McMillan Welcomes Progress on High Hedges Issue

Stuart McMillan MSP, (SNP) has today (Wednesday) welcomed the announcement from the Minister for Community Safety that the Scottish Government is working on bringing forward a piece of legislation, with the target of introducing this to the Scottish Parliament after the May 2011 elections, to deal with high hedge and other nuisance vegetation disputes.

The Scottish Government is working on a cross party approach which it hopes will allow it to bring forward legislation to tackle this anti-social behaviour issue.

Mr McMillan said;

"I welcome the announcement from the Minister for Community Safety that the Scottish Government is working on a cross party approach to tackle high hedge disputes.

"I know, through speaking to constituents, that high hedge and other nuisance vegetation disputes can cause a lot of stress and worry for people. Some constituent have indicated to me they feel there is little assistance available to deal with the problem.

"Therefore, It's important that action is taken to tackle high hedge issues and highlight to constituents that assistance is available to deal with disputes and find a solution."