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Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee 20 January 2016

20 Jan 2016 · S4 · Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee

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Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Gibson, Rob SNP Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Watch on SPTV

Item 4 is consideration of amendments to the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill. Today we will consider amendments from part 1 up to no further than part 5, apart from chapter 3 of part 2, which we will consider after part 10. I welcome Dr Aileen McLeod, Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, and her officials: Fiona Taylor, Kate Thomson-McDermott, Rachel Rayner and Ian Young. We should note that officials are not allowed to speak on the record in the proceedings. I expect that we will be joined later by two members who have lodged amendments: Johann Lamont and Patrick Harvie. For people’s benefit, I now have to describe the process. This will take a wee while—almost as long, no doubt, as some of the explanations that we will get from the minister. Everyone should have with them a copy of the bill as introduced, the marshalled list of amendments, which sets out the amendments in the order in which they will be debated, and the groupings, which were published on Monday. There will be one debate for each group of amendments. I will call the member who lodged the first amendment in the group to speak to and move that amendment and to speak to all the other amendments in the group. Members who have not lodged amendments in the group but who wish to speak should indicate to me or the clerk. If the minister has not already spoken on the group, I will invite her to contribute to the debate just before we move to the winding-up speech. There might be times when I allow a little more flexibility for members to come back on points during a debate. The debate on each group will be concluded by me inviting the member who moved the first amendment in the group to wind up. Following the debate on the group, I will check whether the member who moved the first amendment in the group wishes to press it to a vote or to withdraw it. If the member wishes to press it, I will put the question on the amendment. If the member wishes to withdraw it, I will check whether any other member objects. If any member objects, the amendment is not withdrawn and the committee must immediately move to vote on it. If any member does not wish to move their amendment when it is called, they should say “not moved”—and they should do so audibly. Any other MSP present may move such an amendment. However, if no one moves the amendment, I will immediately call the next amendment on the marshalled list. Only committee members are allowed to vote. Voting on any division is by a show of hands. It is important that members keep their hands clearly raised until the clerks have recorded the vote. The committee is required to indicate formally that it has considered and agreed to each section of the bill, so I will put a question on each section at the appropriate point. If we do not reach the end of part 5 today, we will stop at an appropriate point and pick up where we leave off on day 2 of consideration, which will be next week. I hope that that is all clear to everybody. Section 1—Land rights and responsibilities statement

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