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Ahead of tomorrow’s Stage 1 debate in the Scottish Parliament, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has warned that the Natural Environment Bill poses several risks to the balance of deer management in Scotland. BASC has briefed MSPs on its main concerns and is urging a rethink of proposals that could undermine effective… Read more »
The House of Lords Select Committee for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has just announced its final oral witnesses, and it will not hear from terminally ill individuals or those who have assisted loved ones to die. Clare Turner, a terminally ill person, and Louise Shackleton, who accompanied her husband to Switzerland… Read more »
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The government is considering new measures, including a potential “app cap” or “digital curfew” for children, to combat what a minister has described as the “deliberately addictive” nature of social media algorithms. Sir Chris Bryant, the minister of state for data protection and telecoms, confirmed the government is looking at a further package of regulations… Read more »
Scottish Labour’s victory in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election has been described as a “message to Farage and his mob” by the triumphant candidate. In a result that confounded predictions, Scottish Labour’s Davy Russell won the seat from the SNP, formally held by minister Christina McKelvie before she died in March, by a majority… Read more »
