Amendment · S5M-16445.2 · Session 5
Land Reform in Scotland, Delivering for Now and the Future
Amendment to S5M-16445 Land Reform in Scotland, Delivering for Now and the Future
The amendment
As an amendment to motion S5M-16445 in the name of Roseanna Cunningham (Land Reform in Scotland, Delivering for Now and the Future), leave out from "community ownership" to end and insert "common 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 endorses the findings of the Scottish Land Commission’s investigation into the issues associated with large-scale and concentrated ownership in Scotland."
Vote
1 division- 21 Mar 2019Defeated32 for, 83 against
Other amendments
2Supporters
No MSP has added their name to this amendment.
In the Official Report
2 contributions mention S5M-16445.2-
21 Mar 2019Land Reform
I confess that I have not read the report in enough detail to come to a conclusive view on that. I suspect that that might be a selective reading of what is written. The report is a wake-up call. We need action, and in my closing speech la…
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21 Mar 2019Decision Time
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.