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Background
The Land Reform Policy Group was established in October
1997 under the chairmanship of Lord Sewel, the then
Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries at The
Scottish Office. The Group's main objective was to consider
a number of wide-ranging matters relating to land use and
tenure in Scotland, with the remit:
"to identify and assess proposals for land reform in
rural Scotland, taking account of their cost, legislative
and administrative implications and their likely impact on
the social and economic development of rural communities
and on the natural heritage."
Core members of the Land Reform Policy Group included
representatives from the University of Aberdeen, the
Forestry Commission and The Scottish Office.
The Group published 3 documents:
Identifying the
Problems - published February 1998, was its first
consultation document, which details the problems and
opportunities which land reform should address. The
consultation exercise attracted over 360 responses, plus a
further 90 dealing with land reform in response to the
rural strategy consultation paper.
Identifying the
Solutions - published September 1998, was the Group's
2nd consultation document, which attracted 846 responses.
The document details the Group's visions for the future and
sets out the next steps which should be taken for achieving
these visions. A summary document was also produced.
Recommendations
for Action - published January 1999, while this was not
intended as a consultation document, a number of responses
were still received. The Group's final recommendations are
set out at Annex B of the report.