Petitioner: Jack Gallacher MA on behalf of Bothwell Historical Society
Status:
Closed
Date Lodged:
25 June 2018
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce legislation to prevent the development on battlefields as listed on Historic Environment Scotland’s Inventory of Historic Battlefields.
77 off-line signatures have been collected.
Summary
13 September 2018: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government, Historic Environment Scotland, the Scottish Tourism Alliance, Visit Scotland and COSLA. Link to Official Report 13 September 2018
30 May 2019: The Committee agreed to close the petition under Standing Orders Rule 15.7 on the basis that the Scottish Government considers there to be sufficient safeguards to protect historical battlefields from development, and that there is evidence of these being used in practice. Link to Official Report 30 May 2019
Written submissions
Do you agree that it is vital that legislation is laid down now before any further inappropriate developments on any of the battlefields as listed on the Inventory of Historic Battlefields?