Constitutional Reform
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been made aware that several firearms licensing departments that had previously stopped grant applications have revised their policy after criticism from BASC, press coverage and intervention by MPs. Licensing departments in North Yorkshire, Thames Valley, Kent and Northamptonshire had all previously announced that grant applications for… Read more »
Tony Juniper, chair of Natural England, had the opportunity to see first-hand the conservation efforts of wildfowling clubs when he visited the Lytham & District Wildfowling Association (LDWA). Accompanied by staff from the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), Tony took part in a conservation walk around the club’s land at the mouth of… 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 »
