The Facts

The CFP is the EU’s policy for managing fisheries across member states. Its basic aim is to ensure sustainable fishing over the…

Net migration is the sum of the number of people who move to the UK to live for at least a year…

Erasmus is the EU’s student exchange programme, which funds opportunities for citizens in the EU and partner countries to study abroad. It…

An advantage given by national authorities to economic actors that affects trade between member states can be considered state aid under EU…

Manufacturing encompasses all economic activities that transform raw materials into either intermediate goods (such as steel bars) or final products (such as cars)….

As part of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), limits are placed on how much fish can be caught in EU (and some non-EU) waters.

An Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is an area of the sea under the territorial ownership of a single country.

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, services constituted around 81% of the UK economy, or around 30 million jobs.

WTO terms is a way of describing a trading relationship between countries that is based only on WTO rules.

The Immigration Bill removes the free movement rights of EU, EEA and Swiss citizens in the UK, which derived from the UK’s EU membership.

The Lugano Convention 2007 is an international treaty negotiated by the EU on behalf of its member states, with Iceland, Norway and Switzerland.

Matt Hancock is the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, having been appointed in July 2018 under Theresa May.