Ministerial statement
The Chief Constable of Cumbria police has committed additional resources to firearms licensing in the region to cut delays for certificate renewals. BASC’s head of firearms, Martin Parker, met with the Chief Constable of Cumbria Constabulary, Rob Carden, on Monday 29 April to discuss the service delivered by his force to certificate holders in the… Read more »
BASC’s head of firearms Bill Harriman has written to the Chief Constable of West Mercia Police to challenge its decision to make all applications for firearms and shotgun certificates online only. The force announced this week that from 1 May printed applications would no longer be accepted. In a letter to Chief Constable Alex Murray,… 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 »