End Unequal Scottish Home Loss Payments

The motion

That the Parliament notes that as of 1 September 2007 the maximum home loss payment to those displaced from their homes in England by compulsory purchase increased to £44,000, with the minimum amount paid increasing to £4,400; notes that the equivalent maximum home loss payment in Scotland is £15,000; views with concern that the last review of home loss payments in Scotland occurred in 1991; further notes that home loss payments in England have increased year-on-year since 2003; recognises that property values in Scotland have increased largely in line with those in England and Wales since 1991; regards with sympathy many people living in Cumbernauld who face compulsory purchase orders due to proposals such as the upgrade of the A80 and the demolition of the Ainslie/Maclehose scheme; believes that those facing compulsory purchase in Scotland deserve similar compensation to those in comparable situations elsewhere in the United Kingdom; strongly regrets the Scottish Executive’s disregard of a review of home loss payments initiated by the previous administration, and considers that an urgent review of the matter is necessary to end this Scottish inequity.


No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

Lab 17 LD 2 Con 1 Green 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3M-00403 by reference.