Debate on an e-petition relating to driven grouse shooting
A debate has been scheduled in Westminster Hall at 4.30pm on an e-petition relating to driven grouse shooting. The debate will be opened by John Lamont MP.

A Westminster Hall debate entitled Stoke on Trent City of Culture 2021 will be held at 4.30pm on Tuesday 21 March 2017. The Member in charge of this debate is Ruth Smeeth MP.
On 12 January 2017, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced details of the competition to find the UK City of Culture 2021. Cities had to register an interest by the end of January 2017. Final bids are due by the end of April. A shortlist will be announced in July and the winning city in December 2017.
Guidance for bidding cities is available from Gov.UK.
According to a BBC report, eleven towns and cities have put their names forward: Stoke-on-Trent, Perth, Paisley Sunderland, Coventry, Hereford, Warrington, Portsmouth, Wells, Swansea and St Davids.
Further detail on Stoke-on-Trent’s bid – the subject of this debate – is available on its website.
EDM 993, tabled by Ruth Smeeth, calls for the Government to support Stoke’s bid. It has 4 signatures so far.
Hull is UK City of Culture 2017.
Derry-Londonderry held the title in 2013.
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A debate has been scheduled in Westminster Hall at 4.30pm on an e-petition relating to driven grouse shooting. The debate will be opened by John Lamont MP.
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