Question reference: S6W-20123
- Date lodged: 20 July 2023
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Current status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 11 August 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-02399 by Gillian Martin on 21 June 2023, whether it plans to consider reforms that devolve the decisions of Grazings Committees to the local level.
Answer
The legal function of a grazing committee is to maintain the common grazing for the benefit of the crofters who share in it, and to manage the interests of those crofters.
The management and control of common grazing land, where there are many inter-acting rights, including those of crofters, landowners and grazings committees, requires safeguarding. The purpose of legislation is to ensure that these rights are kept in balance and that everyone’s rights are protected.
We will consult on the Bill proposals in due course and will consider all views as part of Bill development.