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Debate Packs from the Commons Library
Added: 13 April 2010
Debate Packs are collections of parliamentary and other relevant material produced for most non-legislative debates in the Chamber and Westminster Hall, other than half hour adjournment debates. The packs are not prepared for Opposition Day Debates.
Due to copyright restrictions, debate packs are provided for use in relation to parliamentary proceedings only.
They're on the intranet here: http://hcl1.hclibrary.parliament.uk/parliament/debatepacks.asp
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Debate Pack (a selection covering recent weeks) |
Prepared for Debate dated: |
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Britain's contribution to humanitarian relief in Libya |
05 April 2011 |
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BBC local radio |
05 April 2011 |
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Groceries code adjudicator |
05 April 2011 |
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Police cuts |
04 April 2011 |
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The Governments green policy |
04 April 2011 |
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High speed rail |
31 March 2011 |
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Provision for children with special educational needs |
30 March 2011 |
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Public satisfaction with the NHS |
30 March 2011 |
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West Lothian question |
29 March 2011 |
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Access to financial services in rural areas |
29 March 2011 |
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Future of the Coastguard Service |
24 March 2011 |
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Pig farming |
23 March 2011 |
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Effect on the voluntary sector of reductions in public sector funding |
23 March 2011 |
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Regional development in the North East |
22 March 2011 |
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Government policy on the promotion of women in business |
22 March 2011 |
See the Library homepage for a daily selection of topical briefings as well as links to loads of other resources.
While we’re in the Library have a look at some of their other resources under the heading of Research. These are all linked from this page: http://intranet.parliament.uk/research-online/research/.
Commons Library research papers
Briefings on major Bills and other topics of public and parliamentary concern.
Papers on Bills are produced before Commons Second Reading and after Commons
Committee Stage.
Commons Library Standard Notes
Shorter, less formal briefings, often produced in response to frequently asked
questions.
Commons debate packs
Debate packs bring together background briefings and reading material for
non-legislative debates in the Chamber and Westminster Hall other than half hour
adjournment debates.
House of Lords Library Notes
Briefings that provide information on topics of current interest to members of
the Lords.
Constituency histories
Brief histories of parliamentary representation in constituencies. They include
information on boundary changes, previous Members and their maiden speeches.
Parliamentary Information Lists (PILs)
Lists of facts and figures on a range of parliamentary topics.
Commons Library subject pages
Library research and parliamentary material organised by subject.
Bill Gateways
Bill Gateways are compiled by the House of Commons Library to provide background
briefings on major Government Bills, the top seven balloted Private Members'
Bills and other selected Bills.
Commons Library Loans Service
Books, media and official publications available for loan to Members and House
of Commons staff.
Constituency casework
Resources to help caseworkers with a range of frequently raised topics.
Lords Library subject pages
POST Notes
Research publications by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
Topics terms
Find out how to suggest new Topic terms or changes to existing terms on
Parliament's Topics pages.
More interested in casework than research? Try the Constituency Casework Toolkit.
There are lots of good resources from the Commons Library's intranet pages for you, too. Start here: http://intranet.parliament.uk/research-online/research/constituency-casework/.
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