Sirs,
It came as a pleasant surprise to read council leader Angus Campbell's letter calling
for powers to be devolved to local authorities. The last time I read one of his letters
he was calling for the Scottish Government to take back the power to run the Barra-
That contradiction aside I wholeheartedly agree with his call for powers of the Crown Estate to be devolved. However, I feel it would be a missed opportunity if the powers were not devolved further to the actual areas involved.
If Mr Campbell is as serious as he appears to be about community empowerment surely he will advocate the passing down of powers to the local communities. Of course this means that any benefits from local crown estates would accrue in the area they were generated and not end up in London, Edinburgh or Stornoway.
Michael A MacLeod
3 Cialla
Isle of Barra
Letter: Crown Estate revenues should go to communities not council
21 January 2017