Constitutional Reform
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has described the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee inquiry into the Government’s Animals Abroad Bill as a ‘win for conservation’. The EFRA Select Committee’s inquiry announced today (2 July) that they will look at the government’s proposals on so-called ‘trophy hunting’ and whether the… Read more »
More and more couples having humanist weddings in England and Wales are expressing their frustration at the growing waiting times before they can also have a civil marriage and so be married in the eyes of the law. The backlogs in many parts of the country are a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff The Commons’ influential anti-sleaze watchdog has handed Gordon Brown his latest setback in the run-up to tomorrow’s vote by MPs. The standards and privileges committee, chaired by Sir George Young, announced late yesterday it opposed Downing Street’s attempt to impose interim arrangements on parliament. Gordon Brown has already been forced to withdraw… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Downing Street’s attempt to seize the MPs expenses agenda lies in tatters after Gordon Brown was forced to abandon his attempted reforms. No 10 had hoped to replace the second homes allowance with a flat rate based on daily attendance in the Commons in a vote due on Thursday. But a refusal… Read more »
