General Discussion
Yes, why not sell off our land when land prices are at an all time low? What incompetent prat came up with this idea, and which member of the house of Lords will be buying up this cheap land?
What will happen to the Haldon travelers camp when the forest is sold off.
Do the people proposing to sell actually own the land or is it another Sandy lane ie land left to the people being hijacked by the authorities
Will the banks offer mortgages to buy some trees do you think or will the Green party take them over to provide housing for their Tree hugging followers.
Either way someone will line their pockets whille the rest of us will suffer the loss
This issue is being debated in parliament today (Weds. 2nd Feb). Will our MP vote in favour of the government proposals? Suspect she will.
She did vote in favour. And there is nothing on her website about her opinion on the proposed sell off / leasing / giving away to charities of our forests. I emailed her, but haven't had a reply, so I don't know what her reasons are for voting in favour.
The sell off won't even make money, based on defra's own figures.
Yes I know she did (voted in favour).
Unlike Dawlishblue I have had a response from her - a hard copy letter too long to reproduce in its entirety here. However, in part of it she writes "In order to reduce the budget deficit, the Government will look to sell 15% of the public forest and woodland estate by 2015".
I have e-mailed her back saying, as Dawlishblue does above, that figures show that the sell off won't make any money for the government, indeed there is an anticipated loss. Therefore where is the financial/economic argument for the proposed sell off?
She's yet to respond.
Thanks for that PJD. Here's the text of a message I've just received from the organisation 38 Degrees.
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Fight The Public Bodies Bill! - There is still time to write to the lords and ask them to drop the forestry clauses from the Bill - keep OUR forests owned by the public, and run by the forestry commission.
List of lords here -
http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/lords/
