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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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Transport secretary Geoff Hoon has backed an expansion of Stansted airport. It is Mr Hoon’s first move since Gordon Brown’s Cabinet reshuffle moved him over to the Department for Transport. The decision, which will increase the number of flights from 241,000 to 264,000 a year, has provoked anger from environmental campaigners. BAA’s attempts to build… Read more »
Environmentalists have reacted with outrage after it emerged the government wants aviation to be excluded from an EU-wide renewables commitment. The government has admitted it does not approve of aircraft being subject to the EU’s target of taking 20 per cent of all energy from renewable sources by 2020 because it believes the sector would… Read more »
