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Yesterday morning with very little advance notice, the Chancellor, George Osborne, tabled the Sovereign Grant Bill in the UK Parliament (all papers on Treasury website – [broken link Oct 2024]). The bill provides for a new method of financing the
Continue readingThe Scottish Government will publish a paper this week setting out their case for devolving the administration and revenues of the property rights and interests that comprise the Crown Estate in Scotland. Yesterday the Scottish Affairs Committee was in Shetland
Continue readingWith less time than I would have liked (but I need to try and earn a living), I submitted written evidence to the Scottish Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Crown Estate in Scotland.
Continue readingA couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by Holyrood magazine about the SNP Government’s plans to return control over the administration of the property rights and interests that comprise the Crown Estate in Scotland back to Scotland. Their article
Continue readingThe 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 readingThe 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 readingBelow 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 readingThis 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 readingThe 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 readingThe Scottish Government has published its formal response to the Scotland Bill in a series of letters available here. [original link archived – letters mentioned will be somewhere here – July 2024] Of particular interest is its response on the
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