An overview of the Falkland Islands, and the associated dispute about their sovereignty.Read More

An overview of the political debate around fertility treatment in the UK, covering the current legal framework, access to treatment, history, and ongoing controversies.Read More

An overview of NHS Foundation Trusts, their history the policy objectives behind the creation of Foundation Hospitals, and the surrounding political debate.Read More

FareShare is the UK’s largest food redistribution charity, with more than 30 warehouses across the UK. It takes food from the food industry that can’t be sold in shops, either because of packaging errors, a short shelf life or overproduction. That food, which is the same as the food you’d eat at home, is then...Read More

The Fairtrade Foundation is part of the international Fairtrade system: a global movement for change that represents 1.9 million small-scale farmers and workers worldwide. It represents the world’s largest and most recognised fair trade system. Fairtrade changes the way trade works through better prices, decent working conditions, and a fairer deal for farmers and workers in low-income countries. The FAIRTRADE...Read More

An overview of UK food standards regulations, their history, how they operate, changes post Brexit, and the political debate around food regulation.Read More

An overview of the free school meals policy in the UK, its history, current operation and criteria, changes made during the Covid 19 pandemic, and the arguments made around future reform.Read More

An overview of the fostering system in the UK, current statistics, and the political debate that surrounds the operation of fostering.Read More

Under the FOI Act, a public authority is required to make certain information available. The Act was intended to increase transparency and improve public trust. Rather ironically, the most famous Freedom of Information request, is the one that led to the 2009 MPs' expenses scandal.Read More

Conservative MP for Bolsover. Defeated Dennis Skinner in 2019. Worked for a healthcare company. Grandfather was a miner. Interested in wrestling.Read More

Conservative MP for Barrow and Furness. Elected in 2019. Formerly ran his own telecommunications business. Chair of the local credit union. Interested in cyber security.Read More

Conservative MP for Yeovil. Former junior trade minister. Formerly worked in the City and served on South Somerset Council. Supported Brexit, opposes LGBT inclusive sex and relationship education in schools. Read More

Labour MP for Coventry North East. Former customer services advisor, and long standing Coventry City Councillor.Read More

Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is an extremely contagious viral condition, affecting cloven-hoofed animals, such as sheep, cattle, pigs, goats and deer.Read More

A commitment to "Freedom of Information" is a political principle which asserts that members of the public have a right to know what the state is doing, and what it knows about them.Read More

The Fire Service responds to fires and other emergencies, provides advice about fire safety and enforces fire safety laws, and helps plan and prepare for various emergencies, such as rail crashes.Read More

A number of factors affect the speed with which any proposal will achieve a common position. The urgency of the proposal The controversy the proposal generates and the support or opposition of member states The extent to which the commission has anticipated objections to the proposal and can offer reassurances The complexity of the provisions...Read More

The introduction (also known as the presentation or bringing in) of a Bill into the House of Commons takes the form of its formal First Reading. There is no debate at this stage. Read More

British forces have been involved in the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia since the mid-1990s through their involvement in multilateral peacekeeping and conflict missions mandated by the United Nations (UN) and the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO).Read More