Research Briefing
Brexit timeline: events leading to the UK’s exit from the European Union
This paper provides a timeline of the major events leading up to the EU referendum and subsequent dates of note, including Brexit Day itself.
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Research Briefing
UK Internal Market Bill: Lords amendments explained
The House of Commons considered Lords amendments to the UK Internal Market Bill 2019-21 on 7 December 2020. This briefing explains the House of Lords amendments to the Bill.
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Research Briefing
Social security powers in the UK
This House of Commons Library briefing paper provides a high-level overview of recent changes to social security provision in Northern Ireland and Scotland, including the devolution of significant welfare powers, and analyses how this has affected the structure of the UK social security system as a whole.
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Research Briefing
UK subsidy policy: first steps
Having left the EU, the government is setting up for an independent UK state aid or ‘subsidy control’ regime, based on WTO rules and its international commitments. This briefing sets out the background of the new approach and the negotiations on state aid with the EU.
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus: Parliamentary scrutiny and lockdown regulations
This Insight looks at how Covid-19 public health restrictions are put in place by the Government, and Parliament’s role in scrutinising those decisions.
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Insight
Coronavirus: Parliamentary scrutiny and lockdown regulations
This Insight looks at how Covid-19 public health restrictions are put in place by the Government, and Parliament’s role in scrutinising those decisions.
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Internal Market Bill: Reactions from Scottish and Welsh Governments
This Insight looks at the Scottish and Welsh Governments' position after publishing ‘Legislative Consent Memorandums’ (LCM) regarding the UK Internal Market Bill.
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Update: Can the UK Government spend in areas devolved to Scotland?
This Insight looks at whether anything in the Scotland Act 1998 (the 1998 Act) prevents the UK Government from spending in policy areas devolved to Scotland and the proposed new spending powers in the UK Internal Market Bill.
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Research Briefing
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill 2019-21
This briefing paper sets out the background to the UK Internal Market Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 9 September 2020.
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Research Briefing
Catalan independence
The independence movement in the Spanish region of Catalonia provoked a dramatic constitutional crisis in Spain and changed Spain's political scene...
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Research Briefing
EU powers after Brexit: ‘Power grab’ or ‘power surge’?
From 1 January 2021, hundreds of powers previously exercised by the European Union will flow back to the UK Government and the devolved administrations in Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Belfast.
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EU powers after Brexit: ‘Power grab’ or ‘power surge’?
From 1 January 2021, hundreds of powers previously exercised by the European Union will flow back to the UK Government and the devolved administrations in Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Belfast.
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Research Briefing
Intergovernmental relations and the UK “Internal Market”
Examines intergovernmental relations in the UK, the proposed changes in a recent White Paper and concerns from the Scottish and Welsh Governments
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Intergovernmental relations and the UK “Internal Market”
Examines intergovernmental relations in the UK, the proposed changes in a recent White Paper and concerns from the Scottish and Welsh Governments
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The “Internal Market” and the Union
This Insight examines the “UK Internal Market”, setting out its historical origins and considers its importance as the UK prepares to leave the EU Single Market.
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