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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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The meeting of Nato allies in Riga this week has made “significant progress” in bolstering the forces serving in Afghanistan, Tony Blair has said. The prime minister said commanders would now have 85 per cent of the troops they needed, after several Nato countries dropped restrictions on the deployment of their armed forces. Leaders of… Read more »
All the Nato countries should regard the work British troops are doing in Afghanistan as “their responsibility”, Tony Blair argued today. Members of the alliance are meeting today in Belgium to discuss how to respond to military commanders’ request for 2,500 more troops in the country. Reports suggest that European leaders are unlikely to pledge… Read more »
