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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 »
BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »
In a debate on Northern Ireland’s relationship with the United Kingdom, the Conservative party’s Lord Lexden summed up the issue as “devolve and forget”. Lexden encouraged parliament to look over Northern Ireland’s communities with their best interests at heart. On the issue of a Northern Irish return to Ireland, Labour’s Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick explained… Read more »
As the House of Lords passed two amendments to the animal welfare bill that ensured the Animal Sentence Committee to “respect religious rights, cultural traditions and religious heritage”, former vet, Lord Trees told the House that he did not condone “some of the activities covered in the amendment”. While lords accepted and respected the amendments,… Read more »
