Smartphones should be banned in schools because too many children are using them to watch pornography or take inappropriate pictures or videos of girls, MPs have been told. The House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee has been examining the Relationships, Sex, and Health Education (RSHE) curriculum and as part of that review, it heard…

More than a dozen MPs joined hundreds of Falun Dafa adherents at a rally and parade to celebrate the 31st anniversary of the spiritual practice’s introduction to the public. Falun Dafa’s moral teachings, centred on “truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance,” are much needed in a time of turmoil in the world, they said. MPs from different…

More than a dozen members of Parliament joined hundreds of Falun Dafa adherents at a rally and parade in Ottawa to celebrate the 31st anniversary of the spiritual practice’s introduction to the public. Falun Dafa’s moral teachings, centred on “truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance,” are much needed in a time of turmoil in the world, they…

Britain should officially designate China as a “threat” instead of a “systemic competitor,” according to a report by MPs which says this must be done in tandem with fading out reliance on Beijing. The Foreign Affairs Committee—an influential cross-party group of MPs—on Sunday published a report into the UK’s official foreign policy and strategy policy….

A pro-transparency group is telling MPs to retool the Access to Information Act by dropping the application fee, imposing tighter timelines to respond to requests for files and narrowing exceptions to the law. The changes are among 18 measures outlined by the group Democracy Watch in a submission to the House of Commons committee on…

MPs were told by the head of the UK’s private security industry regulator on Wednesday that there is no intelligence on women being spiked with needles Security Industry Authority Director and former police boss Paul Fullwood spoke to Labour MP Dame Diana Johnson and Conservative MP Tim Loughton as part of a wider inquiry into…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing increasing hostility from his own party in light of claims Downing Street staff broke lockdown rules by holding a Christmas gathering last year. Several Tory backbenchers, along with the former Scottish Conservatives leader, Ruth Davidson, have expressed concerns over the affair—arguing that the allegations, if true, are “unacceptable”…

The rollout of Britain’s controversial so-called smart motorways should be put on hold due to safety concerns, says a committee of MPs. A report by the Commons Transport Select Committee (TSC) published on Nov. 2 said that more data is needed on safety and economics. Smart motorways were developed to increase capacity without having to…

The UK’s handling of the military withdrawal from Afghanistan and the evacuation from Kabul will be scrutinised as part of a broader inquiry announced today by the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. The inquiry will not only probe for mis-steps by the Foreign Office, but also try to understand how the Taliban’s dramatic return to power may…

Some leading backbench Tory MPs have criticized the government’s long-awaited foreign policy and defence revamp for not going far enough when it comes to China. The Integrated Review, published yesterday, designated China as a “systemic challenge” and spelled out a pivot to the Indo-pacific to push back against Beijing’s dominance. Announcing the review—which was billed…