HOUSE OF COMMONS / LORDS LIBRARY

General

The House of Commons / Lords Library provides impartial information and research services for Members of Parliament and their staff in support of their parliamentary duties.

One of the main products of the Library is the research briefings, which are published to the parliamentary website. These briefing papers offer an independent summary of facts on subjects of interest, particularly legislation proceeding through Parliament.

The Library also includes the collection of documents, known as deposited papers, which MPs and ministers place in the Library in reply to parliamentary questions.

Full details can be found at http://www.parliament.uk/commons-library.  

House of Commons

Latest reports include:-

Coronavirus: Business loans schemes (21 April 2023)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8906/.

Constituency data: Child poverty (21 April 2023)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constituency-data-child-poverty/.

Constituency data: Home ownership and renting, 2021 census (21 April 2023)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constituency-data-housing-tenure/.

Cost of living support for students (20 April 2023)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/cost-of-living-support-for-students/.

Finance (No.2) Bill 2022-23 (20 April 2023)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9761/.

Non-Domestic Rating Bill 2022-23 (20 April 2023)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9773/.

Dissolution of Parliament (20 April 2023)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05085/.

Universal Credit: a checklist before claiming (20 April 2023)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/universal-credit-checklist-before-claiming/.

Finance (No.2) Bill 2022-23: Taxation of new social security benefits (20 April 2023)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9771/.

The Budget and the annual Finance Bill (18 April 2023)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn00813/.

Mortgage prisoners (17 April 2023)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9411/.

House of Lords

Latest reports include:-

Parliamentary democracy in the UK (18 April 2023)
https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/parliamentary-democracy-in-the-uk/.

LATEST NEWS

Lords continues detailed check of Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (21 April 2023)
https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2023/january-2023/lords-considers-levelling-up-and-regeneration-bill/.

Lords examines Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill at report stage (21 April 2023)
https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2023/february-2023/lords-scrutinises-strikes-minimum-service-levels-bill/.

Finance (No.2) Bill: call for written evidence (20 April 2023)
https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2023/april-2023/finance-no.2-bill-call-for-written-evidence/.

Private members' bills in the Lords in the 2022-23 session (20 April 2023)
https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2022/july-2022/lords-debates-private-members-bills/.

Data Protection and Digital Information (No.2) Bill: call for written evidence (18 April 2023)
https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2023/april-2023/data-protection-and-digital-information--no.2-bill-call-for-written-evidence/.