Scottish Parliament

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The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national legislature of Scotland, responsible for making laws and scrutinizing the Scottish Government on a range of domestic issues.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf devolved legislature
national parliament
unicameral legislature
abbreviation Holyrood
buildingLocation Holyrood Park
surface form: Holyrood, Edinburgh
canElect First Minister of Scotland
canHoldVotesOfNoConfidenceIn Scottish Government
country Scotland
createdBy Scotland Act 1998
firstElectionDate 1999-05-06
firstMetOn 1999-05-12
foundedBy British Parliament
surface form: United Kingdom Parliament
hasChamber unicameral chamber
hasCommitteeSystem yes
hasMotto Wisdom, Justice, Compassion, Integrity
hasNumberOfMembers 129
hasPresidingOfficer Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
hasTermLength normally 5 years
inception 1999
jurisdiction Scotland
legislatesOn agriculture
education
environment
health
housing
justice
local government
some aspects of taxation
transport
legislativeBodyFor Scotland
locatedIn Edinburgh
Holyrood
locatedInCountry United Kingdom
meetsIn Scottish Parliament Building
nativeName Parlamaid na h-Alba
Scottish Parliament self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba
nativeNameLanguage Scottish Gaelic
officialLanguage English
Scots
Scottish Gaelic
openedBy Elizabeth II
oversees First Minister of Scotland
partOf devolution settlement of the United Kingdom
predecessor Parliament of Scotland
predecessorAbolishedIn 1707
scrutinizes Scottish Government
votingSystem additional member system
mixed-member proportional representation
website https://www.parliament.scot/

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Cabinet Secretary for Education subordinateTo Scottish Parliament
this entity surface form: Scottish Parliament (in terms of accountability)
Cabinet Secretary for Education accountableTo Scottish Parliament
Cabinet Secretary for Transport or Infrastructure (title may vary over time) reportsTo Scottish Parliament
subject surface form: Cabinet Secretary for Transport or Infrastructure
Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution or External Affairs (title may vary over time) isAccountableTo Scottish Parliament
subject surface form: Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution or External Affairs
Cabinet Secretaries reportsTo Scottish Parliament
subject surface form: Cabinet Secretaries (Scottish Government)
Mid Scotland and Fife legislature Scottish Parliament
Holyrood associatedWith Scottish Parliament
United Kingdom politics hasDevolvedLegislature Scottish Parliament
Alex Salmond parliamentaryBody Scottish Parliament
Jack McConnell legislativeBody Scottish Parliament
Perthshire North legislativeBody Scottish Parliament
Alba Party parliamentaryFocus Scottish Parliament
NHS policy governedBy Scottish Parliament
Honours of Scotland associatedWithInstitution Scottish Parliament
Civil Evidence (Scotland) Acts enactedBy Scottish Parliament
North East Fife legislativeBody Scottish Parliament
North East Fife createdFor Scottish Parliament
Council areas of Scotland legislatedBy Scottish Parliament
Scottish Covenanter army loyalty Scottish Parliament
City of Edinburgh Council overseenBy Scottish Parliament
Scottish Covenanter government legislativeBody Scottish Parliament
Glasgow Southside legislature Scottish Parliament
Glasgow Southside hasRepresentativeBody Scottish Parliament
Humza Yousaf memberOf Scottish Parliament
Humza Yousaf workLocation Scottish Parliament
Scottish Environment LINK collaboratesWith Scottish Parliament
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire legislature Scottish Parliament
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch legislature Scottish Parliament
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch parliamentaryName Scottish Parliament
Scottish devolution referendum 1997 relatedTo Scottish Parliament
subject surface form: Scottish devolution referendum, 1997
Scottish Labour Party operatesIn Scottish Parliament
James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth memberOf Scottish Parliament
Alexander Henderson advisorTo Scottish Parliament