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BASC was pleased to host the Secretary of State for Defra, Steve Barclay, at the inaugural Northern Gamekeepers’ Conference on Friday 8 March in the historic grounds of the Swinton Estate in Masham, North Yorkshire. The main hall at the Swinton Park Hotel was standing room only as gamekeepers from across the north of England… Read more »
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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Environmental concerns will “run through” all elements of the Liberal Democrats’ agenda, according to its environment spokesman Norman Baker. In a keynote speech at the party conference in Bournemouth, Norman Baker lambasted the other parties’ environmental record and promised that the Lib Dems would be different. Both Tony Blair and the Conservative leader Michael Howard… Read more »
The Liberal Democrat leader has suggested that in the event of a hung Parliament the Liberal Democrats would remain independent. There had been suggestions that in the event of a hung Parliament the Liberal Democrats might be prepared to work with Labour in a similar manner as to the governing coalition in Scotland. Yesterday, speaking… Read more »