Lobbying
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been granted permission by the High Court to bring a judicial review of Defra’s decision to withdraw the general licence (GL43) that allowed the release of gamebirds in certain areas of England. BASC’s ‘Fighting Fund’ is being used to support the High Court challenge. BASC chief executive Ian… Read more »
Long overdue legislation setting out the regulatory framework for physician assistants (PAs) and anaesthesia assistants (AAs) has been published today. Commenting on the legislation, Dr Michael Devlin, head of professional standards and liaison at the MDU said: “This important piece of legislation not only introduces much needed regulation for PAs and AAs, it will also be… Read more »
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There’s a decent little Leonard Cohen poem called For Anne. It goes like this: With Annie gone whose eyes to compare With the morning sun? Not that I did compare, But I do compare Now that she’s gone. Pretty standard bit of Cohen love-and-loss stuff. He was a wonderfully wistful old crooner – simple… Read more »
Head of the civil service Simon Case gave evidence in lobbying inquiry.