Religion and faith communities
All Standard Notes
18 Documents
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 13.03.2013 | Preventing violent extremism |
| This note gives information on the Government's review of the Prevent strategy, a collection of initiatives aimed at tackling religious extremism, which was inherited from the previous Government. It outlines the new strategy and includes information on the integration work led by the Department for Communities and Local Government. | |
| 05.10.2012 | Ethnicity and religion: Social Indicators page |
| Ethnicity and religion: Social Indicators page. By Oliver Hawkins and Richard Cracknell. SN/SG/2655. | |
| 11.06.2012 | Religious slaughter |
| This note deals with the concession allowing religious slaughter of animals without pre-stunning | |
| 19.01.2012 | Religion in Great Britain: Social Indicators article |
| Trends in religious identity in Great Britain over recent years. | |
| 30.11.2011 | Surface water drainage charge (rain tax) |
| This note introduces the debate surrounding the surface water drainage charge, or 'rain tax'. Following a change in legislation, water companies are now permitted to introduce surface water drainage charge concessionary rates for community groups. | |
| 21.06.2010 | The Church Commissioners |
| This note sets out the background to the creation of the Church Commissioners in 1948, their main functions, their composition, and their relationship with the House of Commons. | |
| 09.02.2010 | Equality Bill 2008-09: sexual orientation and religious employment |
| Changes proposed in the Equality Bill regarding the circumstamces under which religious organisations are allowed to discriminate on grounds of sexual orientation in employment. | |
| 01.02.2010 | Women bishops in the Church of England |
| This Note looks at the history surronding, and the legislation involved in, women becoming bishops in the Church of England. | |
| 06.11.2009 | The Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 |
| 26.10.2009 | Religious representation in the House of Lords |
| Within the context of House of Lords' reform proposals, there has also been discussion of the future of the Lords Spiritual, and questions of whether other faiths groups should have representation in the second chamber. This note discusses these proposals including the Government's most recent White Paper on Lords reform published in July 2008. | |
| 10.10.2009 | Variations in GCSE performance 2006/07 |
| 10.03.2009 | Faith schools: Admissions and performance |
| Updated with 2007/08 GCSE performance data and new DCSF research on school intake compared to the local population. | |
| 23.06.2008 | Preventing Violent Extremism |
| 10.06.2008 | Religious Hatred: Attempts to legislate 2001-2005 |
| Religious hatred. By Lucinda Maer. SN/PC/3189. | |
| 13.05.2008 | The Report of the All Party Parliamentary Committee into Anti-Semitism |
| 12.05.2008 | The Abolition of the Blasphemy Offences |
| 29.11.2007 | Chancel Repair Liability |
| 02.02.2006 | Commons Divisions on the Racial and Religious Hatred Bill |
All Research Papers
3 Documents
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 19.01.2012 | Social Indicators |
| A compendium of the latest social statistics. This edition includes articles: Religion in Great Britain, and Focus on road casualties | |
| 16.06.2005 | Racial and Religious Hatred Bill (Bill 11 of 2005-06 |
| The Racial and Religious Hatred Bill (Bill 11 2005-06). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/48 | |
| 16.11.2001 | Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Bill, Parts IV and V:Immigration asylum race and religion (Bill 49 of 2001-02) |
| Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Bill, Parts IV and V:Immigration, asylum race and religion (Bill 49 of 2001/02). House of Commons Library Research Paper 01/96. |
