Scotland - Politics, Economy, Culture: Scotland is represented at Westminster in London by 59 members of Parliament in the House of Commons who are elected by plurality votes from single-member constituencies, and all Scottish appointive (life) peers are
The article reports on the support provided by the Members of Parliament (MPs) in Scotland to the Children and Young People Bill, which is expected to deliver greater support to children and fam...
Urban regeneration in Scotland: An agenda for the Scottish Parliament The introduction of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 presents an opportunity for the reformulation of urban regeneration policy so as to enable it to addres... Mccarthy,John - 《Regional Studies》 被引量: 25发表: 1999年 ...
He resigned as leader the next year, but remained as a Member of Parliament until 1979. Douglas was awarded many honorary degrees, and a foundation was named for him and his political mentor M. J. Coldwell in 1971. In 1981, he was invested into the Order of Canada, and he became a ...
“AUCU calls on everyone – staff, students, alumni, prospective students, parents, local authority councillors, Members of the Scottish Parliament and Members of the UK Parliament, and the general public – to write to the University Court to ask that they break the silence and for management...
LONDON, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Scotland on Thursday became the first part of Britain to make it illegal for parents to smack their children. A new law banning smacking was agreed in Edinburgh by Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). ...
Adam Paterson Ingram (born 1 February 1947) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow from 1987 to 2010. Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland Nationality: United Kingdom Alan Reid Age: 70 Alan Reid may refe...
deprived of their positions, but others took evasive action and got by with minimal conformity. Members of Parliament supported the Nonconformists and argued that the canons of 1604 had not been ratified by Parliament and therefore did not have the force oflaw. Moreover, men of Puritan ...
It is looking increasingly likely that the number of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) will remain at 129 until at least 2007. The Government is understood to have come up with a very tight amendment to the Scotland Act which set up the new Scottish Parliament. Originally, the number...
power in the United Kingdom in his landslide victory of 1997 with an election promise to create a devolved parliament in Edinburgh, a debate began about how this new legislature should carry out its business in relation to Westminster and other European parliaments of like size and like ...