| # | Name | Comments |
|---|
| 1 | Cllr Brian Murphy | |
| 2 | Anonymous | Save the scheme and make it cheaper please. |
| 3 | Neil MacNaughton | |
| 4 | Peter Peacock | The bull hire scheme has served crofting well for generations. It has helped improve the quality and health of stock and secure stronger markets and prices than would otherwise have been the case. It is a sensible, practical and well run scheme and the Scottish Government are making a big mistake in ending it - they should reconsider and reverse their decision. |
| 5 | Rhoda Grant | This scheme has provided economic, environmental and animal health benefits for over 100 years. These benefits are as relevant today as they were then. We need to retain this scheme. |
| 6 | Ruth Miller | |
| 7 | Lesley Gentles | This service is a valuable asset to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and should be maintained and developed to sustain crofting and farming in Scotland. I believe that the decision to end this scheme is wrong and should be reversed. |
| 8 | Gordon Gentles | I stongly support the bull hire scheme for the crofters. |
| 9 | Cathy Lee | |
| 10 | Anonymous |
| 11 | Colin Gentles | |
| 12 | YRichardson | We have constantly put forward our support for retaining the bull hire scheme. It is vital for the future of cattle production in Lewis. If further information is required about the importance of this scheme to this area I would be pleased to provide this and copies of previous correspendence in relation to this scheme. |
| 13 | Anonymous | |
| 14 | Gordon Sinclair | Only Black Puddings made by the three main butchers in Stornoway should be allowed to call their puddings "Stornoway Black Puddings" |
| 15 | karen burton | |
| 16 | Nicola Gentles | |
| 17 | Nina bremner | |
| 18 | RICHARD WRIGHT | |
| 19 | Penny Middleton | This has been one of the most successful government schemes for farmers. It delivers real benefits to those who need it and only those that need it. It delivers sound environmental benefits in keeping cattle in the areas where they are most needed. |
| 20 | Arthur McIntyre | |
| 21 | Jacqueline McAdie | |
| 22 | Catherine Chisholm | |
| 23 | eleanor pratt | give the crofters a break! |
| 24 | emma smith | |
| 25 | Mrs Fay Stevens | Crofting is hard thankless tasks for many, and distance is another drawback, leave well alone let them keep the "Bull Hire" there is enough troubles with out making them. F Stevens |
| 26 | Karen Fraser | |
| 27 | Kenneth Shuttleworth | this was and still is a far sighted scheme and is still an important part of the economic well being of the highlands as it ever was |
| 28 | Margaret MacLeod | |
| 29 | Iain D Macleod | Whithout this scheme and with the absence of an AI service it will not be possible for some crofters to continue with cattle. Their herds may also be too small to qualify for any assistance under the Rural Development Scheme. Cattle play a key role in the highlands and islands in maintaining common grazings as most common grazings are now undergrazed due to the removal of sheep from the hills. |
| 30 | Iain Macsween | |
| 31 | Robbie Bain | The continuation of cattle-keeping is vital to the culture, landscape and environment of crofting communities. Without a viable bull hire scheme it just becomes that bit more difficult and once the cattle are gone from the croft, they rarely come back. |
| 32 | Carol anne Stewart | This will be a disaster for crofters . |
| 33 | Andrew Gordon | |
| 34 | G Grant | |
| 35 | Jean Maclean | We have used the bull hire scheme in our township for many years and could not afford to buy the quality of bull to maintain our herds. AI is no good when most crofters have other occupations |
| 36 | Alison Beaton | Crofters have neither the space nor the funds to support a bull on the ground all the year round. In many cases crofts consist of only a few hectacres and in the summer months that land is required to provide winter feed. |
| 37 | allan mac donald | crofters need the bull scheme to keep crofting alive in the highlands and islands. |
| 38 | norman mac askill | cattle are essential for the wellbeing of the uist machairs : without a bull hire scheme , cattle will disapear and more than likely be replaced by sheep , which are not so beneficial to the environment. |
| 39 | Bob Cook | |
| 40 | eleanor Arthur | |
| 41 | John MacLennan | The loss of the Bull Hire Scheme will be another
nail in the island crofters coffin. |
| 42 | Gavin Parsons | The government should look ahead a little and realise that cattle are an essential part of local economies and with a move needed toward local food as transport becomes more expensive cattle need support now. Keeping the bull hire scheme now will avoid huge cost and effort to bring cattle back if they disappear from crofting. |
| 43 | Anne Maclellan | The bull hire scheme has been vital to crofting communities in the Western Isles and its loss would have a detrimental affect on the quality of stock in the islands. |
| 44 | Anonymous | It will be difficult for cattle breeding to be sustained in the islands without the Bull Hire Scheme |
| 45 | Alex MacArthur | |
| 46 | Iain A R MacIver | |
| 47 | Christine MacIver | |
| 48 | R.Dimes | |
| 49 | derek wilson | |
| 50 | Anonymous | |