10 minute rule bill
Ahead of tomorrow’s Stage 1 debate in the Scottish Parliament, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has warned that the Natural Environment Bill poses several risks to the balance of deer management in Scotland. BASC has briefed MSPs on its main concerns and is urging a rethink of proposals that could undermine effective… Read more »
The House of Lords Select Committee for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has just announced its final oral witnesses, and it will not hear from terminally ill individuals or those who have assisted loved ones to die. Clare Turner, a terminally ill person, and Louise Shackleton, who accompanied her husband to Switzerland… Read more »
Addressing the House before her bill was passed, MP for Chatham and Aylesford, Tracey Crouch, highlighted the fact that seals are an “asset” to the UK environment and tourism industry. The bill amends the Countryside Act 1981, ensuring that it becomes illegal to “intentionally or recklessly disturb seals”. These changes “ensures that seals are treated… Read more »
Conservative MP, Hew Merriman, put forward a bill to “end the practice where customers are fined or charged again for a transaction which they prove has already been purchased”. Merriman called for organisations to renew their “outmoded technology in the digital age”. The MP for Bexhill and Battle also noted that organisations were “making a… Read more »
