In the latest cabinet reshuffle, George Eustice MP has been named as the new environment secretary. George Eustice comes from a farming background. He replaces the outgoing Theresa Villiers as the head of DEFRA. BASC says the appointment of George…
A proposed new Environment Bill for England will make significant commitments towards meeting the government’s 25-year environmental plan. BASC have called on the shooting community to step up to the challenges the bill presents. Ian Danby, BASC’s head of biodiversity,…
The RSPB has used its latest Birdcrime report to accuse shooting of having a “culture of criminality”. In a scathing and sensationalist report, the organisation reported that there were 87 incidents of bird of prey persecution in 2018, leading it…
Processes and costs for granting or renewing a firearms certificate could finally be standardised across the UK, after the government said it would publish a draft of statutory firearms licensing guidance this summer. In a House of Lords debate on…
Shooting organisations are all encouraging shooters to make their views known, even if it the proposals do not personally affect them.
A new consultation document on firearms law backs the creation of a Firearms Code. Releasing the document, the Law Commission said the current law is “deeply problematic and in need of reform,” and underlined its recommendations to make it more comprehensible and accessible. The Commission…
The Land Reform (Scotland) Bill, published earlier this week, appears to confirm the Scottish Government’s intention to re-introduce non-domestic rates for shoots in Scotland. This could mean that approximately 70 per cent of the land of Scotland currently influenced by…
The current ban on lead shot in Norway could be repealed within the year.
The government has rejected appeals to implement a licensing system for upland grouse shoots and gamekeepers.
