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*MSPs- Members of Parliament
Presiding Officer
Alba Party
Liberal Dems
Labour
Green Party
National Party
Each person in Scotland is represented by eight MSPs: one constituency MSP and seven regional MSPs Elections to the Scottish Parliament normally take place every five years
- Runs the country by proposing laws and implementing policy on devolved matters
- Completely seperate from the Parliament
- Implements laws that have been passed by the Scottish Parliament
- Examines what the Scottish Government is doing
- Makes new laws on devolved matters and debates the issues of the day
- Staffed by public servants, not civil servants. They serve as a whole and must remain politically impartial
Government
Parliament
The
Scottish
Parliament
MSPs debate matters of importance to the people of Scotland, consider and vote on legislation and hold the Scottish Government to account
First meeting of Parliament on May 12, 1999
Scotland Act 1998 established present day Parliament
Referendum where Scottish people voted for Parliament
Original Parliament "Estates of Scotland" ended -- Scotland merged with Kingdom of England
1998
timeline
1707
1997
1999
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