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Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
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 »
SNP MP Stephen Flynn told the government to “cut the hyperbole, cut the bureaucracy” and get Ukrainian refugees “sanctuary in this country”. Flynn criticised the government’s stance that Ukrainian women and children are “security threats”. Foreign minister James Cleverly told the House that the UK will “open its arms” to Ukrainian refugees and that the… Read more »
During foreign affairs questions to foreign secretary Liz Truss, Labour MP Alison McGovern called into question the “adequacies of the home office in foreign affairs”. McGovern referred to the UK response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine as having the “same administrative failures that hampered our response to Syrian refugees”. Liz Truss admitted that the… Read more »
