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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Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat politicians are all blaming each other for yesterday’s Commons vote preventing any change in MPs’ expenses arrangements. “Today was a bad day for openness and accountability for MPs,” said Liberal Democrat Commons spokesman Simon Hughes. “The Commons had the chance to vote for proper auditing of all we do, but… Read more »
The government’s ID cards scheme risks being derailed by mistakes in fingerprint matching, the government’s own experts have warned The £4.4 billion National Identity Scheme’s (NIS) preference for relying on fingerprint and facial recognition biometrics exposes the system to error, the Biometrics Assurance Group (BAG) claims. BAG claims that “exception handling” – dealing with mismatched… Read more »
