As Rhona Brankin stated in her replyto question S2W-21076, answered on 6 December 2005, primary responsibility for preventingerosion to land by the sea lies with the landowner although local authorities havediscretionary powers to take forward coast protection schemes to prevent erosionto the land.All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.