Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 24 February 2016
24 Feb 2016 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Camping Management Byelaws (Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park)
Rural Affairs, Food and Environment
As the minister will recall, I wrote to her in November 2015 after I received a large number of representations from my constituents expressing concern about proposed byelaws that would affect camping in the national park. They believed that such byelaws would infringe their rights, could lead to further restrictions and would unfairly penalise the vast majority, who adhere to and comply with the Scottish outdoor access code.
Can the minister assure me that individuals’ legal rights of access, as established in the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, are not being undermined and that no precedent has been set for the introduction of any further restrictions in our national parks?
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