Land Reform in Scotland, Delivering for Now and the Future
- Submitted by: Roseanna Cunningham, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2019
- Motion reference: S5M-16445
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 21 March 2019
Motions as amended
That the Parliament agrees that land is one of Scotland’s most important assets; recognises the value of the Scottish Land Rights and Responsibilities Statement in providing a framework for land decisions and land management in Scotland; recognises the close relationship between land ownership and land use; agrees that community ownership of land should be the norm and not simply a response to market failure or disputes with landowners; recognises the importance of the Scottish Land Fund in supporting community land and asset buyouts; recognises that the work of the Scottish Land Commission is making a positive contribution to delivering the Scottish Government’s land reform agenda; agrees the importance of ensuring that land reform continues to be a key policy priority to change the entrenched and inequitable pattern of land ownership in Scotland so that everyone can benefit from land and assets, both rural and urban, across the country, and urges the Scottish Government to support the recommendations of the Scottish Land Commission on how to deliver interventions in the operation of Scotland’s land markets and ownerships that will provide disincentives to the future accrual of large privately owned land holdings and help deliver a more equitable distribution in the ownership of Scotland’s land assets in the public interest.
Supported by:
Mairi Gougeon
Vote
Result 83 for, 32 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote Vote Passed
Scottish National Party
- 56 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 6 did not vote
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- Aileen Campbell
- Alasdair Allan
- Alex Neil
- Angela Constance
- Angus MacDonald
- Annabelle Ewing
- Ash Regan
- Ben Macpherson
- Bill Kidd
- Bob Doris
- Bruce Crawford
- Christina McKelvie
- Christine Grahame
- Clare Haughey
- Colin Beattie
- David Torrance
- Derek Mackay
- Emma Harper
- Fergus Ewing
- Fiona Hyslop
- Fulton MacGregor
- Gail Ross
- George Adam
- Gil Paterson
- Gillian Martin
- Graeme Dey
- Humza Yousaf
- Ivan McKee
- James Dornan
- Jeane Freeman
- Jenny Gilruth
- Joan McAlpine
- Joe FitzPatrick
- John Mason
- John Swinney
- Kate Forbes
- Keith Brown
- Kenneth Gibson
- Kevin Stewart
- Linda Fabiani
- Maree Todd
- Maureen Watt
- Michael Matheson
- Michael Russell
- Paul Wheelhouse
- Richard Lochhead
- Richard Lyle
- Rona Mackay
- Roseanna Cunningham
- Ruth Maguire
- Sandra White
- Shirley-Anne Somerville
- Shona Robison
- Stuart McMillan
- Tom Arthur
- Willie Coffey
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- 0 for
- 27 against
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- Adam Tomkins
- Alexander Burnett
- Alexander Stewart
- Annie Wells
- Bill Bowman
- Donald Cameron
- Edward Mountain
- Finlay Carson
- Gordon Lindhurst
- Graham Simpson
- Jackson Carlaw
- Jamie Greene
- Jamie Halcro Johnston
- Jeremy Balfour
- John Scott
- Liam Kerr
- Liz Smith
- Margaret Mitchell
- Maurice Corry
- Maurice Golden
- Michelle Ballantyne
- Miles Briggs
- Murdo Fraser
- Oliver Mundell
- Peter Chapman
- Rachael Hamilton
- Tom Mason
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Scottish Labour
- 20 for
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- Alex Rowley
- Anas Sarwar
- Claire Baker
- Claudia Beamish
- Colin Smyth
- Daniel Johnson
- David Stewart
- Elaine Smith
- Iain Gray
- James Kelly
- Jenny Marra
- Johann Lamont
- Kezia Dugdale
- Lewis Macdonald
- Mark Griffin
- Mary Fee
- Monica Lennon
- Neil Findlay
- Rhoda Grant
- Richard Leonard
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Scottish Green Party
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Independent
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Original motion text
That the Parliament agrees that land is one of Scotland’s most important assets; recognises the value of the Scottish Land Rights and Responsibilities Statement in providing a framework for land decisions and land management in Scotland; recognises the close relationship between land ownership and land use; agrees that community ownership of land should be the norm and not simply a response to market failure or disputes with landowners; recognises the importance of the Scottish Land Fund in supporting community land and asset buyouts; recognises that the work of the Scottish Land Commission is making a positive contribution to delivering the Scottish Government’s land reform agenda, and agrees the importance of ensuring that land reform continues to be a key policy priority to change the entrenched and inequitable pattern of land ownership in Scotland so that everyone can benefit from land.
Accepted amendments
Land Reform in Scotland, Delivering for Now and the Future - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Claudia Beamish, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, March 21, 2019
Result 83 for, 32 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote Vote Passed
Defeated amendments
Land Reform in Scotland, Delivering for Now and the Future - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Edward Mountain, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, March 21, 2019
Result 27 for, 87 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote Vote Defeated
Land Reform in Scotland, Delivering for Now and the Future - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Andy Wightman, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, March 21, 2019
Result 32 for, 83 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote Vote Defeated