Constitutional Reform
The Preston and District Wildfowling Association (PDWA) have been awarded a £21,000 grant from the Wildlife Habitat Charitable Trust (WHCT) to improve habitat on the protected Hutton Marsh in the Ribble Estuary. The grant will be used to fund habitat improvements for nesting birds, as well as to encourage water voles and otters into the… Read more »
North Yorkshire Police’s decision to halt all firearm and shotgun certificate grants has been described by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), as “a clear breach of their statutory duty”. In correspondence with North Yorkshire MPs, BASC has asked that the force is scrutinised and that they resume… Read more »
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Constitutional affairs minister Harriet Harman has said she feels the attorney general and the cabinet must be kept separate to promote public trust. The role as the chief legal advisor of the Crown in England and Wales is currently filled by Lord Goldsmith, for whom Ms Harman says she has “nothing but respect for”. However… Read more »
The Freedom of Information Act is “mainly for the public”, the lord chancellor will say later today. Lord Falconer will criticise the number of requests for “trivial” information lodged by the press, saying the “people not the press must be the priority”. Delivering the Lord Williams of Mostyn memorial lecture tonight, the lord chancellor will… Read more »
