Civil Liberties
Long overdue legislation setting out the regulatory framework for physician assistants (PAs) and anaesthesia assistants (AAs) has been published today. Commenting on the legislation, Dr Michael Devlin, head of professional standards and liaison at the MDU said: “This important piece of legislation not only introduces much needed regulation for PAs and AAs, it will also be… Read more »
The Disestablishment of the Church of England Bill had its first reading in the UK Parliament today. The Bill would disestablish the Church of England and remove the automatic right of bishops to sit in the House of Lords. Humanists UK, which campaigns for a secular state, welcomed the introduction of the Bill. The Bill,… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Internet users’ emails and online phone calls will be stored for the government to overlook, beginning today. The changes come in an EC directive requiring all internet service providers (ISPs) to keep the data for 12 months. The directive already applied to telecoms providers but has now been expanded to ISPs. The… Read more »
By Ian Dunt The Conservatives have given their strongest commitment yet to wholesale reform of the way Britain manages its DNA database. Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling has explicitly stated that innocent people should not have their DNA retained by the police once they are acquitted of a crime, against current government police. Mr Grayling… Read more »