New Land Reform Bill introduced at Holyrood
THE SNP-GREEN Scottish government’s latest land reform legislation began its journey through Parliament today.
The Land Reform (Scotland) Bill promises to make the country’s largest landowners accountable for the use of their land against national priorities such as tackling climate change — not only to ministers, but to local communities.
The legislation also proposes support for community ownership on sales of land over 1,000 hectares, or prohibition of sale without ministers being satisfied its continued existence is in the public interest.
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