Constitutional Reform
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been made aware that several firearms licensing departments that had previously stopped grant applications have revised their policy after criticism from BASC, press coverage and intervention by MPs. Licensing departments in North Yorkshire, Thames Valley, Kent and Northamptonshire had all previously announced that grant applications for… Read more »
Tony Juniper, chair of Natural England, had the opportunity to see first-hand the conservation efforts of wildfowling clubs when he visited the Lytham & District Wildfowling Association (LDWA). Accompanied by staff from the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), Tony took part in a conservation walk around the club’s land at the mouth of… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Backbench MPs are increasingly failing to attend the select committees they sit on, new parliamentary figures have revealed. Overall attendance at various pivotal select committees covering topics such as education, foreign affairs and culture has dropped ten per cent in five years. The attendance rate for the main committees is 64 per… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The inquiry into MPs’ allowances is to be televised while it conducts its review. The move comes as emotions run high in parliament, with MPs increasingly convinced the drip-feed of revelations could fundamentally undermine parliamentary democracy. This weekend chancellor Alistair Darling and defence secretary Geoff Hoon joined home secretary Jacqui Smith and… Read more »
