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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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By politics.co.uk staff Festive holidaymakers could find their Christmas holidays disrupted if the threat of industrial action by British Airways cabin crew staff becomes reality. A dispute over contract changes has led to the balloting for strike action, the result of which will be announced on December 14th. Under industrial action rules a strike could… Read more »
By Ian Dunt The Lords will vote today on an amendment which could see new laws against slavery in Britain, in a move with overtones of William Wilberforce, the leader of the movement which abolished slavery. An amendment to the coroners and justice bill would make servitude and forced labour illegal for the first time…. Read more »
