PE1850: Natural flood prevention on grouse moors
Petition summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to make the use of natural flood prevention methods a condition for obtaining a grouse moor licence.
Petitioner: Les Wallace
Status: Closed
Date published: 21 January 2021
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
Committee meetings
1 September 2021: The Committee agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders on the basis that the Scottish Government has made clear that it does not consider natural flood management methods to be an appropriate condition of obtaining a grouse moor license; SEPA and other responsible authorities are undertaking work on local flood risk management; there is not currently enough evidence to demonstrate the role of grouse moors or their potential role in flood risk mitigation; and the issues the petitioner is seeking to address are not confined to grouse moors.
Official Report of Meeting 1 September 2021
Written submissions
PE1850/A: Scottish Government submission of 21 July 2021 (, ) posted 22 July 2021
PE1850/B: Petitioner submission of 25 August 2021 (, ) posted 26 August 2021