Land reform covers a wide range of policies and issues across Government. Many of the aims of the Review Group’s recommendations will not require legislation or can be addressed through other Bills, either currently before Parliament or due to taken forward separately as part of a wider package of reform.
We have identified a number of desired outcomes within the Review Group’s recommendations that are likely to require a legislative solution and could form part of a stand-alone Bill within this Parliamentary term.
This is why, as part of our early response to the LRRG Report, we committed to the ambitious target of laying a Land Reform Bill in the Scottish Parliament within this Parliamentary term.
Initial responses to the LRRG report, together with the level of engagement and debate on all sides of the referendum debate, show that the people of Scotland want to engage in the development of ideas and policies that will affect their future.