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Monday, 05 March 2007

The Scottish Parliament’s Environment and Rural Development Committee has come out against a plan to expand the Cairngorms National Park and reform its operations.

While agreeing that John Swinney’s Cairngorms National Park Boundary Bill made a “strong case” for the inclusion of parts of the Highlands and eastern Perthshire in the park, the Committee concluded that the proposal would not be the “most coherent manner” in which revise the boundaries of the park or “approach a revision” of the boundaries.

Committee convener Maureen Macmillan said:

“Our Committee very much welcomes the debate this Bill has provoked and we acknowledge the passionate arguments made by many people that this area is naturally part of the Cairngorms. We have a lot of sympathy with the aim of including highland and eastern Perthshire in the Cairngorms National Park. Whether the Bill is the right way to achieve this is hotly disputed and the arguments are finely balanced.

“On balance, the Committee has voted to recommend that this Bill should be rejected. However, a review of the operation of the Park is due in 2008. We very much welcome the Executive's statement that it expects the review to include consideration of the Park boundary. The Committee strongly and unanimously recommends that the Park boundary should be considered as part of the review process. We look to the Executive to start preparing for this so as to avoid any undue delay and to make sure that the review involves wide public consultation.”
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