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A US study found that punters were nearly eight times more likely to rape than other men. 2 A UN study in six countries found that buying sex was the second most significant common factor in the backgrounds and lifestyles of men found guilty of rape. 3 Another study of men in five countries reports that: “Men who pay...
Committee reports
Date published:
17 November 2020
The Committee began taking evidence at Stage 1 on 23 June 2020.
Briefings
A SPICe briefing on the Bill was published on 11 June and the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology issued a POST note on 29 September.
That being said, as you can see, most of the documents listed are quite commonly known in the UK. Some are devolved for reserved purposes and some have been unified over time at UK level, such as bills of exchange and promissory notes.
As I said in our written evidence, the Home Office does not have people’s backs at this time—quite the opposite. Often, it pushes people to some of the most dangerous intersections of poverty that are imaginable in the UK.
Committee reports
Date published:
12 September 2023
Links to additional SPICe research
SPICe Blog: Turning the lens inwards – the Citizen Participation and Petitions Committee’s Public Participation Inquiry (October 2022)
SPICe Blog: Recommending a more participatory future – the Citizen Participation and Petitions Committee’s Public Participation Inquiry(December 2022)
SPICe Blog: A shopping list for Scottish Parliament citizens’ assemblies?
The sympathetic view is that, in the relatively short space of time since the UK general election, the Government had not come up with plans for that, although it did have a long stint in opposition.