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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has written to the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater, ahead of a major consultation into deer management changes in Scotland. The consultation which closes on Friday 29 March, raises six key themes around deer management changes. BASC has serious concerns regarding many… Read more »
The Assisted Dying Bill Scotland has been published today. Humanists UK welcomes the bill and hopes it passes the next stage, but urges politicians not to ignore people like Tony Nicklinson, who would not be eligible for the proposed law. Currently, the Bill is limited to only people who are terminally ill, which has a legal… Read more »
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The Safety of Rwanda Bill should make it through the House of Lords “fairly fast”, a minister has claimed this morning after Rishi Sunak’s flagship legislation cleared its House of Commons stages last night. Chris Philp, a Home Office minister, insisted the government would aim for deportation flights to start “as soon as possible”. He… Read more »
MPs voted 320-276 this evening — a majority of 44 — in favour of the government’s Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill at its commons third reading stage. It came after 61 Conservative rebels backed former immigration minister Robert Jenrick’s Amendment 23 during the bill’s committee stage. The amendment sought to block last-minute injunctions… Read more »