Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private.

2. Declaration of interests: Annie Wells will be invited to declare any relevant interests.

3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land) Regulations 2021 [draft] from—
Dr Calum MacLeod, Policy Director, Community Land Scotland;
Hamish Trench, Chief Executive, Scottish Land Commission;
John Sinclair, Property Law Committee and Property and Land Law Reform Sub-Committee, Law Society of Scotland;
Alan Cook, Commercial Real Estate Committee Chair, Scottish Property Federation;
and then from—
Jennifer Henderson, Keeper of the Registers of Scotland, Registers of Scotland.

4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence, in roundtable format, on the Right to Buy Land to Further Sustainable Development (Eligible Land, Specified Types of Area and Restrictions on Transfers, Assignations and Dealing) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 [draft] from—
Diarmid Hearns, Head of Policy, National Trust for Scotland;
Gavin Mowat, Policy Adviser (Rural Communities), Scottish Land and Estates;
Dr Calum MacLeod, Policy Director, Community Land Scotland;
Annie McKee, Social Researcher in Land Management, James Hutton Institute;
Jon Hollingdale, Chief Executive Officer, Community Woodland Association;
Hamish Trench, Chief Executive, Scottish Land Commission;
Sandra Holmes, Head of Community Assets, Highlands and Islands Enterprise;
Gemma Cooper, Head of Policy, NFU Scotland;
Rachel Oliphant, Senior Practice Development Lawyer, Pinsent Masons LLP, Scottish Property Federation;
Malcolm Combe, Senior Lecturer in Law, Law School, University of Strathclyde.

5. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.