SLE were concerned that comparisons with other countries may be unhelpful as interventions have to be considered “alongside the current pattern of land ownership, the current policy drivers and the current public interest”.Written submission of Scottish Land and Estates They considered that the measures in the Bill, when applied in a Scottish context, would infringe on property rights. Sarah-Jane Laing (SLE) also highlighted that there are a number of tests that must be passed to determine if something is compatible with the ECHR.iNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 19 November 2024, col 56; Proportionality (often the primary focus of the discussion) is just one of these and she highlighted that though a measure may be proportionate, it could be that it does not “meet the tests on policy rationale and the public interest” and is incompatible with the ECHR on that basis.