Measures to ban live exports and raise sentences for animal cruelty must be made law in the new Parliamentary session, writes Henry Smith MP

Food retailers must find eco-friendly alternatives to plastic packaging if we’re to fight pollution and meet our environmental obligations, writes Anne Main MP

Farmers are ready to rise to the climate challenge, but they can’t do it alone. We need an Agriculture Bill that provides support and certainty, writes David Drew MP

Thangam Debbonaire MP explains why she’ll “be badgering as many people as possible” in her campaign for a fund to cover the travel costs of childhood cancer treatment

The US has made the wrong decision to withdraw military support from Syria. We must intervene and support our Kurdish allies, writes Chris Stephens MP

A voter ID scheme would lock millions out of the democratic process in a completely disproportionate response to voter personation, writes Tom Brake MP

By combining devolution with localism, Labour would address the funding crisis facing councils and rebuild our struggling communities, writes Jim McMahon MP

Patrick Kidd's weekly Westminster sketch

Alain Tolhurst brings you the latest Westminster tidbits

From the role of the Speaker to the power of the House of Lords, Jacob Rees-Mogg believes the Brexit debate has exposed the need for reform to the our parliamentary system. The leader of the Commons talks to Kevin Schofield 

The shadow Leader of the Lords reflects on cross-party working, the content (and pagaentry) of the Queen's Speech, and what the next few days may hold

The racist abuse we witnessed on Monday night was horrific – the Government must now push for the harshest sanctions for offenders, writes Rosena Allin-Khan MP