Had the Parliament followed the average weekly earnings index that year, the increase would have been 5.1 per cent. However, the Scottish Government confirmed ministers and Cabinet secretaries ...

The Scottish Parliament does not have a second chamber like the House of Lords. Instead, it has a powerful committee system which can propose as well as scrutinise bills. Committees are made up of ...

The Revolution Settlement of 1689-90 had led to a more powerful Scottish Parliament. The two most powerful periods of the Scottish Parliament's existence can be defined as 1639-51 and 1689-1707.

Scotland's History Modern Scotland The new Scottish Parliament meets The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to ...

The SNP’s Finance Secretary Shona Robison has said she is yet to make up her mind on whether she will run to be an MSP again ...

Activists have thrown paint over the entrance to the Scottish Parliament Red paint has been thrown over the entrance to Holyrood by climate protestors in response to new North Sea oil licences ...

The SNP said other questions lodged included how many Scottish parliament flags had gone missing over the past decade, the number of flagpoles owned and their height. The MSP for North East ...

The Scottish Government, formerly the Scottish Executive, came into being in 1999 as a consequence of the Scotland Act of the previous year. It has powers devolved from Westminster to rule ...

In a historic moment for the Hindu community in Scotland, the Scottish Government Cross Parliamentary Group has fully ...

Tenants and landlords alike may be interested in the Leases (Automatic Continuation etc.) (Scotland) Bill, introduced to the ...