Urgent question
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 »
In an urgent question, Labour Chair, Anneliese Dodds, asked for more information on the awarding of government contracts to Randox Laboratories Ltd. Maggie Throup, the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Care, explained that “all contracts were awarded in line with procurement regulations and transparency guidelines”. Dodds, in response, suggested that Randox’s £133 million contract… Read more »
Responding to Andrew Mitchell’s urgent question regarding the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, Vicky Ford, the under-secretary for the foreign, Commonwealth and development office, admitted that the crisis “remains deeply troubling”. Ford told the House that the UN had made it’s “largest humanitarian appeal on record” at $4.5 billion, something of which the UK is “strongly… Read more »
