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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 »
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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In response to an urgent question regarding the resignation of Lord Geidt, paymaster general Michael Ellis told the House that prime minister Boris Johnson “continues to maintain honour and integrity”. Ellis told the House of Commons that the government were ‘disappointed” that the prime minister’s personal advisor Lord Geidt has taken the decision to resign…. Read more »
No 10 have succumbed to calls from Labour and other to publish Lord Geidt’s resignation letter in which he accuses Boris Johnson of risking a “mockery” of ministerial code in trade policy changes. Downing Street have since said that they could scrap the ethics adviser role entirely instead of seeking a replacement for Geidt. Labour’s… Read more »
