Parliamentary History
299.The table below sets out, for each Stage of the proceedings in the Scottish Parliament for this Act, the dates on which the proceedings at that Stage took place, the references to the Official Report of those proceedings, the dates on which Committee Reports and other papers relating to the Act were published, and references to those Reports and other papers. The Scottish Parliament’s web page for this Act is:
| Proceedings and reports | References |
|---|---|
| Introduction | |
| Bill as introduced | SP Bill 7. Session 4 (2012) |
| Bill (as introduced) (373KB pdf posted 13 January 2012) | |
| Stage 1 | |
| Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee (lead). | |
| 4th meeting 2012 | 8 February 2012. |
| Paper, written and supplementary evidence from the Scottish Government Bill team and oral evidence from the Scottish Government Bill team. | |
| Oral evidence is at columns 595 to 603. | |
| www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28862.aspx?r=7183&mode=pdf | |
| 5th meeting 2012 | 22 February 2012 |
| Oral evidence from Brodies LLP; the Law Society of Scotland; Scottish Land and Estates; and the Scottish Property Federation. | |
| Oral evidence is at columns 616 to 629. | |
| www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28862.aspx?r=7199&mode=pdf | |
| 6th meeting 2012 | 29 February 2012 |
| Oral evidence from Andy Wightman (independent researcher); the Society of Local Authority Lawyers and Administrators in Scotland (SOLAR); City of Glasgow Council; City of Edinburgh Council and Aberdeenshire Council. | |
| Oral evidence is at columns 638 to 670 | |
| www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28862.aspx?r=7209&mode=pdf | |
| 7th meeting 2012 | 7 March 2012 |
| Oral evidence from Stewart Stevenson, the Minister for Environment and Climate Change, supported by Scottish Government Officials. | |
| Oral evidence is at columns 680 to 697. | |
| www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28862.aspx?r=7217&mode=pdf | |
| Stage 1 report | SP Paper 103, published on 27 March 2012. |
| Stage 1 Report on Long Leases (Scotland) Bill (448KB pdf) | |
| Finance Committee | |
| 3rd meeting 2012 | 25 January 2012. Item taken in private. |
| Report to Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee | Paragraphs 168 to 170 of the Stage 1 report by the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee outline the work carried out by the Finance Committee and the written evidence it received. |
| Stage 1 Report on Long Leases (Scotland) Bill (448KB pdf) | |
| Subordinate Legislation Committee | |
| 3rd meeting 2012. | 7 February 2012. Columns 259 and 260. |
| www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28862.aspx?r=7192&mode=pdf | |
| 4th meeting 2012. | 21 February 2012. Item taken in private. |
| Report. | Annexe A to the Stage 1 Report by the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment consists of the report by the Subordinate Legislation Committee. |
| Stage 1 Report on Long Leases (Scotland) Bill (448KB pdf) | |
| Consideration by the Parliament | |
| Stage 1 debate | 25 April 2012. Columns 8364 to 8395. |
| www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28862.aspx?r=7243 | |
| Stage 2 | |
| Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee. | |
| 14th meeting 2012 | 16 May 2012. Columns 939 to 949. |
| www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28862.aspx?r=7418&mode=pdf | |
| Bill as amended at Stage 2 | SP Bill 7A Session 4 (2012). |
| Bill (as amended at stage 2) (2MB pdf posted 17 May 2012) | |
| Subordinate Legislation Committee. | |
| 12th meeting 2012 | 8 May 2012. Column 392. |
| www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28862.aspx?r=7287&mode=pdf | |
| Stage 3 | |
| Stage 3 | 28 June 2012. Columns 10739 to 10747 |
| www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28862.aspx?r=7431 | |
| Debate | 28 June 2012. Columns 10748 to 10770 |
| www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28862.aspx?r=7431 | |
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| Royal Assent | |
| Royal Assent. | 7 August 2012. The Long Leases (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 9) |
| www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/9/contents/enacted |
