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BASC amendments place the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill on a more ‘workable’ footing. BASC has claimed a significant victory in a crucial vote on the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill, which will ensure that grouse shooting continues unhampered. MSPs in the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee today, 7 February, entered day one of… Read more »
A UK Government petition to hold a parliamentary vote on assisted dying has passed 100,000 signatures in less than a month, and will be considered for Westminster Hall debate in Parliament. Humanists UK has welcomed the news, thanked members and supporters who have already signed and encouraged others to add their signatures. This petition calls for… Read more »
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The Conservatives have called on the government to ratify the European convention on action against human trafficking immediately. Although UK ministers have signed up to the anti-trafficking treaty the government is yet to ratify it, in common with most other European nations. But speaking today the Conservatives called for its immediate ratification, with a vow… Read more »
The prime minister has promised the government will do everything possible to restore normality to the Royal Marsden Hospital after yesterday’s fire. The top floor and roof of the specialist cancer hospital were gutted by fire yesterday and staff and patients had to be evacuated. Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah visited the west London… Read more »