Notable moment
Today, members of the House of Lords will debate the Terminally Ill Adults Bill for the first sitting of Committee Stage. Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Baroness Grey-Thompson, Lord Carlile of Berriew, Baroness Coffey, Lord Goodman of Wycombe, Lord Moylan, and Lord Sandhurst, all opponents of the Assisted Dying Bill, have together tabled 587 amendments to… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) met the new Policing Minister, Sarah Jones MP, on Wednesday 12 November, to raise concerns affecting the shooting community, including a forthcoming consultation on plans to merge shotgun and firearms licensing. During the meeting with the Minister, BASC underlined the sector’s commitment to high standards and public… Read more »
Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell today returned to the House commons to take the oath to the King. It comes after he had been unable to vote or set foot in parliament for almost two years, having been arrested on suspicion of sexual offences. He has now been cleared of all wrongdoing. The Met Police said… Read more »
Gen Kitchen and Damien Egan took their seats as MPs in the House of Commons today after Labour ousted the Conservatives in two recent by-elections. Egan won in Kingswood, south Gloucestershire, and Kitchen was victorious in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. They overturned majorities of 11,220 (Kingswood) and 18,540 (Wellingborough), in what amounted to the Conservative Party’s ninth… Read more »
