The Scottish Parliament was pursuing an independent dynastic policy and an independent foreign policy. The Scottish Act of Security of 1703-4 allowed for the Scottish Parliament to choose a ...

Issues decided at Westminster are said to be ‘reserved’ while issues decided by the Scottish Parliament are ‘devolved’. A limited level of further devolution has taken place since 1999, following the ...

Devolution of some employment services. Devolution of the Crown Estate in Scotland. The arrangements for elections to the Scottish Parliament. Devolution of Tribunals in reserved areas – such as the ...

A law passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2017, has focused minds on work to reduce child poverty, but more collaboration is ...

Scotland has had no parliament since the Scottish Act of Union of 1707 and the current campaign for its restoration is being led by the newly-founded Scottish Home Rule Council. This council is a ...

In a groundbreaking move, Scottish Parliamentarians convened for the first time to tackle the pressing issue of Hinduphobia, ...

The presiding officer – who decides which legislation is within the competence of the Scottish Parliament ... in the Scotland Act. Getty Images Liam McArthur says the parliament's presiding ...

Women MSPs marked the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which allowed women ... will vote to elect 129 Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). The party that wins the ...