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SNP stand accused of copping out of protecting tenants in land reform
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<blockquote data-quote="DrDunc" data-source="post: 1708618" data-attributes="member: 615"><p>The SNP created the agricultural holdings legislation review group (ahlrg) prior to drafting the land reform bill.</p><p></p><p>The ahlrg held public meeting to determine stakeholders opinions and issues at a grass roots level. They quickly became aware that tenants would not speak publicly for fear the information was reported to their laird.</p><p></p><p>They then arranged private meetings to get input from the tenants, away from their land agents ears. These meetings were mostly chaired by Andrew Thin, who was head of the crofters commission at the time when their members were given the absolute right to buy.</p><p></p><p>One of the main things the ahlrg were tasked with was to find ways of increasing the pool of land available for rent, particularly to young entrants.</p><p></p><p>It was considered that the absolute right to buy for the small number of '91 act secure tenants remaining (and it never was tabled for any other tenants), would not achieve the task of increasing land for rent.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The SNP have taken the recommendation's from the ahlrg and have, instead, created a situation where land area available for rent is vastly reduced. We are also seeing the appalling situation where tenants on term lets are being evicted as a direct result of the SNP's interpretation and implementation of the area based subsidy rules for EU subsidy. The eviction then provides the Laird the ability to claim the area subsidy for themselves, without producing anything.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The land reform bill is a sticking plaster being applied to a festering wound. The SNP promised surgery, and is instead delivering salt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrDunc, post: 1708618, member: 615"] The SNP created the agricultural holdings legislation review group (ahlrg) prior to drafting the land reform bill. The ahlrg held public meeting to determine stakeholders opinions and issues at a grass roots level. They quickly became aware that tenants would not speak publicly for fear the information was reported to their laird. They then arranged private meetings to get input from the tenants, away from their land agents ears. These meetings were mostly chaired by Andrew Thin, who was head of the crofters commission at the time when their members were given the absolute right to buy. One of the main things the ahlrg were tasked with was to find ways of increasing the pool of land available for rent, particularly to young entrants. It was considered that the absolute right to buy for the small number of '91 act secure tenants remaining (and it never was tabled for any other tenants), would not achieve the task of increasing land for rent. The SNP have taken the recommendation's from the ahlrg and have, instead, created a situation where land area available for rent is vastly reduced. We are also seeing the appalling situation where tenants on term lets are being evicted as a direct result of the SNP's interpretation and implementation of the area based subsidy rules for EU subsidy. The eviction then provides the Laird the ability to claim the area subsidy for themselves, without producing anything. The land reform bill is a sticking plaster being applied to a festering wound. The SNP promised surgery, and is instead delivering salt. [/QUOTE]
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