Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Thursday, December 15, 2016

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Scottish Land Commissioners and Tenant Farming Commissioner (Appointment)

The next item of business is consideration of motion S5M-03099, on the appointment of Scottish land commissioners and the tenant farming commissioner.

Motion moved,

That the Parliament notes the report from the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee, Appointment of the Scottish Land Commissioners and the Tenant Farming Commissioner (4th Report (Session 5), SP Paper 50); welcomes the committee’s recommendation that the Parliament approves the appointment of Dr Bob McIntosh as Tenant Farming Commissioner and Professor David Adams, Megan MacInnes, Lorne MacLeod, Dr Sally Reynolds and Andrew Thin as Scottish Land Commissioners; further welcomes the committee’s endorsement of the selection of Andrew Thin as Chair of the Commission; approves the appointments as required by section 10 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016, and looks forward to the Scottish Land Commission starting work on 1 April 2017.—[Roseanna Cunningham]

The question on the motion will be put at decision time.