Shadow Environment Secretary Steve Reed said the Labour party wants a ‘respectful relationship’ with the countryside.
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Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey spoke of her support for shooting during her speech at the Conservative Autumn Conference this week.
The Firearms Act 2023, which was passed to become law in September 2023, aims to combat the illegal manufacture of Section 1 ammunition.
BASC jointly hosted a rural reception with the Angling Trust, for the Liberal Democrats, where they highlighted the key issue of gamebird releasing.
Virginia Crosbie MP attended the Welsh Game Fair to show her support for her rural constituents, hundreds of whom are BASC members.
Speaking at debate in the House of Commons, Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown has heavily criticised Defra over it’s handling of gamebird release licences in protected areas.
BASC highlighted significant flaws in the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill in the Scottish Parliament yesterday.
The current direction of travel is wholly damaging to the Welsh countryside and rural Wales.
Scotland’s Rural Affairs and Islands Committee has issued a ‘call for views’ on the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill.
Alistair Carmichael, MP for Orkney and Shetland, spoke during BASC’s rural reception at the Liberal Democrats’ Spring Conference in York.
