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BASC was pleased to host the Secretary of State for Defra, Steve Barclay, at the inaugural Northern Gamekeepers’ Conference on Friday 8 March in the historic grounds of the Swinton Estate in Masham, North Yorkshire. The main hall at the Swinton Park Hotel was standing room only as gamekeepers from across the north of England… Read more »
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 »
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By Ian Dunt A Tory MP has been ordered to pay back £2,100 and apologise in writing for wrongly claimed food by the parliamentary standards watchdog. The judgement against Anne Main by John Lyon, the parliamentary commissioner for standards, comes on the same day as 390 MPs were ordered to pay back some expenses claims… Read more »
By Ian Dunt Sir Thomas Legg blamed parliamentary culture, the Speaker and MPs themselves for allowing the system of expenses to become so damaging to British politics today. In his report on the use of additional costs allowance (ACA), published today, the civil servant said the Fees Office was unable to withstand the influence of… Read more »
