Who Owns Scotland?
- Submitted by: Andy Wightman, Lothian, Scottish Green Party.
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2019
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Motion reference: S5M-16015
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 12 March 2019
That the Parliament believes that a modern, democratic society requires open and transparent information on the ownership, use and value of land; commends the report published by Community Land Scotland (Towards Land Ownership Transparency); notes the ambition to create a Scottish Land Information System (SCOTLIS) to provide comprehensive information about land and property; understands that the target to register all land owned by Scotland’s public bodies by 2019 is unlikely to be achieved; regrets that it remains difficult, time-consuming and expensive for citizens in Lothian and across Scotland to obtain land information, and notes the view that information about the ownership, use and value of land should be made freely available to the people of Scotland.
Supported by:
Jackie Baillie, Claudia Beamish, Alex Cole-Hamilton, Angela Constance, Neil Findlay, John Finnie, Rhoda Grant, Ross Greer, Patrick Harvie, Alison Johnstone, Monica Lennon, Lewis Macdonald, Mark McDonald, Pauline McNeill, Gail Ross, Alex Rowley, Mike Rumbles, Mark Ruskell, Elaine Smith, Colin Smyth, David Torrance