Briefings

Land Commission – Driving Land Reform

October 4, 2017

<p><span>The Scottish Land Commission came into being six months ago and has spent much of that time out on the road engaging with its stakeholders around what is undoubtedly a contested area of public policy. Last week, the Commission held its first conference and published its</span><a href="http://landcommission.gov.scot/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Scottish-Land-Commission-Strategic-Plan-2018-21-ENGLISH.pdf">&nbsp;3 year strategic plan</a><span>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0052/00525166.pdf">Land Rights and Responsibilities Statement</a><span>&nbsp;&ndash; both key documents in shaping its future work.&nbsp; Any concerns that momentum behind the land reform agenda might ease up now that the Commission is in place were quickly dispelled by Cab Sec Roseanna Cunningham&rsquo;s speech in which she promised much more was to come.</span></p>