When the report of the Committee of Inquiry on Crofting will be published and whether the Scottish Ministers will make a statement.

The report of the Committee of Inquiry on Crofting was published on 12 May 2008. The Scottish Government will respond to the committee''s recommendations in due course. Copies of the report can be accessed through the Committee of Inquiry on Crofting website “ www.croftinginquiry.org.
The Committee of Inquiry on Crofting has made recommendations on crofting regulation and enforcement. Should the Government accept the recommendation to introduce what is referred to as a residency burden to croft house sites, it may also accept the recommendation to introduce the burden with effect from 12 May 2008.
If the government were to accept these recommendations, it could be expected to invite Parliament to apply any restrictions to croft house sites and crofts for which the application for consent to assign a croft or for which notification of the change of ownership of the land was received by the Crofters Commission after 12 May 2008. Such restrictions would also apply to croft house sites for which notice of applications to decroft was received by the Crofters Commission after that date. Furthermore, any houses built on land that was under crofting tenure on 12 May 2008 and for which no application to decroft land had been received would be subject to an enhanced burden that would tie the new owner not only to occupancy but also to working the land.