Dods People draws together a list of this week's appointments in Westminster politics, all the devolved administrations and the public affairs sector.

SNP Spokesperson for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Hannah Bardell MP, writes about what motivated her to set up the APPG for Deaths Abroad and Consular Services. She calls on the Foreign Secretary to attend the next APPG evidence session and hear first-hand how resources and training at the FCO need to be improved.

Chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales John Apter writes following the Westminster attack this week; that it should act as a wake-up call to the Government to “invest more in the police service and put measures in place to protect the people who protect us”.

All those with diabetes deserve a painless, non-invasive way of glucose testing on the NHS, says Jenny Hirst MBE, Co-chair of the InDependent Diabetes Trust. 

The CEO of consumer organisation Which? writes with concerns over a final Brexit deal or worse still, no deal. He argues that "the success of Brexit will ultimately be judged by how it affects all of us in our everyday lives".

Last week in Saada province in Yemen a bombing raid by the Saudi-Emirati led coalition – British allies – killed at least 29 children while they were sat on their school bus. We must call on the Prime Minister to vocally condemn this attack and to use all of our leverage to influence all sides to immediately engage in the Geneva peace process in September, says Labour MP Keith Vaz. 

The number of business lenders in the UK have exploded since 2008, but business lenders are not regulated and there is a lack of transparency about their offers, says Jennifer Tankard, Chief Executive, Responsible Finance. 

The Head of Diversity & Inclusion Programmes at Innovate UK launches a second round of Women in Innovation awards, which seek to fund up to eight ideas from female founders, co-founders or senior decision makers, that address the four grand challenges posed by government’s Industrial Strategy, covering: AI and the data economy, clean growth, future of mobility, and ageing society.

The Government have issued a clear commitment to developing the UK’s capacity to produce nuclear energy in 2018. But some MPs are reticent and believe the UK is being taken down the wrong path in its pursuit of a robust sustainable energy mix, writes Dods Monitoring’s Josh White.

Baroness Judith Jolly, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Health, writes about the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) system, covered in the Mental Capacity Act Amendment Bill which is currently going through parliament.

A new survey of NHS staff reveals that while there remains a difference between the level of enthusiasm for AI between senior managers and other respondents of the survey, overall the majority view it as positive.

Last year, Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) unveiled its Sustainable Packaging Strategy – a long-term commitment to sustainability centring around real action.

Dods People draws together a list of this week's appointments in Westminster politics, all the devolved administrations and the public affairs sector.

Continuing to drive its ambitions to end the sale of all new conventional petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2040, the UK government has recently pledged that half of all new car sales will be hybrid or electric by 2030 as part of its Road to Zero strategy. ETI Energy Storage & Distribution programme manager, Rebecca Sweeney looks at how the UK can overcome the infrastructure challenge to realise these bold plans.  

The recent judgment brings clarity to families and doctors of people in vegetative states – but also raises the importance of advance care planning, says Davina Hehir, Director of Policy and Legal Strategy at Compassion in Dying. 

Derek Webb, the Campaign for Fairer Gambling's founder, provides insight into the gambling supply sector and reports on a legal case in the USA involving one of the two UK suppliers of fixed odds betting terminals.

Social change charity Good Things Foundation joined forces with Joseph Rowntree Foundation last month to award the Community Challenge Prize to 10 worthy organisations that are using digital technology to tackle genuine challenges around poverty.

ETI Strategy Manager for Nuclear, Mike Middleton looks at how the nuclear industry can become cost competitive to provide baseload energy generation in a decarbonised UK system.

Denials, cover-ups and delays have led to obstructive and ignorant treatment of contaminated blood scandal campaigners, says Chris Stephens MP.

Dods People draws together a list of this week's appointments in Westminster politics, all the devolved administrations and the public affairs sector.

Criminalising Upskirting is a massive step forward in protecting bodily autonomy and bringing perpetrators to justice, but - asks Dods Monitoring's Josh Grundy - could the proposed bill do more to protect victims?

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling assesses the shift in gambling from 'over the counter' to online or mobile gambling and the overall reduction in staffing levels within existing shops.

Dods Monitoring's Alex Tiley speculates on the future of the controversial French delicacy, foie gras. 

Pressure continues to build for England to introduce an op-out organ donation scheme, writes Dods Monitoring's Sophie-Rose Feary.