Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision (MDMD) will be holding a rally on Parliament Square on 29 April at 15:30 to show their support for assisted dying legislation for the terminally ill and the incurably suffering. On Monday the House of Commons will be holding a Westminster Hall debate on assisted dying after an… Read more »
BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »
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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 »
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 »
