Carluke Commonty
One of the parcels of common land that I have discovered in the course of unearthing the land we have lost is the Carluke commonty (yellow parcel in map above). I talk more about this on pg. 203 of The
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Marine Atlas
The Scottish government today published a fascinating Marine Atlas with much useful information and data on Scotland’s marine environment. The map above (larger version available here) shows the extent of Scotland’s territorial seas (12 mile limit) and continental shelf (200
Continue readingSaif Gaddafi’s House (allegedly)
BBC reports today that squatters have taken over a house at 7 Winnington Close, LONDON N2 0UA, allegedly belonging to Saif Gaddaffi. In the interests of full disclosure here is the title and confirmation that the property is owned by
Continue readingLand Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
I watched Roseanna Cunningham giving evidence to Rural Affairs Committee on 2 March in response to research that the Committee had commissioned into the operation of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. She was clearly up for radical change to
Continue readingScotland Bill and the Crown Estate V
The Scottish Affairs Committee of the House of Commons has announced its intention to hold an Inquiry into the Crown Estate in Scotland. Further details have yet to be announced. Labour has tabled Amendments in House of Commons to Scotland
Continue readingHousing and Planning
Reform Scotland today published an interesting report on reform of the planning system to help solve the housing crisis. Well worth a read.
Continue readingScottish Affairs Committee 9 February 2011
Below is the video of my evidence session at the Scottish Affairs Committee of the House of Commons yesterday, 9 February 2011. My evidence starts at 16:13:30 [link broken July 2024]
Continue readingScottish Affairs Committee 2 February 2011
This meeting of the Scottish Affairs Committee on 2 February 2011 contains interesting evidence from Professor Sir Kenneth Calman and Professor Jim Gallagher relating to the Crown Estate from 15:33 to 15:44. A written transcript is not yet available (9
Continue readingScotland Bill Committee Evidence 3 February 2011
The future of the Crown Estate was a topic of discussion in the Scotland Bill Committee of the Scottish Parliament on 3 February 2010. Giving evidence were Michael Moore, Secretary of State for Scotland, Roger Bright, Chief Executive of the
Continue readingLocal Forestry Boards to manage public forests
(This Comment piece was published in The Herald on 4 February 2010.) The debate in England about the future of the public forest estate is now causing some serious discomfort for the coalition government as MPs are flooded with letters
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