Ministerial statement
Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision (MDMD) will be holding a rally on Parliament Square on 29 April at 15:30 to show their support for assisted dying legislation for the terminally ill and the incurably suffering. On Monday the House of Commons will be holding a Westminster Hall debate on assisted dying after an… Read more »
BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »
Paymaster general John Glen today delivered a statement to the House of Commons on the government’s response to the infected blood inquiry. It comes after MPs voted to establish a compensatory body for victims of the infected blood scandal earlier this month. Despite the government issuing a three-line whip to vote down the proposal, an… Read more »
Delivering a statement to the House of Commons this evening, home secretary James Cleverly declared that the concerns of the Supreme Court over the government’s Rwanda deportations scheme have been “conclusively answered”. He said: “Today, I can inform the House that [the court’s] concerns have been conclusively answered and those changes made as a result… Read more »