Natural Environment Bill – What does this...
On 19 February, the Scottish Government introduced the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill, which has been split into...
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Category: Shooting (2)
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The government’s anti-shotgun ownership...
After a year and a half, the Government has published its response to the 2023 firearms licensing consultation. Far...
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Tim Bonner: The government is coming for...
This morning the government fired the starting gun on a debate about restrictions on the ownership of shotguns. It has...
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A 2024-25 shooting season round-up
After six months, the 2024-25 game shooting season has come to an end. The coverts and moors will now have a pause from...
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Big Farmland Bird Count 2025 - here's how...
The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust’s annual Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC) kicks off on Friday 7 February, and is...
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Tim Bonner: Should cats be banned?
You may have seen excitable headlines this week suggesting that “households in Scotland could be banned from getting a...
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Scottish Minister scraps proposals for...
In a recent letter from Jim Fairlie, Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, to Finlay Carson MSP, Convener of the...
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Tim Bonner: Packham’s self-defeating grouse...
The series of parliamentary petitions supporting a ban on grouse shooting created by Chris Packham and his colleagues...
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The Government responds to Wild Justice's...
On 16 January the Government published its response to the petition to ban grouse shooting, launched by Wild Justice on...
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Tim Bonner: Labour continues to misfire
The last time fees for firearms licences were reviewed was in 2014 so none of us can argue that it was not time for an...
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Government imposes 157% shotgun fee increase
The Home Office published on 15 January 2025 its new fee structure for firearms licensing. Only two days previously, on...
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2025 – what to expect from a shooting...
LEAD RESTRICTIONS In December 2024, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published their final proposals to the...
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