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The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has passed its Second Reading. This is the first time in history that the House of Commons has voted in favour of the principle of assisted dying for the terminally ill. Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of Humanists UK, said: ‘Parliament has taken a historic first step to… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has welcomed a significant step forward in firearms licensing procedures in Gloucestershire following our sustained pressure and engagement with the county’s new Chief Constable and the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC). Despite having announced they were not accepting any grant applications, and that existing applications would take… Read more »
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Legislation that would exempt MPs from the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act will gain a second chance of passing into law this week. In a highly atypical move, Conservative MP David Maclean’s private members’ bill will return to the Commons just a week after being ‘talked-out’. The bill would exempt MPs from the FoI Act…. Read more »
A private members’ bill by the former Tory chief whip David Maclean which would have exempted MPs from freedom of information enquiries has been blocked by a collection of MPs from all parties. Lib Dem MP Norman Baker and a handful of others succeeded in ‘talking out’ the bill by discussing it for five hours…. Read more »
