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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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By politics.co.uk staff The Saville Report into Bloody Sunday has been criticised by some of the paratroopers who served that day. Six men, none of whom were accused of shooting anyone on the day the incident took place, focused their disapproval on criticism of Lt Col Derek Wilford. Col Wilford is singled out for blame… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Backbenchers have launched a concerted attack on parliament’s expenses watchdog as anger at the new allowances system boiled over. A Westminster Hall debate called by senior Labour MP David Winnick resulted in a packed-out chamber as MPs from all parties queued to condemn the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. Its administration of the… Read more »