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BASC issues warning to Minister ahead of final Grouse Bill debate

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has issued a letter to Jim Fairlie, Scotland’s Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, urging for further amendments to be made at the final stage of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill. It comes as the Bill nears the final stage of a debate on March 19… Read more »

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What are the natural capital benefits of shooting?

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has published its inaugural assessment of the Natural Capital benefits of shooting. Natural Capital can be defined as the sum of financial and social benefits we get from our natural environment. This concept has increasingly shaped both international and national environmental policies and is at the core… Read more »

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Asylum claims falling
Asylum claims falling

The Government has outlined figures today that suggest it is on course to meet a target for reduction in September. The target was set against the peak month of last year, which saw nearly nine thousand people claim asylum in October. The Government then set the goal of halving this monthly level for September 2003…. Read more »

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Goldsmith – no legal ground for coalition’s role in Iraq

The US-led coalition’s role in rebuilding post-war Iraq may well turn out to be illegal without a new United Nations resolution, according to the Government’s main lawyer, Attorney-General Lord Goldsmith. The New Statesman published an alleged memo, dated March 26, six days after the outbreak of hostilities against Iraq, from Lord Goldsmith, which explains to… Read more »