Kenneth Macintosh
Labour
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 Mountain, which seeks to amend motion S5M-16445, in the name of Roseanna Cunningham, on land reform in Scotland, be agreed to. Are we agreed?
The Presiding Officer:
There will be a division.
Division number 1
Decision Time
The Presiding Officer:
The result of the division is: For 27, Against 87, Abstentions 0.
Amendment disagreed to.
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?
The Presiding Officer:
There will be a division.
Division number 2
Decision Time
The Presiding Officer:
The result of the division is: For 83, Against 32, Abstentions 0.
Amendment agreed to.
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?
The Presiding Officer:
There will be a division.
Division number 3
Decision Time
The Presiding Officer:
The result of the division is: For 32, Against 83, Abstentions 0.
Amendment disagreed to.
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?
The Presiding Officer:
There will be a division.
Division number 4
Decision Time
The Presiding Officer:
The result of the division is: For 83, Against 32, Abstentions 0.
Motion, as amended, agreed to,
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; 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 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.
Meeting closed at 17:04.
