Human Rights
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has raised the importance of recognising the challenges faced by gamekeepers and the physical and mental health benefits of shooting within the Environment Food Rural Affairs (EFRA) committee’s mental health inquiry. The wide-ranging inquiry launched in November 2021 will set out recommendations about how the government can… Read more »
The government’s new environmental land management schemes are an open door for management practices undertaken for shooting and conservation, says the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The two new schemes unveiled by the Secretary of State for Defra George Eustice at the Oxford Farming Conference will play a pivotal role in the Governments’… Read more »
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The outcry over a ban imposed on anti-war protesters planning to march during president Bush’s trip to London over the weekend is growing. Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne has sent a letter to the home secretary urging her to review the decision. The demonstrators have been offered alternative routes but are banned from… Read more »
Opponents of the government plans to extend pre-charge detention to 42-days are vowing to take their struggle to the Lords, following last night’s paper-thin victory for the government. The second chamber is widely expected to reject the proposals and there are concerns in Labour ranks that more backbenchers could rebel against the party should the… Read more »
