Damian Hinds: Raise the quality of technical education, and parity of esteem will naturally follow

It is utterly confusing to provide 12,000 course options at Level 3 or below. The system must be reformed.

Natasha Hausdorff: The proscription of Hezbollah is welcome – though overdue

It will be a significant step forward in keeping this heinous organisation from inciting hatred on our streets.

Alex Morton: Conservatives must be able to debate the future of their Party’s ideas as well as its future leader

Allowing everything to be dominated by questions of personalities undermines essential thinking about matters of policy.

Nick Hargrave: If we join the EEA, others might follow – thus creating a Europe-wide, non-federalist alternative to the EU

As a bloc with heightened economic weight, with the UK as a key influence, it would have greater flexibility to negotiate over issues such as immigration and budgetary contributions.

Alexander Temerko: The relationship between business and government has never been as meaningless as under May

The key to a good Brexit is empowering UK entrepreneurs to talk to their European counterparts and become ambassadors for Downing Street’s plan.

Howard Flight: We should be more enthusiastic about post-Brexit opportunities for Britain

I understand the Government’s keenness to achieve a free trade agreement with the EU, but we need to be careful that the price is not too high.

James Arnell: Ready on Day One for Brexit 5) Reactions, refinements – and further work

I have said previously that I believe the Government has been pursuing a sensible negotiating approach to date. I maintain that view.

Nadhim Zahawi: We should be willing to consider paying for continued access to the Single Market

By reminding us that the EU status quo isn’t on the table, Juncker has done us a favour. Now May must set out her own stall.

Alex Morton: We cannot be neutral in Islam’s internal struggle. Here are three ways in which the Prime Minister should act.

When I worked in Number Ten, the people who grasped most clearly this ideology’s threat were my Muslim co-workers.

Douglas Carswell: An electoral drift to the Left? Not really. The Left isn’t thriving. It’s dying.

From Spain to Italy to America, parties of organised labour are in trouble. The blue collar base didn’t come out for them – and may not come out for Corbyn either.

France’s election. A president in search of authority – whoever wins.

The established parties have lost their grip on this contest, but their hold on other parts of the country’s system remains strong.

Mohammed Amin: Preventing terrorism is your responsibility

Politicians like Geert Wilders who want to ban the Quran and who treat all Muslims as “the enemy within” are doing ISIS’s work for them.

Iain Duncan Smith: The EU does not speak with one voice – it is increasingly divided

With growing problems at home, many member states are at odds with the Commission’s punitive line on Brexit.

Garvan Walshe: Wilders’s strength is greatly exaggerated – for now

He is a talented populist and looks set to do well in next week’s Dutch election. The question is what he will do then.

“German intelligence has warned that the Kremlin seeks to influence this year’s elections.” Fallon’s speech on Russia: full text

“We hope that it abides by the Minsk agreements, curbs the reckless military activity, and ditches the misinformation.”