Licence fate
the time you read this we would have left the European Union. Our long-awaited departure from the EU could have an impact on fieldsports in this country. I am referring in particular to the general licence, a piece of legislation that can trace its origins back to the EU Birds Directive of 1979. In the 40 years since this directive, taking in the Countryside and Wildlife Act 1981 and the introduction of the licences more or less in their present form in 1990 by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF, a
