My Private Member’s Bill will update the law to provide fairer protection for trans people and their spouses, writes Baroness Barker

Committees of both Houses must have early sight of non-legally binding arrangements in treaties if we’re to safeguard future trade policy, writes Baroness Donaghy

The death of a newborn in a prison cell might have been avoided if Government ensured pregnant inmates received proper healthcare, writes Baroness Hussein-Ece

After an absence of two and half years, the voice of Democratic Irish Nationalism will return to Westminster when Margaret Ritchie takes her seat in the Lords. The former SDLP leader tells Gary Connor why she has chosen to be a non-affiliated peer – and how her politics are all about unity 

The FCO is being short-changed. We must restore its value as the hub of British foreign policy and bring trade and aid under its control, writes Tom Tugendhat MP

China is riding roughshod over the ‘one country, two systems’ agreement. It is our duty to respond, writes Catherine West MP

“Regardless of our changing relationship with the EU, it is vital that our commitment to NATO should remain steadfast”

With its buoyant economic prospects, the Commonwealth should be the first stop on Britain’s return to the global stage, writes Andrew Rosindell MP

Endometriosis is a debilitating but often hidden disease. We must break the taboos and ensure that women get proper support in the workplace, says Alec Shelbrooke MP

Government inaction has left British children stranded in Syrian detainment camps. The Foreign Office has a moral obligation to bring them home before it’s too late, writes Stephen Gethins MP

Britain’s links to Europe must be reforged. It is the duty of our Government to be the furnace of the smithy, writes Christopher Pincher MP

Close to two-thirds of current MPs have never known a Speaker other than Bercow. How will they manage under his replacement?