Scott Asks Agriculture Minister for Sensitve Handling of Crofting Penalties

Richard Lochhead, the Scottish Agriculture Minister today accepted the need for Scottish Government penalties being applied to local crofters and farmers to be handled as sensitively as possible. Shetland MSP Tavish Scott met the Minister today in Parliament and pressed for a fairer handling of the penalties regime being applied to crofters for the land they use and claim agricultural support for. Some local crofters and farmers are set to lose thousands of pounds in agricultural support through no fault of their own. Tavish Scott has had local crofters and farmers in touch.

He said,