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BASC issues warning to Minister ahead of final Grouse Bill debate

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has issued a letter to Jim Fairlie, Scotland’s Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, urging for further amendments to be made at the final stage of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill. It comes as the Bill nears the final stage of a debate on March 19… Read more »

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What are the natural capital benefits of shooting?

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has published its inaugural assessment of the Natural Capital benefits of shooting. Natural Capital can be defined as the sum of financial and social benefits we get from our natural environment. This concept has increasingly shaped both international and national environmental policies and is at the core… Read more »

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Brown hints at Iraq inquiry U-turn

By Alex Stevenson Gordon Brown may accept large parts of the Iraq war inquiry being held in public rather than private, No 10 has conceded. Downing Street sought to downplay the significance of whether the inquiry was being held in private or public this morning as criticisms of the prime minister’s decision to hold the… Read more »

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Tories call for public Iraq inquiry

By politics.co.uk staff The Conservatives plan to put more pressure on Labour over the Iraq inquiry, by calling for a public inquiry in their opposition day debate next week. The move could divide Labour, by encouraging backbenchers to vote against the government. Gordon Brown announced the inquiry would be held in secret earlier this week,… Read more »