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New deer management orders could contravene human rights according to Scotland’s largest shooting organisation

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has written to the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater, ahead of a major consultation into deer management changes in Scotland. The consultation which closes on Friday 29 March, raises six key themes around deer management changes. BASC has serious concerns regarding many… Read more »

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Scottish Assisted Dying Bill Published – Humanists UK Comment

The Assisted Dying Bill Scotland has been published today. Humanists UK welcomes the bill and hopes it passes the next stage, but urges politicians not to ignore people like Tony Nicklinson, who would not be eligible for the proposed law. Currently, the Bill is limited to only people who are terminally ill, which has a legal… Read more »

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Peers want to delay hunt ban until 2007
Peers vote to delay hunting ban

The ban on hunting with dogs should be delayed until the end of 2007, peers in the House of Lords said on Thursday. During the Hunting Bill’s report stage, peers voted by 175 to 145 to allow unrestricted hunting to continue until the end of November 2007. The Lords voted to delay further limits on… Read more »

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Kennedy is "politician of the year"
Kennedy wins top politician award

Liberal Democrat Party leader Charles Kennedy has been named top politician in the annual Parliamentarian of the Year awards. The anti-Iraq war MP won the politician of the year prize at the awards sponsored by the Spectator magazine, whose editor is Conservative MP Boris Johnson. Mr Johnson said of Mr Kennedy’s anti-war stance: “It is… Read more »