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Written Question · S1W-03655 · Session 1

When it proposes to undertake consultation on the problems of leylandii and other high hedges.

Answered Asked by Maureen Macmillan Lab Lodged 11 Jan 2000

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive when it proposes to undertake consultation on the problems of leylandii and other high hedges.

The answer

Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 Jan 2000 · 1 day after it was lodged, on time

A consultation paper has been issued by my Department today. The paper invites the views of interested parties on the extent of problems experienced in Scotland from leylandii and other high hedges and on the adequacy of existing remedies. The consultation paper can be found on the Scottish Executive web site. Views have been requested by 31 March 2000.

In the Official Report

1 contribution mention S1W-03655
  1. 5 Feb 2013
    High Hedges (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
    Christine Grahame SNP Meeting of the Parliament

    For almost as long as I have been in the Parliament—bar a month or so—high hedges and how to cut them down to size has been an issue. I therefore welcome the movement through—my dreadful puns might well end here—a much-needed privet member…