If you wonder what the route of HS2 is, then this map of where the signatures come from might help.
Category: CAMPAIGNING: petitions, marches, writing to your MP, HHDay
Quite a surprise…
This popped up yesterday – completely out of the blue! If you’d like toencourage your MP to attend this debate and make some points on your behalf, then sign up to the Wild Justice free newsletter to get advice and updates https://wildjustice.org.uk/contact/
Thoughts on 2020 (1) – Driven Grouse Shooting
You have to feel sorry for the grouse shooters, don’t you? Well maybe not. 2020 was another awful year for those involved in grouse shooting, and one which brought the end of driven grouse shooting closer. For those of us determined to see an end to this damaging hobby, it represented a great leap forward….
Happy New Year Mr Pursglove
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A letter to my MP: Dear Mr Pursglove I hope you have had as merry a Christmas as is possible under present circumstances and I wish you a safe 2021. It may seem a little odd to bother you with a missive in this period between Christmas and New Year but I guess you’ll be…
No sign of that new grouse shooting debate
I pointed out over a couple of weeks ago that BASC was claiming that; There is a broader grouse debate in the diary for early December, which follows another anti-shooting petition to ban driven grouse shooting. This will be a more comprehensive debate and will cover a broader spectrum of topics. Our briefs are being…
I’ve signed this petition
This is an interesting new petition – it only sprang into life four days ago. I’ve signed it because hare coursing is illegal and I disapprove of wildlife crime. It’s also a pretty nasty country field sport which we are right to put behind us and it’s good to see Edward Coles (who I am…
Please add your name too
I mention this petition in my Birdwatch column this month. If you want to act like a global citizen then have a look and see whether you feel like signing too, please – click here – many thanks!
This afternoon, 4:30-5:30
Olivia Blake is the Labour MP for Sheffield Hallam.
Westminster Hall debate on moorland burning scheduled for Wednesday
Thought to be 16:30-17:30 – it will be interesting to see which backbench MPs show up. More details when I know them.
From my MP
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I have now had a letter from DEFRA via my MP which is pretty much identical to this one – click here. These things take a while but I am glad that DEFRA has had to inform all we interested and concerned constituents what they think. Of course the letter still says that they want…