Debate Pack
A Westminster Hall debate on the ‘Future of the Department for International Development’ has been scheduled for Wednesday 27 February 2019 from 2.30pm to 4.00pm. The debate has been initiated by Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP.
Research Briefing
This briefing looks at the most recent set of the Government's spending plans, the Supplementary Estimates 2018/19, and provides both a summary of their contents and context to help understand them.
Research Briefing
What could happen if the EU and UK negotiators don't agree a withdrawal agreement in time and the UK has to leave the EU on 29 March 2019 without one - and with no framework for future relations either? This paper looks at how such a situation might come about, the constitutional implications for the UK and in some cases for the devolved administrations, and what the impact might be in a range of policy areas.
Research Briefing
A briefing on the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for 2019-20 for England.
Debate Pack
Westminster Hall debate on Establishing a Town of Culture Award
Research Briefing
The EU and UK negotiators agreed the texts of a Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration on a framework for a future EU-UK relationship, and the time came for the UK Parliament to vote on it. But on 15 January Parliament rejected the two documents by 230 votes. The EU has said there will be no renegotiating the texts but has offered assurances on the intention that the backstop arrangement to prevent a hard Irish border would be temporary if it had to be introduced. This paper looks at what the EU has offered by way of 'clarifications' and 'assurances' on the backstop and whether the EU would offer an extension to Article. 50 might .
Research Briefing
It is a core convention of the UK constitution that the Government must be able to command the confidence of the House of Commons. This convention governs both the appointment and resignation of Prime Ministers. The traditional position was that a Government that lost a confidence vote would resign in favour of an alternative administration,
Research Briefing
Can Article 50 TEU be unilaterally revoked? This briefing paper considers the Advocate General's opinion and the CJEU's judgment in the Wightman case, and what implications the CJEU's judgment has for the United Kingdom.
Research Briefing
This House of Commons Library Briefing Paper looks at the Draft Public Service Ombudsman Bill, published by the Cabinet Office on 5 December 2016, which would create a Public Service Ombudsman for UK reserved matters and public services delivered solely in England.
Research Briefing
Think-tanks have addressed the effects of Government policy on ‘place’. But what constitutes a ‘place’ and is local identity important?
Insight
Think-tanks have addressed the effects of Government policy on ‘place’. But what constitutes a 'place' and is local identity important?
Research Briefing
A look at what the £1 billion included in the agreement between the DUP and the Conservatives was expected to pay for, how much has been paid so far, and how it has been spent.
Insight
A look at what the £1 billion included in the agreement between the DUP and the Conservatives was expected to pay for, how much has been paid so far, and how it has been spent.
Research Briefing
The Chancellor has announced he will abolish private finance initiatives – how long until we can say ‘goodbye’ to PFI?
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