Raasay Crofters' Association - Amendment
- Submitted by: Angus MacDonald, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2013
- Motion reference: S4M-05704.1
As an amendment to motion S4M-05704 in the name of Jean Urquhart (Raasay Crofters' Association), leave out from first “notes” to end and insert “recognises what it sees as the success that the Raasay Crofters Association has had since acquiring the transfer of the local fishing and shooting rights on the island; appreciates that local control of the Raasay sporting rights has, in its view, been the cornerstone of the association’s success in recent years; understands that the initial sporting rights on Raasay were leased to a private landowner, then subsequently assigned to the Highlands and Islands Development Board in November 1981 for the remaining 31 years of a 50-year lease and reassigned to the Raasay Crofters Association in 1995, with the lease ultimately expiring in November 2012, as specified in the lease; further understands that the decision taken to award the sporting rights to the highest bidder was not a decision taken by ministers, but was taken on their behalf by the Scottish Government Rural Payments Inspectorate Division; believes that the decision has been met with widespread disapproval; welcomes what it sees as the prompt action taken by the Minister for Environment and Climate Change to review procedures and ensure that, in future, community and conservation interests are always fully taken into consideration; understands that the minister has taken action to instruct Scottish Government officials that any decision that would result in a local community failing to secure a renewal of a sporting lease, where they had been the sitting tenant, should be referred to ministers, and supports the Scottish Government's decision to consider options and to do all that it can to restore the Raasay community’s access to sporting rights on the island.”
Related motion
Raasay Crofters' Association
Submitted by: Jean Urquhart, Highlands and Islands, Independent, Date lodged: Thursday, February 21, 2013
Supported by: Jackie Baillie, Claire Baker, Claudia Beamish, Colin Beattie, Sarah Boyack, Patricia Ferguson, Neil Findlay, John Finnie, Murdo Fraser, Annabel Goldie, Rhoda Grant, Patrick Harvie, Hugh Henry, Alison Johnstone, Lewis Macdonald, Hanzala Malik, Joan McAlpine, Liam McArthur, Jamie McGrigor, Anne McTaggart, Elaine Murray, John Pentland, Willie Rennie, Mary Scanlon, Tavish Scott, Drew Smith, Dave Thompson, David Torrance, Sandra White
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Monday, January 1, 0001