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 House of Lords is beginning to debate the detail of the Government’s controversial plans to introduce control orders for terrorist suspects. The plans narrowly made it through the House of Commons after Home Secretary Charles Clarke said he would amend the bill in the Lords so that judges, rather than politicians, made the initial… Read more »
The Health Secretary will today visit the hospital where pensioner Margaret Dixon has had her operation cancelled seven times. John Reid’s visit to Warrington General Hospital in Cheshire comes after the 69-year-old’s plight was highlighted by the Conservatives as an example of how the NHS was failing thousands of families under Labour. He intends to… Read more »
