This document reviews recent work on the Palaeolithic and identifies a number of 'primary' and 'strategic' research and conservation themes that should be taken forward in the coming years. Research Frameworks for the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic of Britain and Ireland. A Report by the Working Party for the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Annual Day Meeting and the Council of The Prehistoric Society. July 1999. Working Party Members: C.S. Gamble, P.A. Mellars, F. Healy, J. Wymer, S. Aldhouse-Green, N. Ashton, N. Barton, A. Lawson, P. Pettitt