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Conservative MP Richard Graham writes "Parliament and government should take the first step of a new gambling levy to speed up work on both prevention and cure".
International Trade Secretary and President of the Board of Trade Dr Liam Fox writes to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the World Trade Organization, on 15 April 1994 in Marrakesh.
Dods People draws together a list of appointments in Westminster politics, the devolved administrations and the public affairs sector in the last week.
Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable sets out his party's stall ahead of local election on 2nd May, which will be a crucial test of public opinion. He writes: "My hope is that this year will see greater participation and more fluid voting patterns".
Transformation of NHS services outlined in the long-term plan require more than legislation to realise ambitions of integrated care. Social care, prevention, workforce and money are critical pieces of the puzzle.
Brexit’s influence on the fashion industry and the wider economy has been largely overlooked in political debates, says Dr Lisa Cameron MP.
Plaid Cymru's Shadow Minister for Environment and Rural Affairs Llyr Gruffydd AM says that the schoolchildren protesting over climate change have given politicians a mandate to act and says that "individuals, governments, politicians, political parties and public organisations worldwide" must all come together to solve this emergency.
Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of mental health charity Mind, said MPs and their staff are working in a “uniquely pressurised environment” and are not immune to developing mental health problems.
Former Liberal Democrat Cabinet minister Alistair Carmichael writes following his Urgent Question on the guilty verdict handed to pro- democracy activists in Hong Kong.
The souls of those who were murdered in the Rwandan Genocide cry out for justice. But from Britain justice has at least been delayed and at worst denied, says Andrew Mitchell MP.
The growing intention to legislate against online child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) is not enough to stem the rising threat, according to a new report from PA Consulting, the global innovation and transformation consultancy.
Labour MP David Hanson writes ahead of his debate on prevention of retail crime.
Barrow MP John Woodcock writes to mark the 50th anniversary of the UK's continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent following a debate in the House of Commons.
The Government has ploughed ahead with massive, often untried reforms, making huge budget savings on the backs of the poorest, without ever stopping to find out if they actually work or can justify their external financial, or human, costs, says Frank Field MP.
Labour’s Shadow International Trade Secretary writes: "Whilst the Prime Minister now appears to have looked over the edge of the abyss at the chaos her Secretary of State Liam Fox has prepared for her, she still refuses to accept that, unless she changes course, it is over the edge that she is driving us"
Labour's Thangam Debbonaire MP writes ahead of her Westminster Hall debate on LGBT rights in Brunei.
APM research highlights a ‘hidden profession’ and reveals that project management contributes £156bn to the UK economy & employs almost 1 in 12 workers.
Capita’s Chief Executive writes following the launch of London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone, which his company was commissioned to design, implement and operate. He says if the scheme is rolled out across the country, it would be seen as the third great post-War move to tackle poisonous air across the UK after the smoking ban and the Clean Air Act.
Regulating the internet is a notoriously difficult challenge, but the Online Harms White Paper presents an opportunity for industry and users to shape the future of technology regulation.
The law clearly needs to change, to flip the presumption that anyone who has fathered a child through rape should be able to apply for access regardless of the risk they present to that child, to make an application possible only in the most exceptional of circumstances, says Louise Haigh MP.
When passing the legislation to deprive people of their citizenship, Parliament left a lacuna for British children in refugee camps after the end of the fighting against IS, says Baroness Berridge.
Labour MP Stephen Kinnock says it is "crystal clear that Common Market 2.0 is still the only way in which we can respect the result of the referendum without destroying the economy or compromising the Good Friday Agreement".
We can’t allow fake news and pernicious propaganda to undermine a medical advance that has helped save so many lives. This is about the health and wellbeing of our children. It would be shameful tragedy if we failed them by not acting, says Jon Ashworth MP.
Speaking at the defence and security round table supported by PA Consulting, Sir Mark Sedwill, Cabinet Secretary said that after Brexit, the UK needs to use national capabilities in the most coherent and effective way possible.