The Week
A round-up of the week's news and events

The future's nuclear
Tony Blair will press ahead with nuclear regardless of any adverse reports, says Sam Macrory
Sam Macrory

Commons Gallery
Daniel Forman reports on the week's key developments in the Commons
Daniel Forman

Out on the stump
Edward Garnier is hungry to depose the government and defeat his cricketing opponents in the beautiful English countryside
Edward Garnier

Lords Gallery
Andrew Evans rounds up this week's key developments in the House of Lords
Andrew Evans

Jet set jurisprudence
After a steamy week discussing philosophy in the bars of Estoril, Lord Plant returns to see his preferred candidate elected lord speaker
Lord Plant of Highfield

Firefighting in Persepolis
Tim Loughton reports on a cross-party journey of discovery to Iran
Tim Loughton

The green ghetto blaster
Tony Juniper is on a roll - he's propelled green issues into the political mainstream and tells Greg Barker his party leader could even become a Friend of the Earth
Greg Barker

The controlling stake in business
Jonathan Djanogly warns against over-regulation in the promotion of ethical practices in company law
Jonathan Djanogly

What price social conscience?
The watered-down Company Law Reform Bill means more weasel words on corporate social responsibility, says Lorely Burt
Lorely Burt

Time to bite the silver bullet
Baroness Greengross sees age discrimination legislation as a chance for business to benefit from the stabilising and mentoring role of older workers
Baroness Greengross

More collective than corporate
Baroness Gibson sees more value in traditional workers' rights than modern CSR
Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen

Capitalism with carrot power
Martin Horwood wants corporate social responsibility to be more than a PR platitude and calls for meaningful measures on which consumers can base decisions
Martin Horwood

Magna Carta makeover
In the second in a series of House Magazine debates, Lord Lester of Herne Hill and Cannock Chase MP Tony Wright discussed whether Britain should adopt a written constitution. Chairman Gisela Stuart reports their exchanges
Gisela Stuart

A fantasy league?
Websites that give the public statistics on MPs' activities are misleading, says Gemma Rosenblatt of the Hansard Society
Gemma Rosenblatt

Cornwall's cuckoo complex
The EU funding that sparked Cornwall's boom must now address the cncomitant problem of its success, says Matthew Taylor
Matthew Taylor

Cobbett's corner
Chris Moncrieff takes a wry look at politics
Chris Moncrieff

Dialogue
Subject: Afghanistan
Roberta Blackman-Woods and Andrew George

Electionwatch
A guide to recent and forthcoming elections

Backtracks...
...this week in history