Why is land reform on the agenda in Scotland?

MSPS are set to vote on legislation that could allow the government to intervene in private land sales and require large estates to be broken up.

The ministers said they wanted to discuss the high concentration of land ownership in the hands of a few people.

The proposals are controversial to landowners and some opposition politicians, who say they create red tape and harm rural businesses.

But others say they want the plans to go ahead, with labor and the Greens pushing for new rules to apply to many estates.

Hundreds of changes were proposed to the bill, and a series of late nights were held at Holyrood. The final vote is expected on Wednesday evening.

Scotland has one of the most concentrated patterns of land ownership in the developed world.

At times this led to social struggles – such as when the grovers gained legal rights in 1886 – and inspired games and protests.

Highlands and Islands communities have bought and managed large swathes of land in recent decades, and a homestead community was enacted into law in 2003.

Yet many feel that more change is needed.

The former Green MSP’s research echoed Wightman’s in suggesting that the The concentration of landowners is increasing In recent years with 50% owned by private land owned by about 420 people.

About 4% are owned by people and companies from abroad.

Land in Scotland has also become more expensive in recent years and sales are still on the market, According to the Scottish Land Commission.

Communities can also have land sales.

Residents in the south of the Isle of Skye complain about what they know a 20,000 acre estate is on the market with only two days notice.

Rural Secretary Mairi Gougeon said the case is a good example of why more steps are needed in land reform.

art The Parliamentary Committee said The lack of useful land “stopped some communities from developing.”

Introducing the bill, Gougeon said that the Scottish government does not feel entitled that the ownership and control of the majority in the hands of a few people. “

The Land Reform (Scotland) Bill It aims to solve the concentration of the owner of the land as well as to give the communities more than what happens in the case of privately owned land.

The new laws will regulate how land is used in Scotland as well as how land can be bought and sold.

This affects many different people, such as owners of large state lands, smallholder farmers and growers, and community-run projects.

There have been many changes over the years, but the Scottish government says the benefits and opportunities of the country’s land should be more widely shared.

The bill is in two parts.

The first part will make owners of the largest owners of owners say around the community more about what happens on the ground.

It also suggests ways to make it easier for community groups to buy land when it sells.

The second part deals with the agricultural and environmental uses of leaded farmland.

But despite recommending the bill to Parliament, the net zero, energy and transport committee said it was too big and too complicated.

While there was broad support for much of what was in the bill, the first part — about land ownership and use — was particularly controversial.

Private landowners have warned that ministers will be given too much power to “interfere” to force the abandonment of large estates before they are sold to small estates before they are sold to small estates.

Scottish Land and Estates, an organization of rural property owners, said that too much “undivided” focus was being placed on many landowners.

And it is argued that large estates can help meet goals such as climate targets.

Chief Executive Sarah-Jane Laing said the bill required “significant changes”.

He added: “As it stands, it threatens to burden mountain businesses with excessive red tape and add significant costs to public benefits for communities.”

But land reform campaigners think the bill doesn’t go far enough.

Community Land Scotland (CLS) is urging MSPs to push for changes to Scotland’s most “archaic” landowners.

Dr Josh Doble, Cls Policy Manager, said: “Scotland’s history of landlord concentration and the lack of opportunities in the world, comes with a lack of opportunities, a democracy and democracy and shared wealth.”

Most political parties support the general principles of the bill.

But during the Holyrood debate, Scottish conservatives urged the Scottish government to scrap the bill and pursue other ways of “employing landowners”.

Scottish Conservativa Bib Tim Eagle said it was “the worst bill” he had ever seen at Holyrood.

Fergus Ewing, Snp MSP for Inverness and Nairn, said a different approach was needed and argued the bill’s measures could “damage the economy.

Scottish’s Rhoda Grand said the Party supported the Bill but wanted to see it go ahead.

Liam McArthur, of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, described it as a “mixed bag” and urged ministers to strike an “appropriate balance between rights and responsibilities”.

Ariane Burgess, of the Scottish Greens, supported the Bill but said it was a “failure that lacked ambition”.

MSPs subsequently supported the general principles of the Bill by 91 votes to 29.