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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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The report called for a more open approach to Iran from the White House
Commons committee report ‘leaked to US’

By politics.co.uk staff The US government was informed of a select committee report into Iran days before publication, according to a new Wikileaks file. The move would be a major breach of parliamentary rules. Select committee reports are not even meant to be seen by government departments before publication. But according to a new Wikileaks… Read more »

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Hague hits out at the violence in Cairo
Hague confronts Egypt over street violence

By Ian Dunt William Hague has issued a thinly-veiled threat to the Egyptian regime over the violence taking place on the streets of Cairo. The capital has been the scene of extraordinary violence today, between anti-government protestors and groups of thugs patrolling the city. Thirteen people are understood to have died in the running battles…. Read more »