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Isle Of Eigg Trust

EDM number 1237 in 1995-96, proposed by Roseanna Cunningham on 14/10/1996.

That this House supports the Isle of Eigg Trust in its efforts to raise the finances to enable the community, in partnership with Highland Council and the Scottish Wildlife Trust, to buy and run the island; notes with dismay that successive absentee landlords have allowed the island and the estate properties to deteriorate; recognises that the vagaries of the private landlord system have left the islanders facing an insecure future; further recognises that a sustainable future for the community and the environment on Eigg can only be possible with community ownership and control; and notes that the situation on Eigg highlights an urgent need for radical land reform across Scotland to overhaul the medieval system of land tenure which tolerates land misuse and abuse.

This motion has been signed by a total of 11 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Roseanna Cunningham14/10/1996Perth and KinrossProposed
Norman Godman15/10/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Rachel Squire16/10/1996Dunfermline WestSigned
Ken Livingstone16/10/1996Brent EastSigned
Bill Michie16/10/1996Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Michael Connarty16/10/1996Falkirk EastSigned
Ian Davidson16/10/1996Glasgow, GovanSigned
Andrew Faulds16/10/1996Warley EastSigned
Tony Banks16/10/1996Newham North WestSigned
Harry Barnes16/10/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
Audrey Wise16/10/1996PrestonSigned

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