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Land Reform in Scotland

Inquiry by the Scottish Affairs Committee, 11 July 2013 to 28 January 2016. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 2 December 2013: Peter Peacock, Community Land Scotland, Angus Robertson, Community Land Scotland, and Councillor Angus Campbell, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Islands Councils.
  • 21 January 2014: Andrew Leaver, Aigas Community Forest, Rory Dutton, Development Officer, Development Trusts Association Scotland, Eric Samuel, Senior Policy and Learning Manager, Big Lottery Fund, Neil Ritch, Deputy Director, Big Lottery Fund, Rachael McCormack, Strengthening Communities Director, HIE and Sandra Dunbar, Head of Business Improvement and Internal Audit, HIE.
  • 28 January 2014: Professor David Adams, Glasgow University, and Professor Paul Cheshire, London School of Economics.
  • 12 February 2014: Andrew Hamilton, Strutt and Parker LLP, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and Michael Ireland, Knight Frank LLP; Robin McLaren, Know Edge, Professor Robert Barr, University of Manchester, and Dr Cameron Easton, University of Glasgow (at 3.30 pm).
  • 4 March 2014: Sarah-Jane Laing, Director of Policy and Parliamentary Affairs, Scottish Land and Estates, and Nick Way, ‎Director General, Historic Houses Association; Stuart Adam, Institute for Fiscal Studies, and Jim Gallagher, Nuffield College, University of Oxford (at 3.30 pm).
  • 8 July 2014: Dr Calum Macleod, Jon Hollingdale, Chief Executive, Community Woodlands Association, and Ian Cooke, Director, Development Trusts Association Scotland. Alasdair Humphery, Chairman, Scottish Property Federation and Lead Director for Jones Lang Lasalle, and John Hamilton, Vice Chair, Scottish Property Federation and Development Director, SIGMA Capital.
  • 5 August 2014: Dr Alison Elliot, Chair, Land Reform Review Group
  • 21 January 2015: Mike Crabtree, Specialist Personal Tax Directorate, Adrian Cooper, Specialist Personal Tax Directorate, and Wayne Strangwood, Corporation Tax, International and Stamps Directorate, HMRC; Richard Murphy, Tax Research UK, Megan MacInnes, Global Witness, and James Robertson, Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland
  • 4 February 2015: David Ian Jones, General Manager, Rio Tinto Alcan, Lochaber