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Scottish Human Rights Commission report ‘No man’s land’: A human rights assessment of the ‘Tinker Experiment’ and redress for its victims.
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Whilst this was a signal of the Scottish Government’s backing for the idea of CWB, it was not clear at this point what the scope of a Bill would be, and why legislation was needed to advance CWB in Scotland.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 February 2023
Overview of the Bill
This Scottish Government Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing, and Local Government, Shona Robison MSP, on 15 November 2022.
Introduction
The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Bill (“the bill”) was introduced in the Scottish Parliament by Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Connectivity on 10 May 2017.
The purpose would be to continue and conclude stage 2 proceedings on the Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill to meet the Parliament’s deadline for completion of stage 2.
She said that if “lesser penalties are imposed, they would still be greater than what we are presently seeing in relation to convictions”; and the Bill could ensure those responsible for “such egregious crimes that cause our communities trauma” receive sentences “equal to the harm that they have caused”—
That is my bill’s purpose: to ensure that penalties are there to reflect the crimes that have been committed.1Scottish Parliament. (2025).
Committee reports
Date published:
11 February 2026
Stage 1 Report on Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill (SP Paper 502)
The Committee is of the view that uncertainty over whether a chargeable transaction could be subject to more than one scheme is unhelpful.