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BASC welcomes significant improvement on GL43

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 »

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BASC and Natural England meet to talk wildfowling

BASC has recently organised three Introduction to Wildfowling workshops for Natural England (NE) staff. The events were aimed at equipping NE staff with the knowledge and understanding of wildfowling which would ultimately help them make informed, pragmatic consenting decisions on protected and designated sites. More than 40 NE staff, as well as members of local… Read more »

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Iain Duncan Smith criticises the government’s China policy

On Tuesday afternoon, DUP MP Jim Shannon was granted an urgent question on Beijing’s recent crackdown on protesters which resulted in the assault of BBC journalist Ed Lawrence who was covering demonstrations in Shanghai. Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith said: “There’s an endless litany now of China’s bad behaviour, and I simply raise this particular… Read more »