John Bercow
BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »
BASC has recently organised three Introduction to Wildfowling workshops for Natural England (NE) staff. The events were aimed at equipping NE staff with the knowledge and understanding of wildfowling which would ultimately help them make informed, pragmatic consenting decisions on protected and designated sites. More than 40 NE staff, as well as members of local… Read more »
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By Liz Stephens Ukip leader Nigel Farage, will announce tomorrow that he intends to stand against John Bercow at the next general election. Speaking to The Telegraph today, Mr Farage said that Mr Bercow represented “all that is wrong with British politics today”. It is unusual for an MP to challenge the Speaker in his… Read more »
New Speaker John Bercow is preparing to conduct his first ever prime minister’s questions today, following a difficult first day which saw him on the receiving end of criticism from his own party. Mr Bercow was elected to the position on Monday evening after a series of ballots eventually whittled down his competitors to just… Read more »