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Of the total 131 seats, 129 are occupied by the Parliament's elected MSPs and two are seats for the Scottish Law Officers—the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland, who are not elected members of the Parliament but are members of the Scottish Government. As such, the Law Officers may attend and speak in the plenary meetings of ...
Where pre-devolution legislation of the UK Parliament provided that certain functions could be performed by UK Government ministers, these functions were transferred to the Scottish Ministers if they were within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Government's main areas for responsibility in the country include ...
Scottish reserved affairs (powers not controlled by the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government) are managed by the Secretary of State for Scotland, a role which aims to "promote the best interests of Scotland within a stronger United Kingdom" and represent Scottish interests within the UK government. [51]
The Permanent Secretary leads the Scottish Government civil service department, ensuring the department delivers the full range of devolved powers and duties that the Scottish Parliament has sole responsibility for as outlined in the Scotland Acts of 1998, 2012 and 2016. [6]
The Records of the Scottish Parliament, The complete acts and proceedings of the Scottish Parliament, General Council and much other parliamentary material from 1235 to 1707. The publication arose from the work of The Scottish Parliament Project; Scottish Parliament records Archived 9 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine, National Archives of Scotland
Long title: An Act to provide for the establishment of a Scottish Parliament and Administration and other changes in the government of Scotland; to provide for changes in the constitution and functions of certain public authorities; to provide for the variation of the basic rate of income tax in relation to income of Scottish taxpayers in accordance with a resolution of the Scottish Parliament ...
Scottish Parliament (elected by) Term length: Elected by the Scottish Parliament at the start of each session, and upon a vacancy: Inaugural holder: David Steel: Formation: 1999: Deputy: Annabelle Ewing and Liam McArthur [1] Salary: £118,511 per annum (2023) [2] (including £67,662 MSP salary) Website: Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
The SPCB is established by section 21 of, and schedule 2 to, the Scotland Act 1998, but it was left to the Scottish Parliament to decide how the SPCB operates. [4] The SPCB considers and makes decisions on a wide range of issues to do with the running of the parliament including the property, staff and resources that the parliament requires in order to operate. [5]