BASC seeks meeting with new Environment Secretary

[Conor O'Gorman]

BASC has requested a meeting with the new Environment Secretary Steve Reed MP to discuss his commitment to support sustainable shooting.

At BASC’s reception at the Labour Party Conference last autumn, held in partnership with the Angling Trust, Mr Reed – who was Shadow Defra Secretary at the time – spoke of his party’s aim to have a “respectful relationship with the countryside”, which “includes…supporting shooting that is sustainable and conducted according to the law”.

BASC seeks meeting with new Environment Secretary

BASC has requested a meeting with the new Environment Secretary Steve Reed MP to discuss his commitment to support sustainable shooting.

basc.org.uk

 

[enfieldspares]

I hope sustainable shooting also means sustaining the ability of older (and/or indeed recent) make guns that may not be suitable for steel will be discussed. See my reply to your thread on Party Conference Season.

 

[Eddie P]

Shooting withing the law.... so they will make more stuff illegal and then they still hold their side of the agreement!

 

[Conor O'Gorman]

@enfieldspares @Eddie P is your MP Labour, LibDem or Conservative?

 

[enfieldspares]

@enfieldspares @Eddie P is your MP Labour, LibDem or Conservative?

Peter Bedford - Mid Leicestershire lives two miles away in the next village.

 

[Eddie P]

@enfieldspares @Eddie P is your MP Labour, LibDem or Conservative?

Labour, I'm trying to arrange a meeting

 

[Conor O'Gorman]

Peter Bedford - Mid Leicestershire lives two miles away in the next village.

Could you speak to him or email him to ask if he would consider attending the BASC and Angling Trust rural reception at the upcoming Conservative Party conference?

 

[Conor O'Gorman]

Labour, I'm trying to arrange a meeting

Good stuff, as per message above, could you speak to him or email him to ask if he would consider attending the BASC and Angling Trust rural reception at the upcoming Labour Party conference?

More information here:

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Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson is credited with the phrase “a week is a long time in politics”. The annual party conferences are a certainty in the political diary and BASC has been attending and organising events at these gatherings throughout its history. Over the past decade, BASC and...

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[Smellydog]

Good God, what are they going to compromise next?

 

[Greenmist]

Can you ask them to give the North Northumberland MP David Smith a shake, I've sent the BASC sustainable shooting email twice ,once before they robbed pensioners once after, and yet to receive a reply

 

[Conor O'Gorman]

Can you ask them to give the North Northumberland MP David Smith a shake, I've sent the BASC sustainable shooting email twice ,once before they robbed pensioners once after, and yet to receive a reply

Might be worth calling the constituency office to chase your emails.

 

[Nimrod1960]

Well done Conor, keep plugging away.

Often a thankless task, but thanks anyway.

 

[timbrayford]

Good luck with that one Conor, I'm not sure how in a relatively short meeting that you can make up for Mr Reeds handicap of an urban background ?

 

[Conor O'Gorman]

Well done Conor, keep plugging away.

Often a thankless task, but thanks anyway.

Thanks all the same!

 

[Conor O'Gorman]

Good luck with that one Conor, I'm not sure how in a relatively short meeting that you can make up for Mr Reeds handicap of an urban background ?

That was week 1. There will be years of relationship building ahead with all the new MPs and various ministers. It's what our political team do daily. Key focus currently is prep for the Labour, LibDem and Conservative party conferences and if relevant could you help by asking your MP to consider attending the BASC and Angling Trust rural reception at their conference?

 

[long_range_rob]

He’s the MP for Croydon FFS

Probably thinks urban foxes are the pinnacle of wildlife.