Scottish ParliamentThe Scottish Parliament examines what the Scottish Government is doing, makes new laws on devolved matters and debates the issues of the day.Latest updates What's on in Parliament Parliament at Christmas The Scottish Parliament will be in recess until 5 January. We wish all ...
The Housing (Scotland) Bill, published in March, has passed the first stage of its progress through parliament. The Bill seeks to introduce long term rent controls which would apply within rent control areas designated by the government. It also seeks to introduce... Read full article SAL in...
The Scottish Parliament evolved during the middle ages from the kingscouncil of bishops and earls. It is perhaps first identifiable as aparliament in 1235, described as a colloquium and already with apolitical and judicial role. By the early fourteenth century theattendance of knights and freeholder...
However, when we account for the type of amendment and initial authorship we find evidence that the Parliament (both coalition and opposition MSPs) actually makes more of an impact, particularly in terms of the level of success of substantive amendments to Executive bills. Our findings have ...
Bill Walker, former Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Dunfermline Constituency, has welcomed the positive reception to Volume 1 of his recently published autobiography, ‘Bill Walker: My Story’ and advises of the forthcoming release of Volume 2. ...
Having been found innocent in the eyes of the Highest Court in the land, one might have expected that would be the end of the matter, at least for now, until the Scottish parliament enquiry, or at the very least until the current much more serious matter of the pandemic was over. Not...
Màiri McAllan was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2021 representing Clydesdale. She was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Just Transition in March 2023, then as Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Net Zero and Energy two months ago.In her role, the Scottish Government says...
Government is also legislating through the current Energy Bills for 'backstop' powers which would allow the Department of Energy and Climate Change "("DECC") ministers to direct changes to energy supply licences, subject to consultation. Uncertainty also arises from the fact that a referendum on ...
(Universities Scotland, Scottish Funding Council, Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament) as well as using a snowball approach through citation mining. We limited our selection of policies to those published from 2011 to 2016. In total, 35 documents were analysed. These included: a pre-...
Next week, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will stand up in parliament and present the last Tory budget before the general election. To satisfy the unruly Tory right and many of their wealthy supporters, it is widely expected to contain tax cuts, even if the actual tax burden remains at record highs...