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CBDC to make steady progress in 2022 as authorities tackle policy issues

31 January 2022

CBDC to make steady progress in 2022 as authorities tackle policy issues

Monday 31 January 2022 – Vol.13 Ed.5.1

Commentary: Fed keeping strictly neutral on CBDC as others plough ahead

By Lewis McLellan in London

The US Federal Reserve published its discussion paper last week in which it laid out the conditions a digital dollar would have to satisfy. Elsewhere, the Monetary Authority of Singapore is redefining these conditions as technical features. Introducing CBDCs does pose new challenges and...

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Lords Committee criticise Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities over two pieces of building and planning legislation

25 January 2022

Lords Committee criticise Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities over two pieces of building and planning legislation

In its 26th report of Session 2021-22 the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee has raised concerns about two instruments laid before Parliament by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) which make changes to building regulations and planning law.

The Building Regulations etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2021 make...

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UK House of Lords UNCLOS Inquiry. How to protect human rights at sea.

4 November 2021

UK House of Lords UNCLOS Inquiry. How to protect human rights at sea.

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UK House of Lords UNCLOS Inquiry. How to protect human rights at sea.

LONDON. UK. Yesterday, the House of Lords International Relations and Defence Select Committee received additional expert evidence from Dr Sofia Galani, Assistant Professor in Public International Law, Panteion University, Greece, and Professor Natalie Klein of the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Australia,...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/04/uk-house-of-lords-unclos-inquiry-how-to-protect-human-rights-at-sea/

Lords to debate report on off-site manufacture for construction

11 December 2018

The House of Lords will tomorrow, Wednesday 12th December, debate the Science and Technology Committee’s report “Off-site manufacture for construction: building for change.

Among those listed to speak are several members of the Committee including Lord Fox, Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), and Lord Mair, Past President of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
The debate is being moved by Lord Patel, Chair of the Science and Technology...

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