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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 6 July 2025
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Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 18 February 2025

Rhoda Grant

That situation is likely to be where conflicts would arise.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 18 February 2025

Rhoda Grant

A croft is an agricultural landholding—although it comes under different legislation, obviously.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 18 February 2025

Rhoda Grant

We have had some discussion about a transfer test versus a public interest test, which has all been geared towards communities buying land. However, I wonder whether anyone who is buying large tracts of land should face a public interest test. There is nothing in the bill that insists that a new owner follows the land management plan. Given the power and control that owners of large land holdings can have, should whether they will manage the land in the public interest be considered before they buy land?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 18 February 2025

Rhoda Grant

I argue that crofters have agricultural landholdings.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 18 February 2025

Rhoda Grant

So private buyers are held to a different code, if you like, from community buyers.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 18 February 2025

Rhoda Grant

On an issue that the committee has discussed with you previously, there are concerns that there could be unintended consequences whereby resumption of a small part of a farm could cost a landowner more than resumption of the whole farm. Will you look at that and how that could be rectified? I am not saying that there should not be compensation for small areas, but if it becomes easier to take the whole farm back from tenancy, that would make matters much worse.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 18 February 2025

Rhoda Grant

Okay. I look forward to getting something in writing.

I turn to crofting and smallholdings. Rather than reform the legislation on smallholdings, what consideration was given to transferring them to crofting tenancies?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 18 February 2025

Rhoda Grant

I had wondered whether they had considered their interests being transferred into crofting tenancies.

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Inshore Fisheries Management Improvement Programme

Meeting date: 5 February 2025

Rhoda Grant

I was hosting the “Coastal Testimonies” exhibition this week in the Parliament, and I will quote from it because I think that it makes the point better than I could.

One of those who gave a testimony was Bailey Dacker, who is a creel fisher. He says:

“I don’t feel like I have a say in the decisions made about the sea, but I’d like to. A lot of the decisions by the government aren't taking into consideration the fishermen’s thoughts at the moment. If I were to make one request of political decision-makers, it would be to come and ask us younger fishermen.”

He goes on to say:

“Whatever you manage right now, the likes of myself or my mates don’t ever hear about anything or get asked any questions about what we think about this. We just see it happening and have to adapt to it.”

That does not sound like co-management to me. For someone like Bailey, how will the situation change under the review?

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Inshore Fisheries Management Improvement Programme

Meeting date: 5 February 2025

Rhoda Grant

There has been a lot of chat about co-management. Given what you have said, I am keen to learn what co-management means in practice and how—or whether—it will lead to decentralised decision making.