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9 unusual facts about Scottish parliament


Battle of Passchendaele

The monument was dedicated by the Scottish Parliament's Minister for Europe Linda Fabiani during the late summer of 2007, the 90th anniversary of the battle.

Chris Ballance

Chris Ballance (born 7 July 1952) is a playwright and Scottish Green Party politician, a former Member of the Scottish Parliament for the South of Scotland region.

Crown copyright

Crown copyright was also defined as subsisting "in every Act of Parliament, Act of the Scottish Parliament, Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly or Measure of the General Synod of the Church of England".

Dover House

When Scotland acquired a devolved parliament, the responsibilities of the Scottish Office were reduced and, in 1999, was renamed the Scotland Office with Dover House remaining as its chief London building.

George Bogle of Daldowie

In 1690, an Act of the Scottish Parliament recorded the return of lands to “Tomas Bogle of Boglehole”, after forfeiture (presumably having chosen the wrong side during the Civil Wars ).

Kirsty Milne

Milne had developed a strong affection for Scotland during the five years of her childhood spent in the nation, and the revival of the Scottish Parliament following the 1997 devolution referendum gave her an opportunity to return in 1999.

Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator

The OSCR, as a non-ministerial department, is directly answerable to the Scottish Parliament and not to Ministers or the Scottish Government.

Scots Parliament

Scottish Parliament, the post-1999 unicameral devolved legislature of Scotland

Scottish Register of Tartans

On 9 October 2008, the Scottish Parliament passed the "Scottish Register of Tartans Bill" clearing the way for a national register of tartan in Scotland.


Aberdeen Donside by-election, 2013

The Aberdeen Donside by-election, 2013 is a by-election that was held for the Scottish Parliament constituency of Aberdeen Donside on Thursday 20 June, following the death from cancer of the constituency's MSP, Brian Adam.

Bristow Muldoon

He represented the constituency of Livingston in the Scottish Parliament from 1999 to 2007, but then lost the seat to Angela Constance of the SNP.

County of Bute

A similar county constituency, also called Argyll and Bute, is used by the Scottish Parliament.

David Mundell

Mundell was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999 and 2003 as a "list" MSP for the South of Scotland, and contested the Scottish parliamentary constituency of Dumfries in 1999 and 2003.

Derek Brownlee

Brownlee worked as a chartered accountant at Ernst & Young (1996–2002), Institute of Directors (2002–2004) and Deloitte (2004–2005), advising large and small businesses before his entering the Scottish Parliament.

Easter Ross

The name is used in the constituency name Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, which is the name of both a British House of Commons constituency and a Scottish Parliament constituency.

Exhaustive ballot

The exhaustive ballot is currently used, in different forms, to elect the members of the Swiss Federal Council, the First Minister of Scotland, the President of the European Parliament, and the speakers of the Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons and the Scottish Parliament.

Glasgow East by-election, 2008

The election was significant as it was the second safe Labour seat to be contested, and to be lost, since a downturn in political fortunes for the Labour Party and incumbent UK Labour government under the premiership of Gordon Brown, and was also held in the wake of the resignation of the leader of the Labour group in the Scottish Parliament, Wendy Alexander.

Ian Welsh

In the first elections to the Scottish Parliament in May 1999, Welsh won the seat of Ayr by just 25 votes (0.07%) over the Conservative and Unionist candidate Phil Gallie.

John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss

Wemyss later supported the Scottish parliament against Charles I in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and died in 1649.

Ladybank

It is part of the North East Fife Scottish Parliament constituency, which is represented (as of the 2007 election) in the Scottish Parliament by Iain Smith of the Scottish Liberal Democrats.

Lara Giddings

She travelled to Britain, where she did some temporary administrative work in London, and later worked as a Parliamentary research officer for the Member for Dunfermline East, Helen Eadie, in the Scottish Parliament.

Lowland Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland

The Lowland Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland takes part in military and civilian events all over the UK and the world on behalf of 6 SCOTS and the Royal Regiment of Scotland, including the Battalion's annual Beating Retreat and Remembrance Day ceremonies in George Square, the Edinburgh Military Tattoo and the Opening of the Scottish Parliament.

Mansour Osanlou

The Scottish Socialist Party tabled a motion calling for his release before the Scottish Parliament.

Michael Crockart

Crockart stood, as did city council housing leader Paul Edie, former Borders MSP Euan Robson and former Edinburgh Central Scottish Parliament candidate Siobhan Mathers.

Office of the Accountant of Court

However, following the passage of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 by the Scottish Parliament, these cases were transferred to the new Office of the Public Guardian, although the handling of pre-existing cases was only assigned to the new body on 1 April, 2006.

Struan Stevenson

He toured an exhibition of photographs taken in Semipalatinsk by his friend the actress and photographer Kimberley Joseph from the Scottish Parliament, to the European Parliament, the UK Department for International Development, the United Nations headquarters in New York and finally, to Almaty, Astana and Semipalatinsk itself in Kazakhstan.

Westminster Bubble

More recently, in Scotland, there has been a development of a "Holyrood bubble", as the Scottish Parliament is in the Holyrood district of Edinburgh.

Yes Scotland

The campaign has the support of two parties represented in the Scottish Parliament - the governing Scottish National Party and the Scottish Greens - as well as all three former SNP MSPs who now sit as independent Members: Margo MacDonald, Jean Urquhart and John Finnie, and also of former Independent MSP Bill Walker.


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A Constitution for a Free Scotland

A Scottish Parliament would also be able, if it so desired at some future time, to remove the religious proscriptions which ban Roman Catholics from inheriting the Crown under the Act of Settlement.

Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll

During his visit to Monck at Dalkeith in 1654 to complain of this, he was subjected to much personal insult from his creditors, and on visiting London in September 1655 to obtain money due to him from the Scottish parliament, he was arrested for debt, though soon liberated.

David Whitton

Following the first Scottish Parliament elections, Whitton became Special Adviser to the First Minister of Scotland, Donald Dewar and Official Spokesman for the First Minister and the Scottish Executive.

Earnock Estate

Earnock lies in the Hamilton South constituency of the Scottish Parliament and is represented by Christina McKelvie of the Scottish National party.

Fiona Hyslop

In the May 2011 Scottish Parliament election, she stood in the Linlithgow constituency, defeating three-term incumbent Mary Mulligan of the Labour party by 4,091 votes.

George Lockhart

George Lockhart of Tarbrax, Commissioner for Glasgow in the Scottish Parliament

History of the Scottish Socialist Party

The SSP contested the first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament in 1999 and succeeded in getting its National Convenor, Tommy Sheridan, elected to represent the Glasgow region.

ITV Border

ITV Border also maintains a bureau for Scottish Parliament coverage in Edinburgh with reporters and camera crews based locally in Dumfries, Galloway, Kendal, Selkirk and Whitehaven.

Jamie Stone

In 2004, Stone was the captain of the Scottish Parliament's team, The Professionals, on the British television show, University Challenge.

Leymus arenarius

During the 17th century reign of William III, the Scottish Parliament passed a law protecting Leymus arenarius.

Markinch

The Constituency office of Tricia Marwick, Scottish National Party, Member of the Scottish Parliament, is in the village.

Newsquest

“Newsquest’s purchase of the Herald group was backed by assurances that they would maintain standards and not cut editorial budgets,” the NUJ quoted Cathy Peattie Scottish Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament for Falkirk East as saying.

Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator

Following the Scotland Act and the establishment of both the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government this power was exercised by the Scottish Ministers.

Pauline McNeill

She opposes the replacement of Britain's Trident nuclear weapons system, and has made her opposition clear in the Scottish Parliament and outside.

Rhona

Rhona Brankin (born 1950), Labour Co-operative politician and Member of the Scottish Parliament

Rod Campbell

:For the SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament, see Roderick Campbell.

Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2011

There are only four other Scottish Liberal Democrat MSPs currently sitting in the Scottish Parliament: Jim Hume, Liam McArthur and Alison McInnes and Tavish Scott, the former party leader.

Scottish Socialist Party

The 2003 elections to the Scottish Parliament saw the SSP become the largest left-wing party in Scottish politics, gaining five additional MSPs across Scotland: Frances Curran; Rosie Kane; Carolyn Leckie; Colin Fox; and Rosemary Byrne.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Scotland

Brian Adam — first Latter-day Saint member of the Scottish Parliament, and later became a government minister

William Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian

He was appointed secretary of state in 1649 and was one of the commissioners sent by the Scottish Parliament to protest against proceeding to extremities against the king.