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BASC issues warning to Minister ahead of final Grouse Bill debate

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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What are the natural capital benefits of shooting?

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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By politics.co.uk staff The Saville Report into Bloody Sunday has been criticised by some of the paratroopers who served that day. Six men, none of whom were accused of shooting anyone on the day the incident took place, focused their disapproval on criticism of Lt Col Derek Wilford. Col Wilford is singled out for blame… Read more »

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By politics.co.uk staff Backbenchers have launched a concerted attack on parliament’s expenses watchdog as anger at the new allowances system boiled over. A Westminster Hall debate called by senior Labour MP David Winnick resulted in a packed-out chamber as MPs from all parties queued to condemn the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. Its administration of the… Read more »