Our Petition

Summary of Aim

Stop the Crofting Bill

Full Text of Petition

To: In 1886,

William Gladstone's Liberal Government passed the Crofters' Holdings Act,

enshrining meaningful security of tenure for crofters,

ensuring fair rents and allowing crofts to be passed down through families. The Act drew a line under centuries of injustice which had brought misery upon crofting families and helped to devastate the economic mainstay of our area. The principles established by the 1886 Act have been the bedrock of crofting in the Highlands & Islands ever since,

but the SNP Government's proposed Crofting Reform Bill now puts them under serious threat. John Thurso,

Jamie Stone and John Farquhar Munro are leading a campaign to have the Bill withdrawn so the core tenets of crofting law can be retained and passed on to another generation.

We, the undersigned, call on the Scottish Government to recognise the strength of opposition among crofters to the proposed measures in the Draft Crofting Reform Bill, and to make it clear that the Bill will not proceed.