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Agenda item 2 is consideration of a motion in my name on the committee’s timetable for stage 2 consideration of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill. I invite members’ comments on the motion, which outlines the proposed order for consideration of the various parts of the bill.
I move,
That the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee considers the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill at stage 2 in the following order: Part 1, Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 2, Parts 3 to 10, Chapter 3 of Part 2, Part 11 (including, after section 102, the schedule) and the long title.
It might be helpful to those who are not into the mysteries of bill consideration for you to explain the effect of the motion. As I understand it, if agreed to, the motion will move consideration of the tenant farming commissioner section of the bill until almost the end of the proceedings.
Indeed. The attempt here is to allow us to discuss farming and tenancy matters together. As the tenant farming commissioner will be a member of the Scottish land commission, which is relevant to matters under part 10, we thought it most useful to take those matters and his or her responsibilities at the same time, hence the order in the motion.
Motion agreed to.