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Bills and Laws

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill

The Bill aims to change:

  • rules around how people can capture and kill certain wild birds and wild animals
  • rules around the making of muirburn (the controlled burning of heather and other plants for land management purposes)

The Bill was passed on 21 March 2024 and became an Act on 30 April 2024


Contents


Stage 1 - General principles

Committees examine the Bill and gather views. They produce reports before MSPs debate the Bill in the Chamber. MSPs then decide on the purpose (“general principles”) of the Bill.

The Bill ended Stage 1 on 30 November 2023

Committee Examination

The lead committee for this Bill is the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Find out more about this committee

Submit your views

Views were gathered on the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill.

The call for views closed on 5 May 2023.

Timetable

The timetable that the committee followed while examining the Bill at Stage 1

On 19 April 2023, Parliament agreed motion S6M-08622that consideration of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill at stage 1 be completed by 6 October 2023

Who spoke to the lead committee in the Parliament

MSPs met with people in committee meetings to discuss what the Bill will do.

Minutes of 29 March 2023 (in private)

The official report and videos for public meetings will be published here when available. 

Correspondence

Committee correspondence sent and received while the Bill progressed through Parliament

Work by other committees

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Meeting on 2 May 2023

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Scrutiny of Financial Memorandum

Committee report

The lead committee will publish its report before the Debate at Stage 1.

Motion ref. S6M-11496

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill

  • Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 November 2023
  • Motion type: Motion For Debate
  • Motion reference: S6M-11496
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 30 November 2023

Result 82 for, 32 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote Agreed

Motion ref. S6M-11498

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill: Financial Resolution

  • Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 November 2023
  • Motion type: Motion For Debate
  • Motion reference: S6M-11498
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 30 November 2023

MSPs agreed that this Bill could continue