Who Owns Scotland

Who Owns Scotland PDF

Author: Andy Wightman

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13:

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This is a comprehensive account and analysis of landownership in Scotland. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it lists the owners of Scotland, and analyzes the current pattern of landownership and how it has evolved over the centuries

House of Commons - Scottish Affairs Committee: Land Reform in Scotland: Interim Report - HC 877

House of Commons - Scottish Affairs Committee: Land Reform in Scotland: Interim Report - HC 877 PDF

Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Scottish Affairs Committee

Publisher: The Stationery Office

Published: 2014-03-20

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780215069665

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This report concludes that any government which is serious about land reform needs full and clear information on existing land ownership and values made widely available. Scotland lags behind most comparable European countries in providing such data, and the Committee calls on the Scottish and UK Governments to address this as a priority. Scotland is also behind other countries in terms of the openness and ease of land transactions. Land reform is an important, neglected and intensely political area of public policy and the Committee is expanding this enquiry more widely than originally envisaged. Evidence is sought from interested parties on a number of topics including: state aid; the Scottish Government's Land Reform Review Group; community land ownership; and opaque and indirect ownership by front companies, trusts and offshore entities