Alison Johnstone MSP is the elected Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament. Annabelle Ewing and Liam McArthur are Deputy Presiding Officers (DPOs). Find out more about the Presiding Officer and DPOs Public petitions Petitions are a way to ask the Parliament to do something. ...
A ban of 10 days or more would be enough to trigger a recall petition in Westminster, however the Scottish parliament has no such mechanism. Labour MSP Martin Whitfield, the committee convener, said the sanctions reflected the seriousness of the breach. He said: "Had it not been fo...
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...
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 to come clean about its priorities. “ ...
Alex Salmond?s niece to stand for Alba at Scottish Parliament elections 12 Dec 2024 at 1:54pm Christina Hendry will seek to contest the Banffshire and Buchan Coast constituency ? the seat the late Alba leader had announced his intention to stand for before his sudden death in October ...
The creation of an elected parliament in Scotland raises questions for legislative scholars, among them how a parliamentary body representing a stateless nation within a member state of the European Union can influence and implement European legislation. One version of the 'principle of subsidiarity' ...
The report says this is “likely due to household and school rules around primary school-aged children’s access to technology” - prompting questions in the Scottish Parliament yesterday about whether restricting mobile phone use in school is “vital if we are serious about tackling behaviour probl...
"This sets a very dangerous precedent as civil servants are obliged to appear before our parliament's committees." Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton commented: "Leslie Evans is picking up a huge salary and a vast pension, the bare minimum that we should expect of her is...
Speaking at the annual general meeting of the Scottish Department of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society on 6 June,Scottish Nationalist MSP Roseanna Cunningham advised pharmacists to be proactive in their dealings with the Scottish Parliament.The Pharmaceutical Journal Group...
He was Chief Executive of the SNP from 1994 to 1999 and was elected to the Scottish Parliament as a regional MSP for the South of Scotland at the first Scottish Parliament elections in 1999. However, he lost his seat in the 2003 Scottish Parliament Election. He was elected ...