A proposal by the council to withdraw support from the Uist an£ Barra abattoirs is being opposed by Uist and Barra councillors Calum Macmillan and Donald Manford.
The two SNP councillors are to put forward an amendment to a report proposing that the Comhairle
“include funding support for the abattoirs in Uist and in Barra to bring parity to the abattoir provision across the Islands in the CnES authority area through the provision of twenty thousand per facility, funding to be provided from balances previously saved on loan repayment charges.”
The councillors are trying to save the abattoirs which would struggle to survive without the support proposed.
