Question reference: S6W-23442
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 30 November 2023
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Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 7 December 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact of its proposed Land Reform Bill on (a) housing, (b) jobs, (c) food production and (d) rural depopulation.
Answer
The Scottish Government has developed guidance to ensure that Bills can operate effectively in the wider policy and regulatory framework into which they will be introduced. As part of the development of the Bill this may (where relevant) require formal impact assessments to be carried out. These are:
- Business and regulatory impact assessment (BRIA)
- Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment (CRWIA)
- Data Protection Impact Assessment
- Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA)
- Fairer Scotland Duty assessment
- Future proofing legislation
- Human rights in policy making
- Islands Communities Impact Assessment (ICIA)
- Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA)
Where appropriate, issues raised in relation to housing, jobs, food production and rural depopulation will be addressed through these formal impact assessments.
We set out in our consultation document, Land Reform in a Net Zero Nation , ( Land Reform in a Net Zero Nation - Scottish Government consultations - Citizen Space ), our proposals for measures to be included in the next Land Reform Bill, and sought views on their impact in the areas listed above. In addition to taking account of the responses to this, and other questions in the consultation, officials continue to engage with internal and external stakeholders with interests in housing, jobs, food production and rural depopulation.