Laing

American

[lang] / læŋ /

noun

R(onald) D(avid), 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.

Laing British

/ leɪŋ /

noun

R ( onald ) D ( avid ). 1927–89, Scottish psychiatrist; his best known books include The Divided Self (1960), The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise (1967), and Knots (1970)

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Sarah-Jane Laing of Scottish Land and Estates, which represents many large landowners, says the provisions within the act are being "driven by ideology".

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She claims the Scottish government "want to see fragmentation and break up of estates as an end in itself" - an aim Ms Laing describes as "really damaging for people, jobs and nature".

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Sarah-Jane Laing said it was not true to say that "big is bad" when it comes to Scottish estates.

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Ms Laing met us at a more modest but still fairly large landholding – Preston Hall Farm in Midlothian to demonstrate her point – that big can in fact be good.

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Chief executive Sarah-Jane Laing said the bill required "significant revisions".

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