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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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The High Court of Northern Ireland has ruled that the suspension of three Ulster Unionist MPs from the party was invalid. David Burnside, Jeffrey Donaldson and the Reverend Martin Smyth had been seeking an injunction against the party leader’s, David Trimble’s, decision to suspend the MPs after they had resigned the party whip. The UUP… Read more »
The Foreign Affairs Select Committee today published its report into the compilation of the two dossiers presented to Parliament and the public in the run up to the war in Iraq. Reporting of the influences on the dossiers has caused a public dispute between the BBC and the Government, and has raised questions about the… Read more »
