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Today, members of the House of Lords will debate the Terminally Ill Adults Bill for the first sitting of Committee Stage. Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Baroness Grey-Thompson, Lord Carlile of Berriew, Baroness Coffey, Lord Goodman of Wycombe, Lord Moylan, and Lord Sandhurst, all opponents of the Assisted Dying Bill, have together tabled 587 amendments to… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) met the new Policing Minister, Sarah Jones MP, on Wednesday 12 November, to raise concerns affecting the shooting community, including a forthcoming consultation on plans to merge shotgun and firearms licensing. During the meeting with the Minister, BASC underlined the sector’s commitment to high standards and public… Read more »
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Margaret Beckett has defended the government’s actions during the recent crisis in Lebanon in the face of fierce union criticism. The foreign secretary insisted that although Tony Blair refused to call for an immediate ceasefire when Israel began bombing southern Lebanon this summer, he worked hard to get the UN security council resolution that finally… Read more »
Romania and Bulgaria have been given the go-ahead to join the EU in January 2007, but under strict conditions from the European Commission. It has imposed tougher rules on the Balkan countries than on previous new members, but commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said in the progress report that both countries had made enough progress… Read more »
