New land reform legislation passed by Holyrood is a "watershed moment", Scotland's Rural Affairs Secretary has insisted. Mairi Gougeon spoke as MSPs backed a series of measures in the Land Reform ...

The Assynt estate was taken into community ownership 20 years ago [Getty Images] MSPs have passed legislation which could allow the government to intervene in private land sales and require for large ...

Rural secretary Mairi Gougeon says the changes are necessary to address issues that have “developed over centuries”. Between 1750 and 1860, Scottish tenant farmers were evicted by their landlords to ...

MSPs have passed new land reforms allowing ministers to break up Scotland’s largest estates. The Land Reform (Scotland) Bill is part of efforts to democratise land ownership, and gives the Scottish ...

THE Scottish Parliament has passed a new bill which aims to tackle the concentration of land ownership among a small number of people. The bill gives government ministers the power to step in when ...

Legislation has been approved to help create new small landholdings to increase farming opportunities and “bring agricultural tenancy law into the 21st century”. The Land Reform (Scotland) Bill, ...

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The government wants to change the way land is managed in Scotland [Getty Images] The Scottish Parliament has passed land reforms which could force the break-up of some large estates. The bill is ...

New land reform legislation passed by Holyrood is a “watershed moment”, Scotland’s Rural Affairs Secretary has insisted. Mairi Gougeon spoke as MSPs backed a series of measures in the Land Reform ...