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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 information commissioner is to be given stronger powers to regulate the Data Protection Act (DPA) following a proposal from justice secretary Jack Straw. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will now have the power to enforce a fine on the controllers of data who recklessly or deliberately lose personal data. The ICO will be able… Read more »
The House of Commons has launched a last minute attempt to prevent full details of MPs’ expenses being published. A freedom of information tribunal ruled last month that the Commons must release details of the second home allowance of 14 MPs’, including Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and David Cameron. The Commons had until this Thursday… Read more »
