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A
Thank
you
next
item
of
business
is
a
debate
on
motion.
1
961,
the
name
of
fergus
Ewing
on
the
centenary
of
the
1919
Forestry
Act
can
I
write
those
members
who
wish
to
speak
in
the
debate
to
press
the
request
to
speak
buttons
now
now
Colin
Ferguson
to
speak,
to
remove
the
motion
cabinet
secretary,
please
Thank.
B
You
presiding
officer,
I'm
delighted
to
open
this
debate
to
mark
the
centenary
of
the
1919
forestry
act
in
1919
Scotland
looked
very
different
from
today.
The
landscape
itself
was
different
in
1920,
the
newly
formed
Forestry
Commission,
calculated
that
they
were
there
were
just
over
460
thousand
hectares
of
woodland
in
Scotland.
Only
5%
of
Scotland's
land
area
Scotland's
forests
had
been
a
vital
resource
in
the
Great
War
David
Lloyd
George
remarked
that
the
war
was
more
nearly
lost
through
lack
of
timber
than
want
of
food,
but
those
forests
were
perilously.
B
B
Scotland's
forests
were
called
on
again
during
the
Second
World
War
Robin
Jenkins
great
Scottish
novel
the
corn
gatherers
brings
to
life
the
work
to
collect
the
seeds
needed
to
restock
Scotland's
forests
at
the
end
of
that
war.
The
war
years
also
saw
the
creation
of
the
women's
timber
Corps.
The
lumber
Jill's
in
2007,
the
then
Environment
Minister
Mike
Russell
joined,
surviving
members
to
unveil
a
statue
in
the
Queen
Elizabeth
Forest
Park
to
commemorate
the
4,000
members
of
that
Corps
less
well
known,
perhaps
is
the
contribution
of
foresters
from
across
the
Commonwealth.
B
In
this
year's
program
for
government,
we
said
we
would
plant
a
woodland
to
commemorate
these
foresters
from
across
the
Commonwealth
and
also
to
mark
the
centenary
of
the
1919
act
signing
off.
So
there
can
be
no
more
fitting
legacy
to
mark
this
pivotal
contribution
from
foresters
from
our
fellow
Commonwealth
States
than
to
plant
trees.
B
So
I
can
also
announce
that
this
plan
thing
will
be
expanded
following
consultation
and
engagement
with
the
local
community
and
stakeholder
organizations
to
create
a
living
memorial
to
mark
100
years
of
the
forestry
act
that
locals
and
visitors
will
be
able
to
have
joy
for
I
hope.
The
next
100
years
signing
officer
100
years
on,
we
have
insured
Scotland's
forestry
sector
looks
to
the
future.
Last
year
we
passed
the
forestry
and
land
management
Scotland
Act
to
ensure
forestry
is
accountable
to
and
the
responsibility
of
Scottish
Ministers
and
this
Parliament
on
1st
April.
B
Earlier
this
month,
I
was
glad
to
launch
FLS
is
corporate
plan
which
is
ambitious
about
the
potential
of
this
invaluable
natural
resource
of
the
country
in
February
was
cross-party
support.
We
published
Scotland's
forestry
strategy.
This
describes
how
by
2070
Scotland
will
have
yet
more
forests.
They
will
be
sustainably
managed
and
better
integrated
with
other
land
uses.
They
will
provide
a
more
resilient
and
adaptable
resource
with
greater
natural
capital
value,
and
they
will
support
a
strong
economy,
a
thriving
environment
and
healthy
and
flourishing
communities.
B
We
will
report
on
progress
and
delivering
the
strategy
and
we
will
publish
an
implementation
plan
and
I
look
forward
to
providing
further
details
of
that
to
Parliament
next
year
sliding
off.
So
the
strategy
makes
clear
how
versatile
are
Scotland's
forests,
that
they
provide
a
home
to
over
1,000
species,
that
they
enrich
the
lives
and
improve
the
health
of
millions
of
people
who
live,
work
and
play
in
there.
But
the
strategy
also
demonstrates
their
unique
importance
in
tackling
the
overarching
challenge
of
climate
change.
B
Their
contribution
is
unique
because
Scotland's
forests
are
a
powerful
carbon
sink
which
we
can
expand.
Our
climate
change
plan
includes
ambitious
targets
to
do
that
and
in
2018-19
we
smashed
our
annual
target
of
10,000
hectares
by
planting
eleven
thousand
two
hundred
and
ten
hectares
that
was
84%
of
the
woodland
created
in
the
UK
in
that
year,
but
we
must
go
further.
B
The
contribution
Scotland's
forests
make
to
fighting
climate
change
is
unique
also
in
the
opportunity
it
represents
already.
Scotland
has
a
thriving
forestry
sector
supporting
25,000
jobs
and
contributing
no
less
than
1,000
million
pounds
a
year
to
the
economy.
The
industries
leadership
group,
which
I
met
on
Tuesday
this
week,
has
published
a
strategy
to
double
that
contribution
by
2030.
B
Expanding
our
forests
and
the
contribution
of
forestry
sector
is
good
for
our
national
economy.
It
will
help
support
the
population
of
our
rural
areas
and
it
will
help
fight
climate
change
by
removing
millions
of
tons
of
carbon
dioxide
from
the
atmosphere
and
by
locking
it
up
indefinitely
in
the
millions
of
tons
of
timber
harvested
for
long-term
uses,
such
as
construction
sliding
officer
100
years
on
from
1919
Scotland's.
Forests
cover
around
19%
of
our
land
area
and
our
publicly
owned
national
forests
and
land
extend
to
six
hundred
and
forty
thousand
hectares.
B
A
C
You
presiding
officer,
it's
a
hundred
years
since
the
1994
Act
was
passed
and
the
Forestry
Commission
was
born
overseeing
the
transformation
from
a
largely
unregulated
private
forestry
industry
they
into
the
thriving
sector.
We
know
today
essentially
ago,
just
5%
of
Scotland's
land
was
forested.
Today,
forests
and
woodland
covers
19%
of
Scotland,
and
my
own
home
region
of
Dumfries
and
Galloway
31
percent
of
the
land
is
covered
with
weeds
and
forest,
making
it
the
most
forested
part
of
Scotland.
These
211,000
hector's
range
from
the
great
spruce
forests
of
galilee
in
sto
Muir
through
the
traditional
estate.
C
Forests,
such
as
those
of
the
Klu
estates
to
the
small
native
and
found
wetlands
so
important
to
the
beautiful
landscape
of
Dumfries
and
Galloway.
Those
woods
and
forests
also
make
a
huge
economic
contribution
to
the
region.
The
timber
industry
is
one
of
the
most
and
employers
locally,
with
more
than
3000
jobs
across
all
sectors,
from
planting
to
process
and
many
within
some
of
the
most
remote
rural
areas.
Indeed,
across
Scotland,
the
forestry
sectors
of
huge
economic
importance
contribute
and
almost
a
billion
pounds
of
GVA
to
the
Scottish
eco
economy.
Every
year.
C
Support
and
more
than
25,000
jobs,
so
I
want
to
pay
tribute
to
all
those
who
work
in
the
sector
past
and
present
who
have
contributed
to
his
growth
and
success
over
the
past
hundred
years
and
I
want
to
place
on
record
labels.
Thanks
to
the
trade
unions,
who
represent
many
of
those
workers,
unite
GMB
pcs
prospect
and
the
FDA
for
the
what
they
do
secure
in
the
best
terms
and
conditions
for
their
workers.
Forestry
is
a
high-risk
industry.
Every
year
workers
are
injured
at
work.
In
some
cases.
Sadly,
they
are
killed.
C
Many
more
suffer
from
what
related
illness,
so
we
should
recognize
the
important
role
on
unions
have
played
in
some
cases
for
more
than
a
century
and
driving
up
safety
for
those
workers
in
forestry,
as
the
industry
has
grown.
It's
not
just
that
the
forestry
coverage
of
a
land
and
its
economic
impact
that
has
grown
in
that
time
so
too
has
a
recognition
or
appreciation
of
the
social
benefits
of
forestry.
Since
the
1970s
in
particular,
the
Forestry
Commission
has
encouraged
more
people
to
see
forests
and
our
land
as
destinations
for
leisure
and
exercise.
C
The
shift
in
focus
has
helped
unlock
our
lands
potential
for
contribute
and
to
improving
health
and
well-being,
and
today,
more
than
ever,
we
need
to
build
upon
this
legacy.
An
important
contributor
to
deliver
and
the
economic,
social
and
environmental
benefits
of
a
land
have
been
on
national
parks.
Nineteen
years
ago,
this
Parliament
introduced
the
National
Park
Scotland
that
2000
they
paved
the
way
for
that.
The
labour
led
Scottish
executive
to
create
the
Loch
Lomond
Dinshaw,
six
National
Park
in
2002,
and
the
Cairngorms
National
Park
in
2003.
C
That
work
is
so
important
because
one
of
the
downsides
of
the
changes
we
have
seen
in
forestry
over
the
past
100
years
has
been
the
extent
to
which
our
native
woodlands
were
left
to
decline,
either
through
neglect
or
in
some
cases,
by
design.
The
economic
value
of
native
woodland
fail
as
the
uses
were
replaced
by
imports,
and
only
niche
markets
which
used
native
timber
were
left
across
Scotland.
C
Huge
sways
of
our
countryside
were
planted
with
corn
afar's,
which
became
standard
forestry
policy
in
the
drive
to
increase
timber
production
incentivized
by
huge
tax
breaks
today
was
rule
11
from
these
past
mistakes,
native
weeds
are
better
protected,
are
no
longer
persecuted
and
our
landscape
skill,
restoration
effort
such
as
that
the
great
raw
sex
forests,
national
nature
reserves
at
the
heart
of
the
walk
moment
and
the
trust
X
National
Park,
but
as
diversity
continues
to
decline
globally.
Far
more
needs
to
be
done
to
appreciate
that
our
native
woodlands
are
some
of
the
most
biodiverse
habitats.
C
We
must
better
safeguard
and
expand
those
habitats
from
the
measly
2%
they
cover
today.
Excuse
me,
forestry
is
a
crucial
role
to
play
in
helping
Scotland
tackle
the
climate
and
biodiversity
crisis
we
face,
including
meeting
our
new
emissions
targets.
With
estimates
suggestion
every
new
hectare
of
forest
and
woodland
cleats
created
removes
an
average
of
seven
tons
of
co2
from
the
atmosphere
every
year.
C
This
must
be
a
key
driver
in
Scottish
forestry
policy
and
the
years
ahead
and
couldn't
continuing
to
expand
planting,
but
crucially,
in
the
right
places
and
with
the
right
and
proper
mix
of
species.
I
think
you
couldn't
presiding
officer.
We
have
seen
in
place
of
growth
in
the
forestry
sector
since
the
Forestry
Commission
was
established
100
years
ago,
as
this
growth
continues.
It's
critical
has
managed
well
I,
mean
week,
probably
properly
balance
the
economic,
social
and
environmental
benefits
of
a
sector
that
is
so
important
to
many
of
our
communities
across
Scotland.
D
D
Behalf
of
the
conservative
conservative
today
and
I
welcome
the
opportunity
to
speak
about
the
centenary
of
the
1990
1919
forestry
act
before
the
establishment
of
the
forestry
act.
There
was
no
notable
state
policy
on
forests.
It
had
been
recognized
that
the
UK's
forests
had
been
in
decline
since
the
middle
ages,
but
World
War,
one
led
to
an
increased
demand
for
timber
and
by
the
end
of
the
conflict.
Forest
cover
has
significantly
declined.
D
Moreover,
there
was
an
acute
awareness
of
the
strategic
risks
of
an
over
reliance
on
imported
timber.
It
was
noted
at
the
time
that
only
5%
of
Great
Britain
was
wooded
compared
to
25%
in
Germany.
This
led
to
great
concern
regarding
the
state
of
bliss
forests
and
woodland.
The
Act
was
passed
to
alleviate
these
concerns
and
established
the
Forestry
Commission.
D
The
Act
gave
authority
to
the
Commission
to
acquire
and
plant
land,
promote
timber
supply
and
forest
industries,
undertake
education
and
to
selfs,
make
grants
and
give
advice
to
woodland
owner
the
Forestry
Commission
went
from
strength
to
strength
and
by
the
start
of
World
War
two.
It
was
the
largest
landowner
in
Britain
and
during
the
war
period,
employment
and
the
Forestry
Commission
expanded
to
44,000
and
ninety
nineteen,
forty
one
up
from
14,000
in
1939,
and
many
of
these
new
employees
included
the
women's
timber
Corps,
who
were
affectionately
affectionately
known
as
the
lumber
gels.
D
Another
group
that
must
be
acknowledged
and
thanked
for
their
contribution
to
the
British
war
effort
as
the
British
Honduran
forestry
unit,
and
these
volunteers
arrived
in
a
harsh
Scottish
winter
and
swapped
tropical
forests
for
hard
frost,
which
must
have
had
been
a
huge
shock
to
the
system.
The
end
of
the
war
saw
the
Commission
turn
more
of
its
attention
to
research,
especially
into
how
to
increase
production
and
by
the
1960.
D
The
Forestry
Commission
was
carrying
out
40%
of
all
tree
planting
in
the
UK
and
had
greatly
increased
timber
sales
leading
to
the
creation
of
new
jobs.
However,
in
an
era
when
there
was
an
increase
in
the
amount
of
available
leisure
time,
the
forests
were
beginning
beginning
to
be
seen
as
a
place
of
recuperation
and
relaxation.
This
led
to
the
creation
of
the
countryside
Act
in
1968,
and
granted
the
right
to
roam
allowing
the
public
greater
use
of
the
forest
for
recreational
purposes.
D
This
led
to
a
trend
of
sustainable
forestry,
which
has
continued
until
today.
Indeed,
from
1997,
all
conifer
productive
woodland
has
been
planted
under
the
UK
forestry
standard,
to
include
at
least
25
percent
of
the
area,
primarily
for
biodiversity
objectives
and
comprising
native
blood
leaves
and
open
areas.
Scotland's,
forests
and
woodlands
are
important
in
promoting
tourism
through
providing
stunning
natural
beauty,
and
the
importance
of
this
is
in
supporting
the
rural
economy
is
estimated
to
be
worth
183
million
pounds
in
2015.
D
The
recent
creation
of
two
new
agencies
to
help
manage
Scotland's
forest
forestry
and
land
Scotland
and
Scottish
forestry
mark
the
fact
that
forestry
had
become
fully
devolved
today,
forests
and
woodlands
cover
19
percent
of
our
land.
However,
well
this
is
a
significant
improvement.
It
still
falls
well
short
of
the
EU
average
of
38
percent.
D
Moreover,
the
Scottish
government
should
acknowledge
that
from
2002
until
2018
they
did
not
meet
the
target
of
planting
10,000
hectares
and
thus
well
lead.
There
are
scarcity
of
trees
and
that
a
year's
time
I
welcome
the
fact
that
we
have
achieved
a
planting
target
this
year
and
I
also
welcome
the
increased
planting
targets
going
forward,
presenting
officer
the
important
environmental
role
of
sustainably
managed
forests
and
woodland
cannot
be
overstated
in
the
battle
against
climate
change,
growing
trees
absorb
and
store
huge
amounts
of
carbon.
D
In
addition
to
this,
almost
50
percent
of
the
carbon
benefit
of
a
forest
comes
from
the
substitution
of
wood
fuel
and
timber
for
fossil
fuels,
and
conclusion,
presiding
officer
is
better
for
the
Forestry
Act
of
1919,
and
we
encourage
people
to
celebrate
this
by
getting
involved
in
planting
more
trees
over
the
next
hundred
years.
However,
this
must
be
done
only
where
it
is
economically
and
environmentally
sustainable.
D
We
must
not
repeat
the
mistakes
of
the
past
and
plant
trees
and
deep
peat,
as
we
did
so
disastrously
on
the
flo
country
a
generation
ago
know
our
will
we
plan
our
best
out
of
a
land
which
is
needed
to
feed
a
population.
However,
I
believe
there
are
still
plenty
of
land
in
Scotland
which
can
usefully
and
profitably
grow
trees,
and
that
is
what
we
should
do.
Thank
you
thank.
E
You
very
much
indeed
Poseidon
officer
and
I'm
delighted
to
be
speaking,
the
nest
debate
a
hundred
years
on
him
from
the
the
forestry
Act
and
the
beginning
of
a
major
effort
to
reforest
the
United
Kingdom.
Also,
that's
the
legislation
already
to
the
creation
of
the
Forestry
Commission
and
a
major
programme
of
planting
and
building
a
nationally
owned
forest
estate.
E
So
that
puts
a
very
clearly
into
context
and,
and
it's
still
a
long
way
from
what
the
Scottish
Green
Party
would
like
to
see
and
that's
a
target
of
40%
the
average
across
the
European
across
Europe,
and
that
was
part
of
an
amendment
which
wasn't
selected
for
this
to
be
and
with
a
climate
emergency
meeting.
This
target
is
more
urgent
than
ever
and,
as
things
stand
at
the
moment
as
unfortunate
that
current
reforestation
rates,
it
will
be
150
years
before
we
meet
this
target.
E
But
it's
important
to
be
positive
and
there's
a
lot
to
be
positive
about.
We
need
to
learn
from
and
be
inspired
by,
the
vision
and
impetus
shown
100
years
ago
and
commit
to
a
major
reforestation
program
that
will
assist
in
tackling
the
climate,
emergency
and
clear
rural
jobs
and
economic
opportunity
throughout
Scotland
no
reserve
research
for
the
revive
coalition
shows
that
forestry
can
provide
a
job
for
every
42
hectares
that
compares
with
agricultural,
which
provides
a
job
for
every
183
hectares
and
grouse
shooting,
which
provides
one
job
for
330
hectares.
E
So
again,
the
benefits
should
be
clear
for
everyone
to
see
now
I'm,
proud
to
say,
I
was
born
and
brought
up
in
a
forest
house.
My
father
was
a
laborer
with
the
Forestry
Commission
for
25
years.
In
fact,
he
operated
a
forestry
commission
horse,
there's
not
too
many
of
them
about
now
and
and
I
also
went
on
to
work
for
the
Forestry
Commission
and
the
Bund.
E
A
big
attraction,
of
course,
as
with
a
lot
of
the
public
sector,
was
the
housing
they
provided
and
created
a
lot
of
communities,
particularly
across
the
highlands,
and
that
was
the
case
with,
for
instance,
the
hydro
where
I
was
and
also
the
canal.
I
was
a
tree.
Feller
I
was
a
member,
it
was
one
of
the
duties.
I
did
cutting
down
trees,
an
escort
of
about
a
dozen
people,
that's
been
overtaken
by
one
machine,
but
of
course
the
challenge
we
know
now
is
that
the
skull
shortage
means
that
we
have
difficulty
recruiting
for
these
machines.
E
These
are
very
expensive
machines,
so
we're
calling
for
a
green
new
deal
to
mobilise
the
unprecedented
public
investment
behind
reforestation
and
supporting
the
development
of
sustainable
forests
and
related
businesses,
because
the
cabinet,
secondly-
and
others
have
alluded
to
there's
a
lot
of
ancillary
business
runs
in
life
in
line
with
a
forestry.
I
am
and
we
need
to
protect.
Lee
I
need
to
focus
on
building
the
the
forest
estate.
There's
been
significant
acquisition
and
disposals
over
the
years
and
did
public
loan.
E
Don't
know
the
sum
of
a
billion
pounds
has
been
mentioned,
and
that's
that
money
that
does
support
the
rural
population
and
certainly
I,
don't
I'm
alone
and
wanting
to
see
the
products
being
used
so
rather
than
importing
cheap
PVC
window
frames
and
door
frames
from
the
Far
East.
It
would
be
very
good
if
we
could
harness
greater
use
of
our
own
timber
and,
as
I
say,
greater
diversity
of
ownership
is
important
too.
E
I
believe
that
drastic
carbons,
emission
cuttings
and
sequestration
through
nature
based
a
drawn
down
strategies
like
afforestation
and
people
and
restoration,
is
of
the
utmost
importance
and
that
by
reforesting
the
landscape
and
an
ecological
sensitive
way,
we
can
also
go
some
way
to
help
mitigate
the
effects
of
climate
change,
such
as
droughts
and
flooding.
So,
as
we
celebrate
100
years,
I
suggest
that
we
redouble
these
efforts
and
particularly
pay
attention
to
Lawrence's
words.
Thank
you
for
saying
thank.
F
However,
after
the
tragedy
of
the
First
World
War,
our
forests
recover
was
estimated
to
be
at
an
all-time
low.
Essentially,
the
1919
act
setting
up
the
forestry
commission
was
principally
designed
to
ensure
that
Britain
maintained
a
strategic
reserve
of
timber
from
a
very
low
base.
Indeed,
even
today,
it's
estimated
as
the
motion
highlights
that
Scotland
has
only
about
19%
of
its
land
surface
under
timber.
Even
at
this
level
of
coverage,
it
remains
one
of
the
most
deforested
countries
in
Europe.
This
level
of
woodland
cover
is
well
below
the
current.
F
You
P
an
average
of
almost
double
that
at
37%,
so
we've
got
a
long
way
to
go
and
he's
looking
at
the
figures
provided
by
the
Scottish
Parliament
information
center,
the
total
area
of
national
forest
estate
in
woodland
has
been
in
steady
decline
for
some
considerable
time.
However,
in
2010
there
was
a
mark
jumping
for
a
station,
but
the
level
has
then
declined
and
I
quote
from
page
10
of
the
spice
document.
F
Planting
rates
averaged
8,000
hectares,
but
hectares
per
annum
between
2012
and
2015
in
2016,
the
rates
fell
to
just
4,600
hectares
per
annum.
The
Scottish
Government
has
a
target
of
averaging
10,000
hectares
per
annum
of
new
woodland
creation
from
2015
onwards,
which
is
yet
to
be
met.
Unquote
now,
I
very
much
welcome
the
Scottish
Government's
target
for
new
planting
of
10,000
hectares
per
annum.
The
problem
has
been
in
reaching
it
I
very
much
hope
that
the
Scottish
Government
is
successful
in
its
forestry
ambitions.
F
It's
absolutely
right
that
our
new
planting
is
increased,
not
only
because
it's
important
to
have
a
strong
timber
industry,
which
is
a
major
contribution
to
the
economy,
but
even
more
importantly,
it
is
a
major
increase
in
tree
planting,
which
is
essential
for
the
country
to
meet
its
climate
change
objectives,
tackling
what
is
perhaps
the
most
important
issue
of
our
time.
So
I
wish
the
Scottish
Government
well
here.
I
encouraged
them
to
meet
their
new
tree.
Planting
targets
and
I
know.
The
cabinet
secretary
is
sincere
and
aiming
to
do
just
that.
F
Turning
to
Labour's
amendment,
we
support
the
establishment
of
new
national
parks,
learning
from
the
Ken
Gomes
and
the
loch
lomond
experiences.
They
were
created
at
the
time
of
the
Liberal
Democrat
labor
coalition,
almost
twenty
years
ago,
which
I
remember
so
well
with
fond
memory.
But
one
of
those
lessons
was
that
we
must
take
a
grassroots
approach
to
establishing
national
parks
and
we
should
not
take
a
top-down
approach.
It
is
for
communities
themselves
to
decide
if
they
want
the
Ben
of
improvements
and
land
management,
conservation
and
tourism
which
national
parks
provide.
F
However,
these
should
not
be
imposed
on
communities
as
I
think
the
labor
amendment
almost
threatens.
So
with
that
caveat
well,
I
see
the
Labour
Party
you're
telling
us
you're
telling
the
government
to
establish
near
national
parks.
It
really
should
be
a
bottom-up
approach,
not
a
top-down
one.
So
with
that
caveat,
we
will
vote
for
Labour's
amendment
this
afternoon
and
we
fully
support
the
government
motions
to
Bolan
Smith,
an.
C
Intervention,
can
you
tell
us
where
about
any
of
them,
a
statement
or
Labour's
motion?
We
plan
to
impose
any
national
parks,
given
that
the
one
referred
to
in
Galloway
is
actually
a
very
much
a
bottom-up
approach.
His
mate
rumbles
telling
the
people
of
Galloway.
He
opposes
that
because
I
think
he
used
to
say
no.
Particular
today's
election
candidates
knew
weeks
ahead.
C
A
A
You
excuse
me,
you
speak
through
the
chair,
mr.
Smith,
and
you
don't
use
the
term
UI,
so
we're
all
getting
on
nicely.
I
thought
we
all
loved
trees.
Let's
go
back
to
the
turn
of
the
dream.
Prior
to
this
little
altercation,
which
was
unnecessary,
Cole
stood
Stevenson,
followed
by
Finley
Carson.
Thank.
G
You
very
much
chef,
presiding
officer,
perhaps
I'll
simply
start
and
closed
off
the
issue
of
national
parts
and
saying
it's
slightly
unusual
to
incorporate
it
in
an
amendment
in
the
way
it's
done.
None
of
that
is
to
be
opposed
to
national
parks.
I
think
it
slightly
odd,
but
there
we
are
that's
kind
of,
and
neither
here
nor
there
at
the
1919
debate
on
the
second
reading
of
the
forestry
bill,
which
took
place
on
the
5th
of
August
and
went
on
until
8
o'clock
in
the
evening,
I
gave
slightly
little
figures.
G
That
said,
there
was
only
4%
of
the
UK
covered
by
forestry,
not
5%,
I.
Don't
think
we
should
argue
about
percent
here
here
or
there,
but
more
fundamentally
illustrated
the
problem
in
that
it
said
that
in
1915,
16
three-quarters
of
the
amount
of
timber,
the
UK
required,
had
to
be
imported.
That
was
the
scale
of
the
problem
and
that's
at
a
point.
When
Germany
had
many
many
times
more
acres
planted,
John
Finnie
may
be
interested
to
know
that
in
that
debate
also
it
was
identified.
G
There
were
half,
there
were
five
million
acres
of
sporting
land
that
were
thought
to
be
suitable
for
planting
and
that
it
would
be
a
better
use
of
that
land.
So
some
debates
are
not
new.
They
were
part
of
the
original
second
reading
debate
in
the
House
of
Commons
in
1919,
like
others,
I
am
very
pleased
to
mark
the
centenary
of
the
1919
Forestry
Act.
G
One
of
my
ministerial
responsibilities
before
I'd
emitted
office
some
time
ago,
was
forestry
and
I
very
much
enjoyed
that
part
of
my
portfolio,
because
forests
are
important
and
forestry
supports,
so
many
jobs
downstream,
not
simply
in
the
direct
line
we
build
timber
frame
houses,
we
have
sawmills
and
they
all
make
an
important
contribution
to
our
economy
and
to
climate
change.
The
first
forestry
act,
of
course,
was
because
of
the
war
emergency.
It
was
vital
that
we
had
timber
then,
and
it
was
recognized
we
needed
to
do
something
about
it.
G
We
know
too
that
forestry
can
help
or
hinder
depending
how
it's
implemented.
The
dangers
related
to
climate
change,
trees
can
absorb
water
and
promote
higher
soil
and
filtration
rates,
and
that
helps
us
in
relation
to
flooding.
They
capture
carbon
out
there,
they
store
it
there
huge
and
important
carbon
sinks.
So
we
celebrate
our
forests,
not
simply
for
their
physical
expression
of
what
we
might
otherwise
express
in
poetry.
They
are
a
visual
poetry,
a
feast
for
the
mind,
as
well
as
for
the
nose
and
for
the
environment.
G
They
are
a
crucial
for
our
future
and
we've
become
more
aware
of
the
importance
than
the
community
of
woodlands.
Association,
although
not
set
up
and
to
till
2003,
was
something
that
came
from
an
appreciation
of
the
importance
of
community
woodlands
for
decades
before
that.
So
yes,
in
terms
of
my
rumbles
contribution
that
relates
to
national
parks,
I
think
communities
too,
through
the
community
asset
transfer
scheme
that
we
passed
in
2017
are
taking
more
interest
in
forestry
than
we
used
to
and
many
people
who
sit
at
screens
each
day
who
had
parked
in
offices.
G
Forests
are
contributing
to
their
mental
health,
their
quietness,
the
stillness
there's
a
placid
environment.
That
is
a
balm
for
the
Soul
and
it's
important
to,
of
course,
that
we
think
of
where
we
go
now.
We've
got
a
lot
of
more
to
do
to
plant
forests
in
Scotland.
I
hope
that
we
continue
to
do
it.
In
1919,
my
father
was
14
years
old
in
a
fort
rose
Academy
and
my
father's
cousin
James
Stevenson
I
was
part
of
lloyd,
George's
government
who
brought
forward
this
bill
in
1919
presiding
officer.
G
H
Thank
You
deputy
presiding
officer
I'm
pleased
to
be
celebrating
our
forests
industries
today,
especially
when
it's
of
such
importance
to
my
constituency
and
gallery
in
waste
of
fees.
As
the
deputy
played
an
officer
is
well
aware.
The
forestry
industry
has
changed
beyond
all
recognition
since
the
Act
was
passed
essentially
ago,
and
it
will
continue
to
evolve
and
future
generations
to
meet
our
new
challenges.
Galloway
is
home
to
the
largest
Forest
Park,
and
the
United
Kingdom
created
in
1947
extends
to
almost
300
square
miles
and
97
thousand
hectares.
H
It
also
has
the
honor
of
being
designated
the
UK's
first
Dark
Sky
Park
a
decade
ago,
helping
to
bring
thousands
of
tourists
to
the
region
each
year
as
one
of
the
best
stargazing
sports
in
Europe,
the
forest
and
the
people
who
live
in
it
and
what
Mayor
were
featured
in
hugely
popular
TV
series.
Recently,
the
forest.
It's
also
home
to
two
of
the
world-famous
seventeen
mountain
bike
trails
at
Carrick
tree
and
Glen,
chill
with
stony,
loosening,
scenery
and
roots
for
all
ages
and
abilities.
A
crock
tree,
a
10-minute
cycle
ride
from
my
home.
H
We
have
everything
from
family
trails
to
single
tracks.
For
the
more
experienced
mountain
bakers,
as
well
as
extensive
walking
routes
at
Glencoe,
you
can
try
your
hand
at
everything
from
fun
routes
to
long
road
based
forest
ride.
An
addition
at
other
forestry
sites
across
from
fishing
gallery.
We
have
the
bike
trails
that
a
forest
may
be
near
to
Freesat
and
indoor
bTW,
but
the
fun
doesn't
just
stop
and
the
forest
with
just
mountain
biking.
We
you
can
relax
at
their
corrupted
visitor
center
or
head
to
the
world.
H
Well,
there's
been
a
boom
of
activity
within
the
park
in
recent
years
with
many
new
projects.
Boosting
to
December's
I
would
argue
that
the
gallery
region
as
a
whole
has
not
seen
employment
benefits.
It
should
have
done
still
far
too
few
jobs
are
being
created,
despite
greater
facilities
being
made
available
for
visitors
and
local
people,
and
that's
why
we
in
these
benches
are
pleased
to
support
the
Labour
amendment,
which
in
effect,
calls
for
the
designation
of
new
national
parks
and
there
could
be
no
better
place
to
start
than
in
Galloway
National
Park
status
for
gala.
H
We
would
bring
transformational
change
to
the
region
and
help
support
truly
sustainable
growth,
sustainable
in
terms
of
the
economy
and
the
environment.
The
Galilee
National
Park
Association
have
a
very
active
bottom
up
campaign
and
Galloway
with
wide
support
for
with
white
support
for
it
and
despite
everything,
the
support
and
the
huge
benefits
who
would
bring
to
the
region,
this
government
appears
to
keep
raising
the
bar
and
what
they
are
asking
the
Association
to
do.
H
I
hope
that
today's
to
be
reinforces
how
important
this
industry
as
to
many
of
our
communities
and
then
we
must
continue
to
support
those
who
work.
There.
I
call
the
government
again
to
look
at
new
ways
in
which
they
can
help
the
Galloway
forest
park,
grew
and
font
a
flourish.
I'm
regularly
say
that
I'm
privileged
to
be
the
constituency
MSP
for
Scotland's,
most
beautiful
constituency
and
that's
north
and
no
small
part
down
to
the
fact
that
it
has
the
gallery.
I
Pleased
to
be
able
to
speak
in
this
debate
on
this
intinerary
of
the
forestry
act.
No
one
can
be
any
doubt
that
forestry
and
woodland
areas
play
a
huge
role
in
Scotland's
economic
and
social
life
and
crucially,
the
Osho
forum.
Part
of
our
natural
and
historical
heritage
are
vital
habitats
for
diverse
ecosystems,
and
they
will
no
doubt
to
be
part
of
the
solution
to
tackling
climate
change,
and
that
will
certainly
be
the
case
for
significant
parts
of
the
rural
areas
and
my
sterling
constituency.
I
Of
course,
the
Sterling
area
is
home
to
the
Queen
Elizabeth
Forest
Park,
a
stunning
area
with
an
amazing
range
of
wooded
areas
and
visitor
attractions.
It
ranges
from
strata
in
the
North
dome
to
their
walk,
Seyed
east
side
of
loc
woman'd
and
takes
in
more
Catrin
and
uber
foil
areas
too.
This
gives
plenty
of
scope
for
activities
such
as
walking
way,
life
watching
and
cycling.
I
I
love
as
well,
of
course,
vitally
for
logging
for
a
streamlined,
Scott
and
OSHA
promote
the
3lakhs
drive
a
seven
mile
long
forest
drive
that
gives
visitors
the
opportunity
to
see
the
stunning
six
area.
Foreign
sales.
The
large
forest
visitor
center
located
in
a
bar
file,
is
a
first
stop
for
visitors
looking
to
explore
the
area.
It
is
an
example
of
the
importance
of
our
natural
heritage
for
tourism,
the
visitor
numbers
it
creates
and
the
overall
economy.
Much
of
this
area
benefits
from
a
strong
presence
of
native
woodland.
I
From
the
latest
forestry
figures,
I
could
find
detailing
the
impact
and
importance
of
native
woodland
native
woodlands
cover
six
percent
of
the
land
in
the
stomach
area,
totaling
over
13,000
hectares,
a
stunning
91
percent
of
this
coverage
has
made
up
a
species
native
to
Scotland.
However,
I
think
it's
worth
mentioning
that
the
invasive
plant
species
continue
to
play
a
destructive
role
in
our
weeded
areas.
Unfortunately,
three
point:
five
percent
of
Sterlings
native
woodland,
shrub
and
field
layers
is
taken
up
by
invasive
species,
with
the
main
threat
being
the
rhododendron.
I
The
nature
of
these
invasive
species
makes
a
real
problem
to
stop
them
spreading
and
this
plants
an
ongoing
challenge
for
all
the
organizations
involved
in
preserving
and
maintaining
our
magnificent
Woodlands.
It's
particularly
important
when
it
comes
to
protecting
our
ancient
woodlands.
They
are
delicately
balanced
and
preserving
these
areas
as
a
must
for
future
generations.
I
So
you
know,
sir
I
want
to
use
the
remaining
part
of
my
time
to
raise
an
issue
that
I'm
passionate
about
and
which
I
believe
is
important
to
the
future
over
rural
areas,
with
forests
like
the
real
sterling
area,
and
that
is
cycling
routes.
I've
seen
for
myself
how
the
impact
of
cycling
route
can
have
on
visitor
numbers
to
rural
areas
and
Starling
already
benefits,
usually
from
the
saw
strands.
I
Network
the
Jukes
weekender
event
and
our
Foyle
brings
many
hundreds
of
people
to
the
area,
a
real
boost
to
the
local
economy
and
a
significant
event
and
promoting
healthy
and
active
lifestyle,
and
my
view
more
could
still
be
done
to
increase
the
scope
for
clean,
green,
healthy,
active
visits
to
some
of
our
forestry
areas.
The
benefits
are
bringing
people
into
these
areas
and
a
will
managed.
I
We
to
engage
in
this
type
of
activity
are
wide-ranging,
not
just
for
the
economy
and
improving
public
health,
but
also
in
promoting
the
spectacular
natural
heritage
that
many
of
us
can
sometimes
take
for
granted.
So
they
can
officer
Sir,
Walter,
Scott,
root
of
walk
Catrin
area
to
wondrous
world
the
whole
world
the
whole
might
seem
the
scenery
of
a
fairy
dream
throughout
our
history.
These
parts
of
dazzle,
bazaars
organizations
like
forestry
and
land
Scotland
are
being
crucial
and
in
maintaining
its
natural
beauty
and
its
sustainability.
Well,
it's
not
dicker
for
granted.
I
J
Thank
You
presiding
officer,
it's
been
very
interesting
learning
how
Scotland's
forestry
has
changed
in
the
last
century,
not
least
in
relation
to
my
friend
and
colleague,
John
Finnie.
It's
a
forestry
course
where
I
understand
this
called
jock
or
was
called
Jakob,
so
the
act
was
introduced.
Post-World
War,
One
and
the
impact
it
had
over
the
following
decade
is
quite
incredible.
With
a
total
of
1
192
thousand
acres
planted
by
the
Commission
or
private
leave
are
commissioned
grants.
This
was
about
770
hectares
per
year,
not
bad
for
a
newly
formed
Forestry
Commission
and
in
post-war
circumstances.
J
Unfortunately,
the
figure
is
is
actually
better
than
Scottish
Government's
average.
Since
its
planting
targets
were
introduced
in
2010
this
century,
we
should
take
inspiration
from
the
history
of
our
forests
and
I.
Do
welcome
the
cabinet
Secretary's
announcement
today
about
the
commemorative
planting.
We
now
face
a
different
kind
of
challenge:
the
climate
emergency
and
the
ecological
crisis,
and
we
should
take
motivation
from
the
past,
but
progress
with
the
advantage
of
more
robust
science,
technology
and
expertise,
and
the
cabinet
secretary
has
recognised
this
today.
For
us
tree
is
one
of
our
natural
allies
against
climate
change.
J
Offsetting
23.6%
of
our
greenhouse
gas
emissions
and
it's
sequestration
potential
must
be
carefully
fostered
while
also
managing,
alongside
this
other
priorities,
such
as
flooding,
drainage,
biodiversity
and,
of
course,
the
rural
economy.
I
was
delighted
that
the
Climate
Change
Act
saw
this
Parliament
agree.
My
amendment
to
include
policies
and
proposals
relating
to
agroforestry
in
the
climate
change
plan
and
I
strongly
believe.
J
This
is
a
sustainable
form
for
adaptation,
which
will
deliver
wide-ranging
benefits
both
for
farmers
and
the
public
good
better
for
Animal,
Welfare
condition
of
soils
and
water
courses
now
and
for
future
generations,
biodiversity
corridors
and
networks
and
cost
savings
and
income
generation.
Furthermore,
work
by
vivid
economics
commissioned
by
WWF
states
that
agroforestry
could
reduce
required
planting
rates
by
about
2,000
to
3,000
hectares
per
year.
J
Community
woodlands
also
deserve
a
stronger
level
of
support
from
government,
given
the
benefits
they
show
across
many
portfolios,
with
both
people
and
woodlands
flourishing
when
we
care
for
each
other,
people
come
to
woodland
programs
to
better
their
physical
health
recycling,
as
we've
heard,
and
mental
well-being
and
education
work
experience
conservation
and
indeed,
for
a
very
love
of
our
woodlands.
In
my
own
region
of
South
Scotland,
we
are
fortunate
to
have
the
broadest
forest
trust.
J
These
special
native
woodlands
provide
high
biodiversity
value,
but
sadly
represent
only
0.26
percent
of
the
total
land
area
of
Scottish
Borders
below
the
national
average,
even
of
less
than
two
percent
can
the
cabinet
secretaries
say
today.
What
targeted
support
can
be
offered
to
provide
ain't
woodland
coverage
better
in
the
borders
and
across
Scotland?
More
broadly
Scotland
has
featured
in
our
amendment,
will
not
make
its
2020
international
biodiversity
targets,
and
can
the
cabinet
secretary
explain
when
there
will
be
impetus?
J
Put
behind
the
post-2020
biodiversity
fund,
Action
Fund,
including
the
contribution
of
our
forestry
and
woodlands,
can
make
so
we
can
effectively
work
together.
To
conclude,
nature
is
the
basis
of
our
socio-economic
system.
There
is
no
economic
stability
with
our
ecological
stability
and
diverse
forestry.
Expansion
should
be
thought
of
as
a
solution.
We
do
not
have
another
century
to
get
this
right.
J
A
K
You
presiding
officer
is
well
known
that
here
in
Scotland
we
love
our
trees.
In
fact,
once
upon
a
time,
we
loved
them
so
much
that
we
were
planting
them
everywhere,
even
on
deep
peat.
Well,
actually,
we
know
that
the
plantations
such
as
those
on
the
force
and
art
floors
were
actually
given
to
the
rich
and
famous
as
tax
breaks
by
the
then
government
and
London
trees
were
being
planted.
K
They
just
were
not
being
planted
in
the
right
places,
but
we've
learned
our
lesson
and
many
of
these
trees
are
now
being
failed
and
the
water
course
is
blocked
so
that
much-needed
water
can
return
to
the
bog
and
a
Whiteman
and
Hezbollah
gland
matters.
Told
of
the
speech
governed
by
Nigel
Lawson
that
put
this
tax
Gris
between
an
end.
He
said,
but
the
present
system
cannot
be
justified.
K
It
enables
top
rate
taxpayers
in
particular
to
shelter
other
income
from
tax
by
setting
it
against
expenditure
on
forestry,
while
the
proceeds
from
any
eventual
sale
are
almost
tax-free,
the
time
has
come
to
bring
it
to
an
end.
The
Forestry
Commission,
which
is
now
forestry
law
in
Scotland
after
functions,
were
devolved
to
the
Scottish
government.
This
year
was
set
up
after
the
first
world
war
in
1919.
The
need
to
expand
the
depleted
forest
estate
was
apparent
and
the
Forestry
Commission
acquired
large
expanses
of
cultural
learn
to
plant
trees.
K
Approximately
4,700
kilometres
square
of
Scotland's
forests
and
woodland
are
publicly
owned
by
the
Scottish
government
via
forestry
and
land
Scotland,
and
makes
up
the
National
Forest.
Estate
forestry
contributes
almost
1
billion
pound
to
the
Scottish
economy,
and
the
industry
employs
over
25,000
people
and,
although
planting
hasn't
had
the
targets
aim
for
in
years
gone
by
last
year,
they
dead
and
22
million
trees
were
planted
in
Scotland,
bringing
our
woodland
coverage
to
nearly
19%
good
compared
to
the
rest
of
the
key
stella
way
to
go.
K
If
you
look
at
our
European
neighbors,
presiding
officer,
this
is
a
far
cry
from
the
early
1980s
when
controversial
forestry
decisions
such
as
the
Earl
of
C,
Field,
failing
part
of
the
ancient
abernathy
forest
in
1984
took
place,
was
the
agreement
of
the
forestry
commission.
As
we
know,
tree
felling
can
be
an
emotional
experience,
but
tree
planting
has
not
been
without
its
controversy
either.
The
1985
document
by
the
Natural
Environment
Research,
Council,
trees
and
wildlife
and
the
Scottish
uplands
says
in
its
professed
by
David
Jenkins.
K
The
concern
of
foresters
to
integrate
their
management
policy
was
the
requirement
of
the
rural
community
is
obvious.
The
concern
is
about
n
degree
in
the
need
for
timber
was
maintaining
the
richness
of
the
Scottish
countryside,
of
which
forests
are
very
much
a
part
and
that
balance
between
agricultural
land
of
Forestry
as
something
that
were
getting
better
at
farmers
and
landowners
are
planting
more
trees,
and
that
needs
to
keep
happening.
If
we
are
to
keep
hurting
our
planting
targets
but
presiding
officer,
there
is
always
hope
of
finding
trees
that
we
don't
know
where
they
are.
K
As
reported
in
the
new
scientists
in
1996
the
discovery
of
27,000
hectares
of
me,
it
would
woodland
and
the
Highlands
has
increased
the
size
of
Scotland's
near
forests
by
around
35
percent.
Who
knows
where
those
trees
were
hiding,
but
that
is
good
news.
Indeed,
a
presiding
officer,
the
success
of
our
woodland
and
forests
is
in
no
small
part
down
to
the
people
that
work
in
the
sector.
As
the
motion
rightly
mentions,
and
I
would
like
to
hear
from
anybody
in
my
constituency
who
knows
of
any
lumber
girls
that
are
working
in
the
sector.
K
When
the
rural
committee
were
taken
evidence
on
the
forestry
and
land
management,
scotland
belt,
there
was
a
strongly
held
view
that
there
were
such
valuable
skills
in
the
sector.
The
absolutely
couldn't
be
lost
and
cabinet
secretary
Fergus
Ewing
told
the
committee
at
the
time
we
value
the
expertise
of
the
staff
very
highly
in
this
year.
When
we
celebrate
the
100th
anniversary,
we
should
appreciate
the
people
that
work
have
worked
and
contributed
to
our
wonderful
forests
in
woodland
all
over
Scotland.
Today
we
thank
you.
Thank.
A
L
You,
deputy
presiding
officer
I
think
that
I
shall
never
see
a
poem
lovely
as
a
tree.
Those
are
the
beautiful
opening
words
of
Joyce
Kilmer
is
famous
imaginatively
named
poem
trees,
Joyce
was
actually
a
man,
but
that's
a
whole
other
story,
not
for
today's
debate.
Alfred
Joyce
died
in
the
First
World
War.
We've
talked
a
lot
about
the
effect
of
trees
and
war.
Today,
we've
talked
about
the
lumber
jewels
and
the
great
work
that
women
there.
L
During
those
words,
we've
talked
about
the
great
importance
of
trees
and
therefore
it's
quite
fitting
in
this
100
year
anniversary
since
the
Forestry
Act
that
we
look
at
the
importance
of
our
forestry
estate
and
how
we
manage
it
I'm
very
proud
to
sit
on
the
rural
economy
committee,
which
has
been
heavily
involved
and
much
of
the
change
in
legislation
that's
taken
place
over
the
last
few
years
since
I
joined
this
Parliament
I
was
very
privileged
indeed
to
work
in
the
forestry
bill.
It
was
a
fascinating
journey
and
indeed
a
learning
curve.
L
I
think
for
many
others.
One
committee
visit,
which
sticks
in
my
mind,
the
most
perhaps
is
one
I
believe
it
was
on
a
visit
to
Mull,
where
we
saw
firsthand
the
work
that
takes
place
in
the
felling
and
management
of
trees
and
logs,
and,
of
course,
it
provided
an
excellent
opportunity
for
a
photo
opportunity
of
a
hardhat
fluorescent
jacket.
Standing
in
front
of
a
mountain
of
logs
that
had
recently
been
felled,
but
also
I
was
quite
struck
by
the
experience
itself
and
meeting
the
staff
who
are
working
on
this.
L
The
economic
and
employment
opportunities
that
our
forestry
provides
is
impressive,
285
million
pounds
of
GBA
every
single
year
to
the
Scottish
economy,
and
it
supports
30,000
jobs
and
to
end,
and
that
strikes
me
perhaps
as
something
that
we
should
think
about.
I
was
told
on
that
visit
that
they
were
actually
struggling
to
find
drivers
and
operators
for
the
machinery
to
do
the
felling
itself.
These
are
impressive
pieces
of
care.
Anyone
that's
seen
this
in
action
and
if
you
haven't,
please
look
online
at
some
of
these
videos
and
how
speedy,
efficient
and
impressive
these
machines
are.
L
They'll
know
that
technology
is
at
the
heart
of
managing
today's
forestry.
Some
of
these
machines,
the
operators
of
them,
are
being
trained,
they've
been
taking
from
cities.
These
are
forklift
truck
drivers
from
factories
and
the
idea
that
you
could
leave
an
inner-city
Factory
with
no
windows
where
you're,
perhaps
moving
pallets
and
go
into
the
great
countryside
and
work
and
perform
in
this
vital
function
of
managing
forestry,
really
struck
a
chord
with
me.
Are
we
doing
enough
as
a
parliament
to
promote
forestry
as
a
viable
career?
L
Are
we
doing
enough
to
give
people
the
right
skills
they
need
to
manage
these
multi-million
pound
machines?
So
we
can
talk
today,
a
lot
about
planting
and
who
owns
what
and
who's
planted,
what
and
targets
and
so
on.
But
I
would
like
to
put
a
positive
spin
in
a
few
minutes
that
I
have
here
that
we
should
be
promoting
the
management
of
forestry,
the
tourism
and
hospitality
opportunities
that
it
affords
us
out.
There
are
we
going
into
schools?
Are
we
going
into
colleges?
L
Are
we
doing
enough,
as
advocates
for
the
forestry
not
just
the
summer,
to
admire
on
our
recess,
but
equally
as
a
genuine
opportunity
for
employment?
Now
we
know
the
environmental
positives
of
managing
trees.
We
know
that
the
vital
role
they
play
in
flood
prevention
sheltering
wildlife
in
carbon
capturing,
and
we
know
all
of
us.
We
talk
a
lot
about
climate
change,
but
equally
are
we
looking
at
our
forestry
through
the
right
eyes?
L
There's
a
lot
to
be
positive,
but
cannot
be
complacent
and
the
recent
legislative
changes
and
how
we
manage
forestry
in
London
Scotland
is
something
that
we
as
a
parliament
will
need
to
monitor
closely
in
the
coming
years.
I'll
close
with
Kilmer's
words
once
more
starting
off,
sir.
Poems
are
made
by
fills
like
me,
but
only
God
can
make
a
tree
a.
A
C
You
presiding
officer,
today's
debate
has
been
opportunity
not
just
to
celebrate
the
contribution
of
forestry
over
the
last
hundred
years,
but
also
to
look
ahead
to
how
we
build
on
the
achievements
of
the
past
century.
Scotland's,
ambitious
planting
targets
are
set
to
continue
to
transform
a
sector
has
expanded
so
much
in
that
time.
C
The
rural
support
set
to
change
with
a
real
end
or
out
of
the
EU
in
neat
design,
a
system
that
better
supports
integration
and
cohesion
between
agriculture
and
forestry
and
encourages
mex
land-use,
and
while
forestry
will
undoubtedly
play
a
crucial
role
role
and
help
in
Scotland
achieve
net
zero
emissions.
We
should
be
clear
that
increased
forestry
Plantin
alone
is
not
a
panacea
or
an
alternative
to
meaningful
action
to
reduce
emissions.
The
forest
is
used
as
part
of
our
carbon
offsetting
scheme.
C
It
cannot
be
simply
used
to
take
the
edge
of
harmful
emissions
or
to
justify
an
action.
It's
also
important
to
ensure
that
a
focus
on
growing
does
not
result
in
the
glade
of
existing
Woodlands
native
semi-natural
woodlands
are
incredibly
valuable,
providing
some
of
Scotland's
most
biodiverse
habitats,
but
due
to
decades
of
neglect,
which
my
colleague
called
a
blemished
highlight
in
her
speech,
it
still
only
makes
up
less
than
2%
of
Scotland's
land
area
as
well
as
planting
new
forests.
We
must
protect
and
restore
Scotland's
ancient
woodlands
and
the
unique
benefit
they
provide.
C
I
must
bailed
on
not
only
the
economic
and
environmental
value
of
a
forest,
but
the
social
benefits
of
our
land
as
destinations
for
the
leisure
and
exercise
one
Kiwi
has
been
highlighted.
Jonah's
to
be
is
to
support
the
development
of
more
national
parks
in
Scotland,
particularly
in
areas
with
forested
land
such
as
gallery.
In
that
Forest
Park
national
parks
helped
to
develop
many
of
the
benefits
of
forestry
pervades
across
the
board,
with
clear
advantages
for
communities,
local
economies
and
our
environment,
Scotland
there's
some
of
the
most
beautiful
scenery
and
natural
landscapes
in
the
world.
C
Yet
we
have
just
two
national
parks.
What
a
missed
opportunity:
the
internationally
recognised
national
park,
designation,
attracts
tourists,
creates
jobs
and
growth
in
rural
areas.
It
also
helps
to
ensure
that
the
forests
in
the
part
are
well
maintained,
preserved
and
enhanced
and
really
do
enhance
Scotland's
natural
capital
and
biodiversity.
C
Just
one
of
the
reasons
we
should
be
expanding
the
number
of
those
parks,
which
is
what
communities
are
calling
for
now,
when
his
contribution
mate
rumbles,
doesn't
seem
to
understand
that
the
campaign
for
new
national
parks
and
scorned
as
a
bottom
up
campaign,
but
we
do
need-
and
he
feels
to
grass
this
legislation
from
this
Parliament
to
support
those
local
campaigns
and
take
them
forward.
The
only
top-down
approach
appears
to
be
the
one
where
Mr
rumbles
is
under
the
thumb
of
the
cabinet
secretary
presenting
officer.
There
are
few
sectors
that
can
provide.
C
There
are
few
sectors
that
can
provide
this
wide
range
of
benefits
as
far
as
to
do
for
our
communities.
We've
seen
impressive
growth
in
the
forestry
sector
since
the
Forestry
Commission
was
established
a
hundred
years
ago,
but
if
it,
if
it
as
it
continues
to
grow,
we
need
to
properly
balance
the
economic
and
social
and
environmental
benefits
for
the
support
and
benefit
of
our
local
communities.
Thank
you.
Thank.
M
You
presiding
officer
and
I'd
like
to
refer
members
to
my
declaration
of
interest
precisely
also
the
strain
of
world
war.
One
took
its
toll
on
our
country,
hundreds
of
thousands
of
lives
were
lost
and
our
country's
resources
were
indeed
exhausted.
Timber,
as
we've
heard,
was
vital
for
the
raw
effort
and
we
had
no
choice
to
deplete
our
forests
to
an
all-time
low.
M
Indeed
that
continued
in
World
War
two
indeed
many
two
old
beech
trees
that
are
now
still
growing
are
earmarked
for
the
construction
of,
where
earmarked
for
the
construction
of
303
rifles
in
World
War
two
and
still
bear
the
crows
foot
from
the
War
Office
when
they
were
requisitioned
over
a
hundred
years.
After
for
the
First
World
War
work
continues
to
encourage
our
forests
across
Scotland
and
the
United
Kingdom.
In
the
last
year.
We,
the
Scottish
Conservatives,
were
delighted
to
support
the
full
devolution
of
forestry
to
Scotland.
M
More
powers
mean
more
responsibility
on
the
Scottish
government
to
maintain
the
national
forests
and
meet
their
tree
planting
targets,
and
let
me
be
clear,
I'm
very
pleased
that
the
Scottish
Government
has
exceeded
the
tree.
Planting
target
for
2018,
but
sadly
I,
have
to
point
out
that
one
good
year
doesn't
undo
ten
years
of
missed
targets
prior
to
2018.
The
Scottish
government
missed
their
planting
targets
that
over
ten
years,
his
means
that
we
have
lost
the
opportunity
to
plant
30,000
hectares
of
Forestry.
M
The
result
is
that
in
2035,
as
we've
heard
by
many
of
the
industry
experts
that
our
timber
production
will
fall
way
behind,
what
is
routine
to
me
is
required.
The
impact
of
this
decade
of
failure
is
for
ther
for
all
to
see.
Scotland
has
the
biggest
area
of
forestry
in
the
UK,
but
we
are
nowhere
near
as
we've
heard,
having
as
much
forestry
as
compared
to
other
European
countries,
and
that
means
that
Scotland
in
the
UK
a
whole
must
rely
on
importing
timber,
and
this
was
changed
so
I'm
pleased.
M
The
target
is
rising
and
I
will
continue
to
encourage
the
government
to
make
sure
this
happens.
But
I
also
believe
that
as
part
of
achieving
this
target,
it
is
wrong
for
the
government
to
still
to
consider
and
selling
off
our
forests
and
the
National
first
estate
in
the
last
20
years.
As
I've
said
before
in
this
chamber,
the
presiding
officer
officer,
the
Scottish
Government,
has
disposed
of
more
land
and
it
just
has
acquired
and
I
believe
that
needs
to
stop.
M
The
first
estate
is
a
real
national
asset
and
it
should
not
be
sold
to
fund
rising
costs
if
it
continues,
I
believe
there's
a
real
ability
that
Scotland
will
have
no
forests
in
national
ownership.
Now
I'd
like
to
point
out
some
of
the
things
that
we've
heard,
the
softening
that
I
think
are
very
important.
I
think
the
points
made
by
Colin
Smith
on
national
parts,
helping
to
improve
the
environment
and
in
crew
encourage
native
woodlands
is
important,
but
we
also
need
commercial
forestry.
M
As
he
pointed
out,
Peter
Chapman
reminded
us
that
since
the
Middle
Ages
forestry
have
been
declining
and
that
needs
reversing
and
Johnny
John
Finnie
talked
about
his
experience
of
working
with
forestry
horses.
Something
I
didn't
know
that
you
did
unless
I've
misunderstood,
that
he
also
talked
about
how
the
land
was
used.
I
actually
think
we'll
have
the
lambo
zone
where
I
think
it's
more
important
to
talk
about
how
it's
used.
M
Rhododendrons
are
stretching
out
and
in
some
cases,
killing
our
forestry.
Claudia
Beamish
also
mentioned
that
she
saw
trees
as
a
way
of
addressing
climate
change.
You
are
so
right.
Gale
Ross
spoke
eloquently
about
planting
trees
in
inappropriate
areas,
which
was
so
wrong
again.
You
are
so
right
and
Jamie
Greene
talked
about
the
importance
of
forestry
management
and
mountains
of
logs.
Now,
of
course,
I
would
approve
of
that
presiding
officer.
M
The
world
may
have
moved
on
since
the
forestry
act.
In
1919,
but
the
challenge
to
restore
forests
and
woodlands
across
Scotland
must
go
on.
We
need
more
forests
to
grow
our
sustainable
timber.
We
need
more
foresters
as
a
place
for
recreation
and
leisure,
and
most
of
all,
we
need
more
forests
to
combat
the
threat
of
climate
change
or
need
to
grow.
The
National
Forest
Estate
has
never
been
bigger,
and
the
pressure
on
this
Scottish
government
to
deliver
that
has
never
been
greater
either.
M
A
B
You
presiding
officer,
this
debate
was
intended
to
provide
an
opportunity
to
members
from
across
all
parties
in
the
house
to
pay
tribute
to
those
who
had
the
foresight
a
hundred
years
ago
to
establish
the
Forestry
Commission
and
also
all
of
those
who
contributed
to
the
success
of
the
Forestry
Commission
over
the
intervening
century.
I'm
very
pleased
that
many
members,
starting
off
with
mr.
Chapman
and
mr.
B
Smith,
accepted
and
took
that
opportunity
and
in
their
remarks
paid
tribute
to
the
enormous
efforts,
it's
a
I
think
probably
impossible
for
any
us
to
do
full
justice
to
the
extraordinary
endeavor
foresight
and
ambition.
At
the
time
when
the
inception
of
a
Forestry
Commission
was
seen
as
a
very
radical
thing
by
leading
landowners.
Ironically,
who
were
the
proponents
of
that
at
the
time
radical
Act,
which
was
resisted
amongst
some
quarters?
So
the
work
of
the
Forestry
Commission
has
proceeded
a
pace
over
the
hundred
years
and
a
huge
number
of
people
paid
tribute.
B
B
But
the
finger
of
time
does
move
on
and
we
need
to
look
forward
not
back
and
I'm
grateful
for
those
members.
Who've
worked
with
the
fact
that
we've
achieved
their
forestry
target,
but
I
also
acknowledged
in
the
past.
We've
fallen
short.
There's
no
point
in
ignoring
facts
that
do
not
one
suit
one's
a
particular
agenda.
I
was
determined
that
we
would
move
forward.
We
would
achieve
the
targets
and
that's
what
happened
but
I'm
by
no
means
complacent.
There
are
many
challenges:
I
mean
growing
trees,
as
many
members
will
know
for
their
own
activities.
B
It's
not
like
going
into
shop
and
purchasing
confectionery.
There
needs
to
be
the
nursery
stock.
There
needs
to
be
the
planting
of
that
effectively.
It
contractors
are
in
short
supply.
The
process
is
very,
very
weather,
dependent.
The
wrong
weather
can
make
it
impossible
an
interruption
of
skills.
An
interruption
of
weather
can
prevent
that
they're
very
available
if
nursery
stock
is
a
particular
challenge
in
this
coming
year,
although
not
in
the
succeeding
year.
B
All
of
these
things
have
to
be
taken
into
account
and
there's
the
omnipresent
threat
of
tree
disease,
against
which
we
must
be
constantly
vigilant,
but
what
I
would
like
to
particularly
do
is
pay
tribute
to
the
work
of
all
of
the
people
who
work
for
Scottish,
forestry
and
forests
and
land
Scotland
now,
who
together,
tackle
this
cornucopia
of
challenges
and
have
succeeded
nonetheless,
in
achieving
our
target
to
answer
Mr
finish
points,
I,
think
and
others
who
have
said
we
need
to
raise
our
ambitions.
I
entirely
agree.
I
would
like
to
see
his
increase
further.
B
B
He
must
be
a
great
friend
of
mine
because
previously
he
provided
an
additional
five
million
pounds
for
the
timber
transport
fund,
and
that
was
necessary
in
order
to
improve
the
roads,
but
not
only
the
roads,
water
connections
and
there
is
some
real
work
to
to
improve
the
ability
of
us
to
extract
the
timber.
Because
so
much
of
our
timber
is
landlocked.
It's
entrapped
because
there
is
not
the
adequate
transport
system
to
extract
it.
It
then
becomes
liable
to
wind
blow
and
it
then
becomes
very
difficult
or
impossible
to
extract
and
it
then
can
become
valueless.
B
So
the
thymus
extraction
of
wood
is
another
relevant
factor
here.
I'm
also
saying
also
acutely
aware,
just
at
the
moment
that
the
commercial
sector,
particularly
the
sawmill
sector,
is
facing
extraordinary
financial
pressure.
There
has
been
a
downturn
in
the
construction
sector
in
the
UK,
and
that
has
fed
on
to
the
timber
sawmill
sector
can.
B
An
order
better
to
understand
this,
because
I
do
see
this
as
an
emerging
challenge
and
I'm
not
going
to
see
that
all
of
these
problems
that
directly
breaks
it
related
I
think
some
deferment
of
investment
has
in
certainly
played
a
part
but
and
the
importation
of
diseased
wood
from
Germany
of
ten
to
12
million
tonnes
as
a
factor,
but
I
want
to
just
underscore
to
all
members.
This
is
a
very
serious
current
to
the
tamil
komal
sector
and
we're
align
the
soumil
sector
as
the
market
for
a
productive,
productive
species
laying
off.
B
So
how
am
I
doing
for
time?
I
used
so
much
of
my
time
praising
my
friends
in
the
Green
Party
that
have
very
little
time
left
to
devote
to
so
many
other.
But
how
could
they
more
important
than
that
was
any
officer?
I,
don't
know
if
mr.
Harvey
is
there
is
joining
in
the
general
merriment
of
the
occasion?
Is
he
not
there?
We
are
who
writes
this
stuff
anyway,.
B
Any
officer,
let
me
be
serious,
the
the
debate
today
has
provided
us
with
an
excellent
opportunity.
We've
taken
it,
we've
paid
tribute
to
those
who
serve
in
Scottish
forestry
and
fls
in
our
five
conservancies
around
Scotland
in
forests
and
Land
managements
offices
around
Scotland.
They
work
on
the
land
they
work
in
the
fresh
air.
They
draw
the
trees;
they
they
plant
the
trees,
they
grow
the
trees,
they
fell
the
trees.
They
do
the
work
that
we
talk
about.
They
do
it.
N
Thank
you
very
much,
and
that
concludes
our
debate
on
the
centenary
of
the
1919
forestry
act.
The
next
items
of
business
relates
to
the
consideration
of
three
legislative
consent.
Motions.
Could
I
ask
Joe
Fitzpatrick
to
move
motion
196
to
nine
on
the
Birmingham
Commonwealth
Games
bill
moved
on?
Thank
you.
Could
I
ask
Hamza
Yusuf
to
move
motions
196
to
8
on
the
sentencing,
pre-consolidation
of
Emmet's
bill
and
1
960
0
on
the
domestic
abuse
bill,
move.
N
You
very
much
the
questions
are
those
will
be
at
decision
time.
The
next
item
of
business
is
consideration
of
business
motion.
196
71
in
the
name
of
Graham
D
on
for
the
parameter
Bureau
setting
her
to
rise
business
program
could
I
call
on
Morris
golden
in
this
case
to
move
this
motion
moved.
Thank
you
very
much
and
new
member
has
asked
to
speak
on
this
motion.
Therefore,
the
question
is
that
motion
number
one,
nine,
six,
seven
one
be
agreed.
Are
we
all
agreed?
Thank
you
very
much.
Next
item
is
consideration
of
peritubular
motion.
N
D
N
You
very
much
and
the
question
on
this
emotional
decision
time,
so
we
turned
to
decision
time.
First
question
is
that
amendment
196
31.4
in
the
name
of
Collinsworth,
which
seeks
to
made
motion
196
e1
in
the
name
of
Fergus
Ewing
on
the
centenary
of
the
1919
forestry
act,
be
agreed.
Our
well
agreed
we
are
agreed.
The
next
question
is
that
motion
196
31
in
the
name
of
Fergus
Ewing,
as
amended
on
the
centenary
of
the
1994
tract,
be
agreed.
Our
well
agreed.
N
We
are
agreed
and
I
proposed
to
ask
a
single
question
on
the
three
lcms.
Does
anyone
object?
That's
good.
The
question:
is
that
motions
one,
nine,
six,
two,
eight
one:
nine
six,
two
nine
and
one.
Ninety
six,
three
zero
we
agreed
are,
we
all
agreed.
We
are
agreed
and
our
final
question
is
that
motion
one
nine,
six,
five,
four
in
the
name
of
Grimm
D
on
the
establishment
of
a
private
bill
to
be
agreed,
our
agreed
we
are
agreed.
Thank
you
very
much,
and
that
concludes
decision
time.
I
closed
this
meeting.