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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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By politics.co.uk staff Israel had rejected UN demands for an independent international inquiry into its attack on an aid flotilla, but appointed two foreign observers to its domestic committee. Former Northern Ireland first minister David Trimble and Canadian judge Ken Watkin will oversee the Israeli investigation, although they have no voting rights. It will be… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Britain and France have issued a joint demand for an international presence on a probe into the Israeli military’s raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship. In a joint statement following their meeting in Paris foreign secretary William Hague and French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner called for a “credible and transparent investigation” into… Read more »
