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:-

Household Debt: Key Economic Indicators (28 April 2023)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn02885/.

Constituency data: household composition, 2021 census (28 April 2023)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constitunecy-data-household-composition-2021-census/.

Who can vote in UK elections? (28 April 2023)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8985/.

Constituency data: Universal Credit rollout (28 April 2023)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constituency-data-universal-credit-roll-out/.

Making a Freedom of Information request (27 April 2023)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/making-a-freedom-of-information-request/.

Research on the increasing cost of living and inflation (25 April 2023)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9607/.

Rising cost of living in the UK (25 April 2023)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9428/.

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LATEST NEWS

Lords continues detailed check of Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (28 April 2023)
https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2023/january-2023/lords-considers-levelling-up-and-regeneration-bill/.

Government responds to Levelling Up Committee on Treasury ‘ban’ on levelling-up capital spending (27 April 2023)
https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/17/levelling-up-housing-and-communities-committee/news/194999/government-responds-to-levelling-up-committee-on-treasury-ban-on-levellingup-capital-spending/.

Lords asks government to think again on Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill (27 April 2023)
https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2023/february-2023/lords-scrutinises-strikes-minimum-service-levels-bill/.

Private members' bills in the Lords in the 2022-23 session (27 April 2023)
https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2022/july-2022/lords-debates-private-members-bills/.

Voter ID - Levelling-Up Committee Chair writes to Electoral Commission on voter turnout data concerns (26 April 2023)
https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/17/levelling-up-housing-and-communities-committee/news/194966/voter-id-levellingup-committee-chair-writes-to-electoral-commission-on-voter-turnout-data-concerns/.

Business Department does not expect to recoup billions of taxpayers’ money lost to fraud and mistakes in pandemic support (26 April 2023)
https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/127/public-accounts-committee/news/194926/business-department-does-not-expect-to-recoup-billions-of-taxpayers-money-lost-to-fraud-and-mistakes-in-pandemic-support/.