Justice 1 Committee, 27 Mar 2001

Meeting date: Tuesday, March 27, 2001

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Draft Land Reform Bill

Item 7 is on the draft land reform bill. Members have received timetables showing the likely legislative work load of the Justice 1 Committee and the Justice 2 Committee. At one time, it was thought that the title conditions bill would conflict with the land reform bill, but that now seems to be extremely unlikely. Do any members have a particular interest in the land reform bill, bearing in mind the fact that that will not influence one way or another whether this committee gets to deal with the exciting title conditions bill?

Yes.

Yes.

I am also interested, so that makes at least three members who would be interested in considering the land reform bill. Is anyone violently against our considering the land reform bill?

I am not against it; but one bill that is missing from the list in the timetables is the protection from abuse bill. I am not sure where that will fit into our timetable. I assume that it will come to the Justice 1 Committee because of Maureen Macmillan's involvement.

The clerk tells me that it will go to the Justice 2 Committee. Because of my role as sponsor of the bill, it would obviously be difficult for me, as convener of the committee, to deal with the committee's own bill. It is sensible that the bill should go to the Justice 2 Committee.

Okay—that reverses my argument.

Obviously, it will be up to me and the convener of the Justice 2 Committee to decide what happens to the land reform bill. However, I thank members for their views.