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Ahead of tomorrow’s Stage 1 debate in the Scottish Parliament, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has warned that the Natural Environment Bill poses several risks to the balance of deer management in Scotland. BASC has briefed MSPs on its main concerns and is urging a rethink of proposals that could undermine effective… Read more »
The House of Lords Select Committee for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has just announced its final oral witnesses, and it will not hear from terminally ill individuals or those who have assisted loved ones to die. Clare Turner, a terminally ill person, and Louise Shackleton, who accompanied her husband to Switzerland… Read more »
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Former housing minister Nick Raynsford has launched a scathing attack on current Labour strategy and praised David Miliband’s explosive article in the Guardian a fortnight ago. In a technique last seen in that very same Miliband article, Mr Raynsford fails to mention Gordon Brown but does say Mr Miliband was right to focus on “winning… Read more »
A new controversy has erupted over the government’s counter-terrorism bill after it was revealed it grants the government powers to hold inquests in secret. The measure – section 63 of the bill – was passed over without many people noticing it during the stormy row over 42-day detention but is now taking centre stage just… Read more »
