Labour MSP David Stewart says land reform is not about battles of the past but about the future.

Mr Stewart says a new chapter on land reform is ready to opened.

He says, quoting Sir Walter Scott, "we need the will to do and the soul to dare".  

In closing for his party Greens MSP Mark Ruskell says the biodiversity committee should be re-convened as should the sub-committee on climate change.

Mr Ruskell says capital must be reinvested in the rail network to connect areas in Scotland that aren't currently a part of it.

The Green MSP says energy strategy is critical. 

Mr Ruskill says the majority of people in the chamber want a ban on fracking.

 He says the people of Scotland demand a renewable future free from the use of unconventional gas. 

Scottish Lib Dem MSP Mike Rumbles says if Scotland is to meet its new climate change targets there must be investment in warmer homes and low carbon transport and a shift to new clean renewable energy.

Mr Rumbles says what we do not need is self congratulatory tone from the SNP.

He says the Scottish government will not meet its target on fuel poverty and will just set a new one.

Here's where the Scottish Liberal Democrats stand on environment and energy:

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• ban on fracking
• boost investment in renewable energy to reach 100% renewable energy generation
• giving priority to warm homes, renewable heat and low-carbon transport
• ending open-cast coal mining

Scottish Liberal Democrats spokesperson for rural affairs Mike Rumbles tables his amendment, external.

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Scottish Conservative MSP Edward Mountain rises to give his maiden speech.

Mr Mountain says he was privileged to serve in the army and is privileged and honoured to now be serving in this parliament.

SNP MSP Gordon MacDonald says there needs to be more carriages on trains and more parking at stations around the Edinburgh area.

Mr MacDonald says this will ensure more people leave their cars at home and use public transport.

The SNP MSP says the UK government must revisit how it can support the renewable energy sector instead of providing billions in subsides on nuclear power. 

Labour MSP Claire Baker welcomes the new climate change targets but precedes her comments by reminding the Scottish government of those four years of missed interim targets.

Ms Baker say transport emissions have been stubborn.

She reiterates her party's opposition to fracking and calls on MSPs to back Labour's amendment at decision time. 

Conservative MSP Alexander Burnett begins his maiden speech, having won Aberdeenshire West in the recent election.

Mr Burnett pays tribute to his predecessor former SNP MSP Dennis Robertson and wishes him well for the future.

The new Tory MSP highlights the damage flooding caused in the areas in his constituency like Ballater.

Mr Burnett goes on to say land ownership has always come with responsibility and he calls on the parliament to give credit where it is due to landowners for their contribution. 

SNP MSP Kate Forbes says land has often been more about symbols of power than ground beneath our feet.

Ms Forbes says it is crucial that more Scots have a stake and say in land use. 

She says land reform is the way to empower people. 

The SNP MSP says "people need a place to stay" no matter how good the economy is. 

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Welcome back to our live text coverage of this debate on the environment, climate change and land reform, after a brief gremlin induced hiatus.

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