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PCC Elections – BASC Needs You

Elections for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) will take place on 2 May 2024 and provide the perfect opportunity for the shooting community to find out where local Police and Crime Commissioner candidates stand on firearms licensing. BASC has launched a contact platform which allows you to search for your local PCC candidates by police… Read more »

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Assisted dying proposals in Jersey lodged – Humanists Comment

The legalisation of assisted dying in Jersey has taken another step as proposals have been lodged in the States Assembly. Channel Island Humanists welcomes the proposals, as another part of the British Isle moves closer to a compassionate end-of-life law. The proposals will allow residents of Jersey who are intolerably suffering from a physical, incurable condition… Read more »

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Commons debates smoking ban

MPs will today have their first chance to debate plans to introduce a smoking ban in England and Wales when the health bill receives its second reading in the Commons. The proposals would see a partial ban on smoking in public places introduced in summer 2007, with private members’ clubs and premises not serving food… Read more »

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Total smoking ban ‘only a matter of time’

It is “only a matter of time” before a total ban on smoking in public places in England and Wales is introduced, Patricia Hewitt has admitted. The health secretary earlier this month published plans to introduce a partial ban on smoking, where pubs not serving food and private members’ clubs were exempt. She was in… Read more »