Book Review
Austin Mitchell reviews Roy Denman's The Mandarin's Tale, Politico's, 282pp, £20
Austin Mitchell reviews Roy Denman's The Mandarin's Tale, Politico's, 282pp, £20
Austin Mitchell
Committee Corridor
Deal gets close examination
Joe Kimble attends the Health Select Committee meeting to watch Alan Milburn defend the government's renegotiation of consultants' contracts
Joe Kimble
Commons Gallery
MPs attack selection of people's peers
Craig Hoy reports on the week's developments in the Commons chamber
Craig Hoy
Lords Diary
Learning to feel at home in the House
Lord Plant discusses how despite a decade in the Lords he still feels ill-at-ease when getting to his feet
Lord Plant of Highfield
Lords Gallery
Two hereditaries on reform committee
Andrew Evans rounds up the week's events in the Lords
Andrew Evans
Parliament Choir
Songs of praise
Peter Bottomley reports on the Parliament Choir's 'invitation' performance of Messiah
Peter Bottomley
profile
Hugh Robertson talks to Daisy Sampson
Hugh Robertson talks to Daisy Sampson
Science
Connecting with the country
Lord Sainsbury details the steps the government is taking to increase public confidence in science and technology
Lord Sainsbury of Turville
How not to win friends and influence people
Robert Key laments the lack of conviction in the promotion of the sciences that breeds a culture of suspicion in the general public
Robert Key
Now walk the walk
Mark Henderson says the government's rhetoric concerning its ambitions for science is all very well, but it's action that counts
Mark Henderson
Falling behind in the lab
The government needs to foster an environment in which science-based industries have a greater chance to thrive, argues David Heath
David Heath
Immoral and misguided
Lord Alton questions Parliament's decision to proceed with Stem Cell research on human embryos
Lord Alton of Liverpool
The uncertainty principle
Gaining the trust of the people in the field of science depends on telling the public everything you don't know, as well as everything you do, believes Sir Liam Donaldson
Sir Liam Donaldson
Week in Westminster
The rise of post-it note politics
George Jones argues that the outcome of the Jo Moore and Dan Corry affairs will be a drop in electronic communications between ministers and special advisers
George Jones
