28th January 2013, 10:45 PM
Martin Locock Wrote:A single service might have made sense in the past, but in the post-devolution situation it doesn't. Scotland has always had its own laws and Wales and England have started to diverge. The governments they are advising (or part of) are separate too....but at the moment the National Trust seems perfectly capable of operating in England and Wales without any suggestion it is compromised by devolution and I am guessing that National Trust Scotland holds similar principles to its sister organisation south of the border without any conflict over central or devolved funding. So if its possible for organisations to maintain a regional identity whilst still being part of a supra-entity, I can't see that there is any conflict with the aims of devolved responsibility for all the current functions that are devolved.
Scotland will be a very interesting proposition if they vote for Independence next year, What will happen to all of the properties that are owned by non-Scottish based institutions (over and above the National Trust) or properties or sites that have been bequeathed to one nation (UK), but now appear to be sequestrated by another ? What is the recompense for a land owner who is told his property they believed attached to one nation is now in the possession of another. Could make the HS2 compensation package look like chicken feed!!
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