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Today, members of the House of Lords will debate the Terminally Ill Adults Bill for the first sitting of Committee Stage. Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Baroness Grey-Thompson, Lord Carlile of Berriew, Baroness Coffey, Lord Goodman of Wycombe, Lord Moylan, and Lord Sandhurst, all opponents of the Assisted Dying Bill, have together tabled 587 amendments to… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) met the new Policing Minister, Sarah Jones MP, on Wednesday 12 November, to raise concerns affecting the shooting community, including a forthcoming consultation on plans to merge shotgun and firearms licensing. During the meeting with the Minister, BASC underlined the sector’s commitment to high standards and public… Read more »
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The government has secured an increase in EU fish quotas after fishermen complained they were forced to throw more than half of healthy catches back into the sea. As part of an attempt to safeguard cod and other fish stocks, the amount of fish UK trawlers can catch is fixed by the European Union (EU)…. Read more »
The government’s claim to have swiftly contained the first outbreak of foot and mouth disease has been cast into doubt. Scientists believe a second report of the virus a month after foot and mouth was first confirmed was part of the same outbreak, suggesting the government should not have claimed to have contained the virus… Read more »
