Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill

Overview

The Rural Affairs and Islands Committee is looking at the Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill and wants to hear your views.

What is the Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill?

The Bill is in two parts—

Part 1 makes a number of specific changes to address issues identified with the existing crofting legislation.  The Bill would not fundamentally reform crofting legislation; the Scottish Government says a separate conversation is required for this.

Part 2 would merge the Scottish Land Court, which deals with issues between landlords and tenants of agricultural land, and the Lands Tribunal for Scotland, which has a number of functions.

Making a submission

We welcome written views in English, Gaelic, Scots or any other language.

Before making a submission, please read our privacy notice about submitting your views to a committee. This tells you about how we process personal data.

Please note that, in most cases, your submission will be published on the Scottish Parliament's website and may be quoted in the Committee's report or in committee meetings (which are public and broadcast).  You should contact the Committee in advance of making a submission if you don’t want it published.

Due to the time required to process and analyse evidence, late submissions will only be accepted with the agreement of the committee clerk.

The deadline to submit your views is Friday 5 September 2025.