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 »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has published its inaugural assessment of the Natural Capital benefits of shooting. Natural Capital can be defined as the sum of financial and social benefits we get from our natural environment. This concept has increasingly shaped both international and national environmental policies and is at the core… Read more »
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By Liz Stephens Foreign Office minister, Lord Malloch Brown will resign from the government at the end of the month it was revealed last night. Lord Malloch Brown, minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, said that “personal and family reasons” were behind the decision and stressed the move had nothing to do with… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The House of Lords has rejected a move to legalise Brits taking their loved ones overseas for assisted suicide. The measure, which was fitted in as an amendment to the coroners and justice bill, was defeated in a free vote by 194 to 141. It was proposed by Lord Falconer, former Labour… Read more »
