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The latest iteration of the Scottish Government’s criminal justice legislation is a mixture of what should have been done a while back, what maybe doesn’t need done, and something that just shouldn’t be done at all.
The controversial third verdict will be scrapped if proposed reforms are approved by the Scottish Parliament.
The Scottish Parliament has passed the Hunting With Dogs Bill, with only Conservative MSPs voting against it. Under the new measures, the law on the use of dogs to control foxes in Scotland is to be significantly tightened. However, a worst-case scenario, in which conservationists were denied the use of vital tools, may have been averted. Legislation introduced in 2002, which banned traditional foxhunting, allowed exemptions for the use of packs of dogs to flush foxes to guns. This practice proved controversial, with campaigners claiming it was used as a cover to continue traditional hunting...
MSPs have voted by 90 votes to 30 in favour of the Hunting With Dogs Bill that updated the 2002 Protection of Mammals Act, much to the dismay of…
