Rural Affairs and Environment Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, May 26, 2010

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Crofting Reform (Scotland) Bill

Item 3 is the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Bill. I have lodged a motion to modify the order of consideration of the bill. The main reason for doing so was to enable part 2, which relates to the register of crofts, to be taken in one meeting rather than breaking the debate into two. It was considered that that would enable a better flow of discussion and debate. We aim to consider parts 1 and 4 at our next meeting on 2 June, part 2 on 9 June and the rest of the bill on 16 June.

I move,

That the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee considers the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Bill at Stage 2 in the following order: Part 1 (with schedule 1 to be taken after section 1), Part 4, Part 2, Part 3, Part 5 (with schedule 2 to be taken after section 35) and the long title.

Motion agreed to.

I hope that that means that the items will flow properly, although the Minister for Environment says that there may be some issues with part 4. We will hope for the best. Parts 1 and 4 will be considered next Wednesday.