BASC reviews hundreds of government consultations annually. When a threat or opportunity is identified we act when others dither. We provided a voice for shooting in our responses to 81 consultations in 2008 and to 76 consultations in 2009.
BASC's responses to consultations and the rest of its policy work are not formulated on a whim, or written by external consultants. At any one time there are dozens of policy issues affecting shooting being worked on by over 50 staff across the UK. Marshalled by BASC Council and with the help of over 100 experts on our advisory committees, these staff are our frontline troops, armed with the expertise and desire to ensure that shooters are a force to be reckoned with, whether the debate is in Westminster, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast or Brussels.
Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2011
Deadline: 10 September 2010
Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2011
Deadline: 10 September 2010
Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2011
Deadline: 15 October 2010
Natural environment: an invitation to shape the nature of England
Deadline: 30 October 2010
Welfare of Animals Bill for Northern Ireland
Dogs (Amendment) Bill for Northern Ireland
Wildlife and Natural Environment Bill for Northern Ireland
Wildlife and Natural Environment Bill for Scotland

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Show full biography and contact detailsConor joined BASC in 2003, spending several years successfully negotiating wildfowling leases and consents in England, Wales and Northern Ireland before expanding his role as Policy Development Manager to oversee the submission of BASC responses to all government consultations nationally and internationally. He specifically represents shooting interests related to the Marine and Coastal Access Act and any proposals affecting the open general licences for pest birds.
Conor is secretary of Dee Wildfowlers and a committee member of Rossett & Gresford Flyfishers. He qualified as a Zoologist in Ireland in 1996 and began work on a game-keeping and habitat restoration project to save the Irish grey partridge from extinction, for which his research was awarded a PhD. He takes a keen interest in that project to this day, the last Irish population having recovered twenty fold, from a low of 22 birds.