Scottish Parliament
Busiest Scottish Parliament debates from the most recent week
- Alcohol Misuse (75 speeches)
- Wednesday, 25 June 2008
- Flooding and Flood Management (60 speeches)
- Thursday, 26 June 2008
- Housing (51 speeches)
- Wednesday, 25 June 2008
- Youth Justice (50 speeches)
- Thursday, 19 June 2008
- Scottish Register of Tartans Bill: Stage 1 (46 speeches)
- Thursday, 19 June 2008
- Health Inequalities (36 speeches)
- Thursday, 19 June 2008
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What is the Scottish Parliament?
The Scottish Parliament is the national legislature of Scotland, located in Edinburgh. The Parliament consists of 129 members known as MSPs, elected for four-year terms; 73 represent individual geographical constituencies, and 56 are regional representatives.
Some recent written answers
- Public Services (23 June 2008)
- Joe FitzPatrick:
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will provide an update on its work to improve external scrutiny, following Professor Crerar’s review of regulation, audit, inspection and complaints handling.
- Further Education (19 June 2008)
- Alasdair Morgan:
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made by its Education and Training Directorate in conjunction with the Scottish Funding Council in their mapping study of further education provision for students with profound and complex needs.
- NHS Boards (24 June 2008)
- Ross Finnie:
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards provide maternity services.
- Local Government Finance (18 June 2008)
- Tavish Scott:
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been allocated to each local authority for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
- Wind Farms (19 June 2008)
- Peter Peacock:
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to undertake research into the possible effects on fungi, invertebrates and the structures of soil or peat of vibrations arising from wind turbine support structures.