Scottish Parliament news
Date: 02 December 2008
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| Students to battle it out at Holyrood as Parliament hosts final of St Andrew's Day debating championship Students from six of Scotland's universities and a team of Scots studying at Oxford University will battle it out at Holyrood on Monday 1 December to win the coveted St Andrew's Day debating prize. |
| Register for declaring employment of Members' close relatives published online A new register detailing the employment by MSPs of close family members has been published today on the Scottish Parliament's website. The move follows an independent review and a parliamentary debate earlier this year at Holyrood. |
| Committee improves rules on MSPs' conduct in constituencies and regional areas The Scottish Parliament's Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee today published a report on its review of Section 8 of the Code of Conduct for MSPs of the Scottish Parliament. Section 8 sets out the conduct expected of MSPs when working with constituents and each other in their constituencies and regions. The committee's report proposes clarifying the rules which MSPs must abide by when approached to take on a constituency case by a member of the public. |
| Fife school holds its first ever mock Scottish Parliamentary election Pupils from Bell Baxter High School in Cupar will hold their first mock parliamentary election on Monday 24 November, with each of the five S1 candidates supported by an MSP from each political party in the Scottish Parliament. |
| Committee embarks on fact-finding visits as inquiry looks at the future of energy in Scotland The Parliament’s Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee is today beginning a series of fact-finding visits to gather evidence for an inquiry into the future of energy consumption and production in Scotland. The committee will tour Longannet Power Station near Alloa this morning before visiting a distillery at Cameron Bridge and meeting representatives from Fife Council to discuss local energy projects. |
| Poet Laureate’s Parliament Poem Goes Gaelic The poem penned by Scotland's Poet Laureate Edwin Morgan to mark the opening of the Parliament building will be recited at Holyrood again this week - but in Gaelic. Open The Doors! has been translated by author Rody Gorman, who will read the poem at the launch of the Parliament's new five-year Gaelic Language Plan on Thursday. The recital will mark the start of two days of Gaelic events being held at Holyrood to welcome the new plan, which outlines the Parliament's core commitments to expanding the Gaelic services and resources it provides for the public. |
| Scottish Parliament unveils five-year Gaelic Language Plan The Scottish Parliament will launch its five-year Gaelic Language Plan next week. The plan outlines the Parliament's core commitments to expanding the Gaelic services and resources it provides to the public. The plan builds on current Gaelic provision available at the Parliament in a number of ways including introducing a bilingual corporate identity, providing Gaelic awareness training to staff and ensuring Gaelic is considered in policy making. |
| Drivers who abuse disabled parking bays come one step closer to being penalised Drivers who abuse disabled drivers' parking bays have come one step closer to being penalised with the Scottish Parliament's Local Government and Communities Committee giving its initial approval to a Members' Bill from Jackie Baillie MSP at Stage 1. |
| Knife crime debate proposed by Public Petitions Committee A debate on knife crime is to be hosted by the Scottish Parliament's Public Petition's Committee in mid-January 2009 in direct response to a petition. This has been inspired by John Muir, who brought a petition to the committee after his son Damian was stabbed to death in 2007. The committee hopes to expand the debate on knife crime and create a forum for a cross-section of views from people and groups across Scotland. |
| Groundbreaking Parliament partnership programme launched A groundbreaking project to give a voice to people typically under-represented in political life has been launched today by the Scottish Parliament. |
| Parliament to join Year of Homecoming 2009 celebrations Events to mark Homecoming Scotland 2009 have been announced today by the Scottish Parliament. From a Burns Night supper to a conference on the future for Scots and their global family, the Parliament's activities will contribute to the year-long Homecoming programme of events running until St Andrew's Day, 30 November 2009. |
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