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Motion For Debate · S5M-16445 · Session 5

Land Reform in Scotland, Delivering for Now and the Future

Carried Lodged by Roseanna Cunningham SNP Lodged 19 Mar 2019 Debate 21 Mar 2019 1 supporter

The motion

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.

What MSPs voted on: the motion as amended

The SNP’s motion was changed by a Labour amendment (S5M-16445.3) before this vote. A vote ‘for’ was a vote for the SNP’s motion with Labour’s changes.

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.S5M-16445.3 Labour 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.

Final wording as read into the Official Report at Decision Time. The marked changes are worked out by this site from the amendment texts and match that wording.

Amendments

  1. S5M-16445.1 Conservative Edward Mountain Defeated vote, 27–87
  2. S5M-16445.3 Labour Claudia Beamish Agreed vote, 83–32
  3. S5M-16445.2 Green Andy Wightman Defeated vote, 32–83

Signatures by party

1 MSP besides the lodger · 0 from other parties
SNP 1

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Vote

1 division
  1. 21 Mar 2019
    Land Reform in Scotland, Delivering for Now and the Future
    S5M-16445as amended by Labour
    Carried
    83 for, 32 against

Amendments

3
  1. S5M-16445.1
    Land Reform in Scotland, Delivering for Now and the Future
    Edward Mountain Con Lodged 20 Mar 2019
    Defeated
    27 for, 87 against
  2. S5M-16445.2
    Land Reform in Scotland, Delivering for Now and the Future
    Andy Wightman Green Lodged 20 Mar 2019
    Defeated
    32 for, 83 against
  3. S5M-16445.3
    Land Reform in Scotland, Delivering for Now and the Future
    Claudia Beamish Lab Lodged 20 Mar 2019
    Carried
    83 for, 32 against

Supporters

1 MSP

SNP 1

Show all 1 supporter by party

SNP 1

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In the Official Report

5 contributions mention S5M-16445
  1. 21 Mar 2019
    Land Reform
    Linda Fabiani SNP Meeting of the Parliament

    I ask members to shift their seats quickly. The next item is a debate on motion S5M-16445, in the name of Roseanna Cunningham, on land reform in Scotland. 15:09

  2. 21 Mar 2019
    Decision Time
    Ken Macintosh Meeting of the Parliament

    I remind members that, if the amendment in the name of Edward Mountain is agreed to, the amendments in the names of Claudia Beamish and Andy Wightman will fall. The first question is, that amendment S5M-16445.1, in the name of Edward Mount…

  3. 21 Mar 2019
    Decision Time
    Ken Macintosh Meeting of the Parliament

    The next question is, that amendment S5M-16445.3, in the name of Claudia Beamish, which seeks to amend motion S5M-16445, in the name of the cabinet secretary, be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.

  4. 21 Mar 2019
    Decision Time
    Ken Macintosh Meeting of the Parliament

    The next question is, that amendment S5M-16445.2, in the name of Andy Wightman, which seeks to amend motion S5M-16445, in the name of the cabinet secretary, be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.

  5. 21 Mar 2019
    Decision Time
    Ken Macintosh Meeting of the Parliament

    The final question is, that motion S5M-16445, in the name of Roseanna Cunningham, on land reform in Scotland, as amended, be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.