Human Rights
The Scottish Government has published its Natural Environment Bill, introducing controversial measures that significantly impact deer managers across Scotland. While the Government claims the Bill will modernise deer management to tackle the climate and nature emergency, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has branded the proposals “draconian”. Key provisions in the Bill include… Read more »
BASC has criticised the government’s decision to grant police automatic powers of entry into the homes of firearms certificate holders as unnecessary and an erosion of civil liberties. The police already have powers of entry to prevent crime and if life is in danger. They can also get a warrant from a magistrate and they… Read more »
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The government today confirmed schools can ‘ban’ pupils from wearing a full Islamic veil. Guidelines published by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) state head teachers can ban pupils from wearing the niqab, which obscures the face apart from the eyes, on the grounds of security, safety and inclusion. Education secretary Alan Johnson had… Read more »
Parliament was asked to renew a power that is “routinely being used in breach of fundamental rights” without the chance to debate it fully, MPs have warned. The joint committee on human rights has criticised the latest renewal of control orders, warning that parliament was given insufficient opportunity to scrutinise the controversial power, created under… Read more »
