Prime Minister’s Questions
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has urged the Scottish Government to ‘avoid pursuing’ DMNROs in the proposed new Natural Environment Bill. The bill was included in the Programme for Government, set out by First Minister John Swinney last week. The government has also now published its analysis of the responses to the… Read more »
As part of an ongoing commitment to support police forces across Scotland with training for Firearms Enquiry Officers (FEOs), BASC hosted ten members of Police Scotland’s FEO team. This was the third ‘Continuing Professional Development’ (CPD) training session BASC has held with Police Scotland and will be followed by a number of courses over the… Read more »
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It was little surprise that Keir Starmer focussed his questioning on the return of Liz Truss at PMQs this afternoon. The former prime minister’s publicity tour for her new treatise, Ten Years to Save the West, has aligned perfectly with parliament’s return post-recess — and Labour has taken advantage. Yesterday, Labour’s chief attack dog Jonathan… Read more »
Credit to the government whips today who found in Conservative MP Giles Watling a willing vessel into which to plant a friendly question about inflation. If the endless anti-government briefing is anything to go by, of course, such outspokenly loyal MPs are a rare fixture in Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party. The commons went through the… Read more »