{"id":6873,"date":"2013-11-29T19:14:09","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T19:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=6873"},"modified":"2013-11-29T19:14:09","modified_gmt":"2013-11-29T19:14:09","slug":"ihbc-welcomes-scotlands-referendum-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=6873","title":{"rendered":"IHBC welcomes Scotland\u2019s referendum paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) has welcomed the publication by the Scottish Government (SG) of its proposals for an independent Scotland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chair of the IHBC Mike Brown said: \u2018The IHBC welcomes the publication of this &#8216;blueprint&#8217; for the independence viewpoint and looks forward to\u00a0also receiving\u00a0similarly detailed papers from those parties in favour of retaining Scotland within the Union.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The IHBC is, of course, a UK-wide professional body and charity, as our most recent issue of our members\u2019 journal\u00a0<i>Context<\/i>, themed on \u2018Nationhood\u2019 clearly demonstrated.\u00a0\u00a0So we will of course maintain a neutral stance on the politics of this engrossing debate, save to say that we will encourage all stakeholders to recognise the unique qualities of Scotland&#8217;s built and cultural heritage.\u00a0\u00a0So whatever the results of the referendum, we will seek to secure from politicians of all persuasions the best possible investment, legislative and regulatory framework, infrastructure and political support for the remarkable national resource that is our heritage\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>IHBC Scotland Branch Chair Stuart Eydmann said: \u2018The publication of the document is a milestone on the path to the referendum vote in September 2014 and, from the Scottish Government&#8217;s point of view, addresses a large number of issues that will require to be addressed in the event of a Yes vote.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It also includes a range of manifesto type commitments and aspirations. It is heartening to see heritage included, including a commitment to maintaining lottery funding; the development of a new national heritage body and a desire to revisit VAT in relation to repair and maintenance.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It will be interesting to see if the \u2018No\u2019 campaign responds with some form of \u2018Devo Max\u2019 and, if it does, whether there are any additional or alternative offers or references with heritage implications.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Relevant sections for IHBC interests include: Chapter 8 Environment, Rural Scotland, Energy and Resources; Chapter 9 \u2013 Culture, Communications and Digital and Chapter 10 \u2013 Building a modern democracy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Download the document at<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotland.gov.uk\/Resource\/0043\/00439021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">BBC News<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/m.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-25088251\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Scottish Government Publications<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotland.gov.uk\/Publications\/2013\/11\/9348\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) has welcomed the publication by the Scottish Government (SG) of its proposals for an independent Scotland. Chair of the IHBC Mike Brown said: \u2018The IHBC welcomes the publication of this &#8216;blueprint&#8217; for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=6873\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6874,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6873\/revisions\/6874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}