximum sentences available to the court for specified offences related to animal cruelty; and for connected purposes”. The Bill is scheduled to have its second reading on Friday 24 February 2017.
Debate Pack
A backbench business debate has been scheduled for Thursday 15 September 2016 on Domestic abuse victims in family law courts. This debate was scheduled by the Backbench Business Committee following a representation from Angela Smith, Maria Miller and Peter Kyle.
Research Briefing
The Commons Library has published a briefing paper which deals with the treatment of the payment or receipt of referral fees in personal injury cases in England and Wales and in Scotland.
Research Briefing
This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the situation in a range of policy areas and considers what impact Brexit might have. This will depend, among other things, on the Brexit negotiations, whether the UK stays in the European Economic Area and how the Government fills any policy gaps left by withdrawal.
Research Briefing
This briefing concerns the establishment of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, a statutory Inquiry which formally opened in July 2015. This Inquiry replaced the previous, non-statutory, Inquiry set up in July 2014 which saw both of its Chairs resign; on 4 August 2016, Justice Goddard resigned as the Chair of the statutory inquiry and on 11 August it was announced that Professor Alexis Jay would be the new Chair.
Debate Pack
A debate on reforming the law on homicide in England and Wales will be held in Westminster Hall on 30 June 2016 at 1330hrs. The member in charge of the debate is Alex Chalk.
Research Briefing
This tool allows users to view crime statistics for individual Police Force Areas in England and Wales.
Research Briefing
A comparison of the different legal aid schemes in England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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