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BASC was pleased to host the Secretary of State for Defra, Steve Barclay, at the inaugural Northern Gamekeepers’ Conference on Friday 8 March in the historic grounds of the Swinton Estate in Masham, North Yorkshire. The main hall at the Swinton Park Hotel was standing room only as gamekeepers from across the north of England… Read more »
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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By Ian Dunt Harriet Harman is facing up to an entirely different level of political opposition today after Pope Benedict XVI came out against her equality bill. Speaking to Catholic bishops from England and Wales who made the al-Limina pilgrimage to the tombs of Peter and Paul in Rome, the pope revealed his discomfort with… Read more »
by politics.co.uk staff The Lords have voted down three amendments to the equality bill, which campaigners said would prevent churches from denying jobs to gay people. Ministers insisted they intended only to clarify the existing bill, but in a series of well-attended votes, Lords rejected their arguments. The first vote had a majority of 38,… Read more »
