Scottish Parliament
Holyrood's governing body
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved legislature of Scotland, reestablished in 1999 after nearly three hundred years of union with England.
Based in Edinburgh at Holyrood, it has authority over domestic matters like health, education, and justice, while the UK Parliament at Westminster retains control of reserved matters such as defense and foreign policy.
The Scottish Parliament voted to ban smoking in public places before England did.
Outsourced technology service firms
- HolyroodScottish seat of government
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- actsDeeds or play sections
- committeesGroups delegated specific duties
bills · debates · lawmaking · sessions · voting · amendments · First Minister · chamber
Depiction or likeness
- electorateEligible voting body
- ballotVoting document
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
proportional representation · constituencies · accountability · mandate · turnout · civic participation · deliberation · consensus
Delegated local autonomy
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-governmentRuling oneself independently
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- subsidiarityLocal authority when able
constitutional reform · power-sharing · block grant · Westminster · asymmetry · settlement · referendum
Spectator area in chamber
- visitor centreTourist information building
- architectureBuilding design discipline
- opening ceremonyFormal start of event
Meeting again after pause
- 1999Final twentieth-century year
- 1997Four-digit date
- Constitutional ConventionDocument-drafting assembly of founders
MSPs
Outsourced technology service firms
- HolyroodScottish seat of government
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- actsDeeds or play sections
bills · committees · debates · lawmaking · sessions · voting · amendments · First Minister · chamber · motions
representation
Depiction or likeness
- electorateEligible voting body
- ballotVoting document
- franchiseLicensed business operation
suffrage · proportional representation · constituencies · accountability · mandate · turnout · civic participation · deliberation · consensus · pluralism
home rule
Delegated local autonomy
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-governmentRuling oneself independently
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
subsidiarity · constitutional reform · power-sharing · block grant · Westminster · asymmetry · settlement · referendum
public gallery
Spectator area in chamber
- visitor centreTourist information building
- architectureBuilding design discipline
- opening ceremonyFormal start of event
reconvening
Meeting again after pause
- 1999Final twentieth-century year
- 1997Four-digit date
- Constitutional ConventionDocument-drafting assembly of founders
- ScotlandGlasgow, Edinburgh, Highlands, whisky, bagpipes
- UK PoliticsHouse of Commons, House of Lords, MP, Tory, Downing Street
- assembliesdelegates, gathering, Roman Senate, sessions, general assembly
- Blair EraTony Blair, New Labour, Gordon Brown, spin doctors, Downing Street
- British governanceborough, county, shire, local government, local council
- EdinburghEdinburgh Castle, Edinburgh Festival, Fringe Festival, Old Town, High Street
Scottish ParliamentWestminster
London's political center
UK Parliament · House of Commons · Houses of Parliament · British Parliament · Palace of Westminster
Scottish Parliamentdirect rule
Governance without intermediaries
Scottish Parliamentabsolute monarchy
Unrestricted single-ruler government
parliament, Scotland, parliaments, Scottish, parliamentary, Scots, parliamentarian, Scotsman, parliamentarians