Current status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 24 March 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what advice (a) it and/or (b) NatureScot has received regarding the enforceability of the grouse shoot licence condition pertaining to raptor crimes on land outside the area licensed for killing or taking grouse, and whether it will publish this.
The Scottish Government does not routinely publish legal advice. As regards NatureScot advice, it is for NatureScot to determine whether to publish this. However, NatureScot has previously published some information on legal advice it received, this can be found here: Licensing news | NatureScot