THE Treasury was last night accused of acting like Marie Antoinette before the French Revolution by throwing Scots the right to fish for oysters and mus-sels, while keeping control of the earning potential of the seabed.
The Whitehall department yesterday ruled out devolving the Crown Estate in Scotland and will leave it instead to continue to be administered by the unelected Crown Estate Commission (CEC).
However, it was announced the CEC will transfer land at West Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh and the rights to fish wild oysters and mussels to Scottish organisations.
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