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House of Commons Library Directory of Subject Specialists
Added: 1 May 2008
The May 2008 edition of the House of Commons Library Directory of Subject Specialists is now available on the Parliamentary Intranet; either searchable on screen or downloadable as a PDF file.
The list tells you who to contact for expert advice on every topic you could wish.
You can download a PDF version of the guide by following this route from the Intranet home page: House of Commons > Information Services > Commons Library > Contact us > Research enquiries > Subject specialists' directory. Then click on: Download a copy of the subject specialists' directory (PDF, 821KB).
The Library's Research Service is broadly divided into sections by subject areas, as indicated below. The Sections' pages provide material on their subjects, as well links to relevant external WWW sites.
| Business and Transport | Employment, industrial relations, financial services, pensions, competition policy, transport, taxation, small firms, companies and company law |
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Economic Policy and Statistics |
The economy, public finance, EC finance, trade, overseas aid, regional development, and statistical enquiries on the labour market, incomes and taxation |
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Home Affairs |
Civil and criminal law, immigration, the media, police, licensing, security services, religion, consumer affairs, gambling, National Lottery, arts and museums |
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International Affairs and Defence |
General international enquiries, defence, EU, arms trade, human rights |
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Parliament & Constitution Centre |
Parliament, constitution, local government, elections, civil service, crown, devolution, freedom of information. (Note: Reference enquiries on parliamentary topics are dealt with in the Oriel Room and the Official Publications Library) |
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Science and Environment |
Science, agriculture, energy, medicine, drugs, health and safety, telecommunications, town and country planning, waste, the environment, animals, water industry |
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Social and General Statistics |
Statistics on agriculture, crime, demography, education, health, housing, local government finance, social security, and other areas not dealt with by Economic Policy and Statistics |
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Social Policy |
Social security, child support, education, housing, family law for children, conveyancing, land law, health services, social services. |
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