SLF convener to tackle land reform

14 December 1999



SLF convener to tackle land reform

FIFE landowner Robert Balfour, the newly-elected convener of the Scottish Landowners Federation (SLF), has pledged himself to work for a more flexible means of letting agricultural land.

In an interview with The Herald, he said he aimed to create opportunities for new leases and greater diversification encouraging a wider range of activities in the countryside.

He said the SLF would be taking a tough line on the Scottish Executives land reform proposals, which are seen as being ill-defined.

He also believed the proposals in their present form would act as an obstacle to investment and a potential block on sustainable development.

• Scots landowners protest to Wallace, FWi, yesterday (13 December, 1999)
• SLF hits back at NFUS allegation of delay, FWi, 07 May, 1999
• Scots landowners launch land code, FWi, 15 January, 1999
• Scots land reform will prompt chaos, FWi, 13 January, 1999
  
• The Herald 14/12/99 page 22