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Letter from the Minister

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Andy Wightman

Following yesterday’s post, the letter from the Minister, Roseanna Cunningham, to the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee has now been published. Disappointingly, it merely, offers to open up consultation on the design of the forms to be used and to

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Community Right to Buy Regulations

Posted on May 21, 2009December 2, 2023 by Andy Wightman

At the meeting of the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee [dead link – Nov 2023] yesterday (20 May 2009), members agreed the proposed community Right to Buy Regulations covering re-registration. It was reported that the Minister, Roseanna Cunningham, had written

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Unsung Heroine

Posted on May 15, 2009December 2, 2023 by Andy Wightman

Following my post yesterday, it is great to see Heather Brooke on the cover of the Guardian’s G2 supplement today. Her story is a fascinating (but all too brief) account of the efforts she had to go to to secure

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Scottish landowners living in fear

Posted on May 15, 2009December 2, 2023 by Andy Wightman

According to this report, [dead link – Nov 2023] Scottish landowners are living in fear. On closer inspection, it appears that Oliver Russell, the husband of the owner of Ballindalloch Estate, made some remarks at a dinner party at which,

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MPs’ Expenses

Posted on May 15, 2009December 2, 2023 by Andy Wightman

Much of what has been exposed on the topic of MPs’ expenses is trivial. What is not trivial is the extent to which MPs have time and time again claimed in their defence that everything that they did was within

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MPs’ expenses and Freedom of Information

Posted on May 14, 2009December 2, 2023 by Andy Wightman

Amidst all the justifiable anger over the revelations of MPs’ expenses it is worth remembering that we owe our knowledge of these issues not to the Daily Telegraph, not to the person who leaked them and certainly not to the

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Freedom of Information, Politics
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Community Right to Buy 13 May 2009

Posted on May 13, 2009December 2, 2023 by Andy Wightman

Well, I’ve just watched the proceedings of the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee and there was quite a bit of discussion about the proposed new Regulations (see yesterday’s post). Thanks to Peter Peacock and Liam McArthur in particular for probing

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Community Right to Buy Regulations

Posted on May 12, 2009December 2, 2023 by Andy Wightman

The Community Right to Buy provisions contained in Part 2 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, came into force on 14 June 2004. If a community wishes to register an interest in land they can apply to Scottish Ministers

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Agricultural Tenant Registrations Reach 1000

Posted on January 30, 2009December 2, 2023 by Andy Wightman

On Tuesday 27 January, the number of registrations [Note this register is currently unavailable online – Nov 2023] by agricultural tenants under the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 reached 1000. This is a very signifcant milestone as it means that there are 1000

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Farming, Land Reform
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The Right Future for the King’s Park

Posted on November 19, 2008December 2, 2023 by Andy Wightman

Stirling Council seem intent on pursuing a costly proposal to transfer ownership of Crown land in the King’s Park and around Stirling Castle to a public trust at a cost of £600,000. Following the transfer of 26 other historic properties to the Secretary

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