The Bill makes changes to the law concerning land management, community engagement and right to buy and transfers of land as well as agricultural holdings and small landholdings.
Part 1 of the Bill is based on the Scottish Land Commission’s recommendations relating to the scale and concentration of land ownership.
Part 2 of the Bill supports the Scottish Government’s Vision for Agriculture and its ambition to “become a global leader in sustainable and regenerative agriculture”.
As with all Bills, the Finance and Public Administration Committee invites written evidence on the estimated financial implications of the Bill as set out in its accompanying Financial Memorandum (FM).
Read the FM for this Bill: Financial Memorandum.
The call for views closed on 18 June 2024.
The Committee received 3 submissions to its call for views. Read the submissions on Citizen Space.
The Committee agreed to write to the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee to highlight issues raised in the Committee's call for views to that Committee to explore during its scrutiny of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: