Policy & Politics
Reform the Crown Estate?
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- Tuesday, 20 September 2011 14:58 Tamsin Morris Hits: 211
Community Land Scotland (CLS), the umbrella body for community land-owning groups, has suggested that the way the Crown Estate is run in Scotland should be overhauled.
In a briefing paper, the group have called for a change in the way the Crown Estate reports to the Scottish Parliament. They've also suggested that locally accountable community landowners should take over the control of some assets which are currently managed by the Crown Estate. David Cameron, chair of CLS, commented "All the evidence is that local community owners would bring enterprise and flair to utilising the marine assets around them, using income to invest locally, creating more local economic opportunity, where currently the Crown Estate extract rents and put little back."
CLS have submitted evidence to both the Scottish Affairs Committee of the UK Parliament and the Scotland Bill Committee of the Scottish Parliament and you can read a copy of their briefing paper here.
