Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
What POST does
POST is the UK Parliament’s in-house source of independent, balanced and accessible analysis of public policy issues related to science and technology. Our aim is to inform parliamentary debate.
We do this in several ways, by:
Publishing POSTnotes (short briefing notes) and longer reports. Both focus on current science and technology issues and aim to anticipate policy implications for parliamentarians;
Supporting Select Committees, with informal advice, oral briefings, data analyses, background papers or follow-up research. Committees may approach POST for such advice at any stage in an inquiry;
Informing both Houses on public dialogue activities in science and technology;
Organising discussions to stimulate debate on a wide range of topical issues, from small working groups to large lectures;
Horizon-scanning to anticipate issues of science and technology that are likely to impact on policy.
POSTnotes are free and are available in the Publications section of this web site. Longer reports can be purchased from The Parliamentary Bookshop. To receive POST's publications by email, please email post@parliament.uk, with 'Join POST mailing list' as the subject.
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