Tag: UK Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme

• Thursday, February 29th 2024 - 21:55 UTC

  UK Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme visit Falklands and BFSAI at MPA

  

  The United Kingdom Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme (AFPS) recently visited the Falkland Islands and British Forces South Atlantic Islands, BFSAI at Mount Pleasant Complex. The aim of the AFPS is to allow Members from both Houses of Parliament the opportunity to visit various military locations, and provides education about service life including some 'hands on' time with service persons.

• Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 09:24 UTC

  “The Falklands are and will remain British,” MPs from the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme

  

  Rob Butler MP, Conservative MP for Aylesbury, and Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP Labour for Slough are in the Falklands as part of the UK Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme, a program ongoing for more than thirty years with the purpose of better-educating Members of the House of Commons, the House of Lords and others in military matters.