Debate Pack
The Centenary of the Balfour Declaration
A debate on the ‘Centenary of the Balfour Declaration’ has been scheduled for Wednesday 25 October in Westminster Hall at 2.30pm. The debate has been initiated by Dr Matthew Offord.
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Debate Pack
Global LGBT rights
A debate on ‘Global LGBT rights’ has been scheduled for Thursday 26 October 2017 in the Main Chamber. The debate has been nominated by the Backbench Business Committee after a representation from Nick Herbert and Crispin Blunt.
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Research Briefing
Nuclear Weapons – Country Comparisons
This paper has now been replaced by CBP09069, Nuclear weapons - at a glance. This is a series of individual country profiles which examine the policies, capabilities and programmes of each of the nine nuclear weapon states.
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Debate Pack
Human rights in Iran
This Debate Pack has been prepared for the debate on 'Human Rights in Iran', to be held in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 11 October 2017, from 9:30-11:00am, initiated by Theresa Villiers MP.
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Research Briefing
Brexit: the July negotiations
What happened at the second round of Brexit negotiations from 17 to 20 July 2017 and what have we learnt? This first phase of the negotiations aims to reach agreement on citizens' rights, the financial settlement and the border between Ireland the Northern Ireland, as well as other separation issues, such as Euratom, EU external agreements and dispute resolution. But there was little evidence of agreement on any of these, and the UK Government has been asked for more clarification at the next round. A lot is at stake, because if sufficient progress isn't made by October, the negotiations will not move on to future relations, an EU-UK trade agreement or transitional arrangements.
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Research Briefing
Syria and Iraq: update July 2017
The campaign for Mosul is making good progress and the re-conquest of Raqqah from ISIS is beginning. The Assad government looks as if it is here to stay, however.
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Debate Pack
British prisoners in Iran
Debate pack for the Westminster Hall debate on British prisoners in Iran.
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Debate Pack
Israel and Palestinian Talks
This Debate Pack has been prepared for the general debate on ‘Israel and Palestinian talks', to be held in the Main Chamber on 5 July 2017.
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Research Briefing
Qatar crisis
Saudi Arabia and allied states have imposed a blockade on Qatar in protest against its foreign policy. Could it lead to the closure of Al-Jazeera, or even the end of the Gulf Cooperation Council as we know it?
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Research Briefing
The future of ISIS
Could expelling ISIS from territory in Iraq and Syria make it more dangerous elsewhere?
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Debate Pack
Kurdistan region in Iraq
This Debate Pack has been prepared for the Westminster Hall debate on the 'Kurdistan region in Iraq', to be held in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 4 July 2017, from 2:30-4:00pm, initiated by Jack Lopresti MP.
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Research Briefing
Yemen update June 2017
The UN says that Yemen is at risk of famine. The Export of UK-manufactured weapons and ammunition to Saudi Arabia remains controversial
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Research Briefing
The UK response to the Syrian refugee crisis
This updated Commons Library briefing looks at the Government's work to resettle up to 20,000 Syrian refugees in the UK by 2020, under its Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme. It has also committed itself to resettling up to 3,000 vulnerable children currently in the Middle East and North Africa, and 480 unaccompanied children already in Europe (including Syrian nationals).
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Research Briefing
Iran and the re-election of Rouhani
Will Hassan Rouhani's thumping electoral victory in Iran bring broader change than he achieved in his first term? Will the deal on Iran's nuclear programme survive in the Trump era?
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