The Scottish Parliament is still developing as an institution and the types of records it produces are evolving to reflect this. Until this situation stabilises, it is difficult to put together a comprehensive cataloguing scheme to cover the eventual arrangement of records in a logical and understandable way.
For this reason, none of the items received from the Parliament have yet been formally catalogued. However copies of the items already held by NRS are available from other sources:.
Skip to main content. Scottish Parliament Records. Printer-friendly version. History The Scottish parliament, or 'three estates' of clergy, nobility and burgesses, originated in the mid-thirteenth century though it is first mentioned in The second, the Committee for Falsing of Dooms appeals from judgements ceased around Pre Scottish Parliament records Although the earliest surviving parliament roll dates from , there are few original records earlier than and even thereafter there have been considerable losses.
The original minutes and papers produced or lodged in the course of parliamentary business Supplemented by the parliamentary papers in PA7, PA7 Parliamentary Papers - Including papers of the Lords of the Articles, ; the Commission for Fines and Forfeitures, ; royal letters to Parliament, - ; commissions to commissioners to parliament, and addresses against the Union, PA8 Convention of Estates iv-viii Conventions were called for a specific purpose, normally taxation, and though they could pass legislation, this might be re-enacted by a subsequent parliament.
PA14 Parliamentary Committees The papers deal mainly with financial matters. There are also accounts of arms and ammunition received by the keeper of the magazine at Leith, , and received for the expedition to England, PA16 Warrants of Parliamentary Committees Mainly vouchers of accounts of military expenditure, including warrants by the committee for common burdens. PA17 Commission for the Communication of Trade x, appendix PA18 Commission for the Union of the Kingdom xi, appendix PA19 Commission on Public Accounts xi, appendix The Scottish Parliament the present Between and , Scotland was governed solely by the British Parliament at Westminster, but in a referendum on 11 September , a majority of the Scottish people voted for a devolved Scottish Parliament with tax-varying powers.
However copies of the items already held by NRS are available from other sources: Electronic copies of petitions and e-petitions can be seen on the Scottish Parliament's own website. Printed Parliament publications, such as the Official Report, the Business Bulletin and Written Answers, can be consulted at public libraries throughout Scotland and on the Scottish Parliament's website. They are also available on the Legislation website of the Office of Public Sector Information, both in original and revised form currently only Acts of the Old Scottish Parliament are available in revised form.
M D Young ed. Warrants of parliament. The original minutes and papers produced or lodged in the course of parliamentary business. Including papers of the Lords of the Articles, ; the Commission for Fines and Forfeitures, ; royal letters to Parliament, - ; commissions to commissioners to parliament, and addresses against the Union, Conventions were called for a specific purpose, normally taxation, and though they could pass legislation, this might be re-enacted by a subsequent parliament.
H W Meikle ed. Mainly vouchers of accounts of military expenditure, including warrants by the committee for common burdens. MSPs can hold debates and make new laws in the areas for which the Scottish Parliament has responsibility. MSPs also work in committees to scrutinise check-up on the work of the Scottish Government. The Scottish Parliament does not have a second chamber like the House of Lords.
Instead, it has a powerful committee system which can propose as well as scrutinise bills. In committees, small numbers of MSPs discuss legislation in detail and work closely together. The Scottish Parliament's Public Petitions Committee considers any issues raised by members of the public brought to the Scottish Parliament in the form of a petition, providing they meet certain criteria.
Parliamentary business usually takes place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons and all debates and other proceedings are shown live on television. MSPs are elected to the Scottish Parliament every four or five years this varies to avoid any clash with Westminster elections.
For the purposes of this election, Scotland is divided into 73 constituencies. The last election to the Scottish Parliament was in The outcome of this election was that the SNP were the largest party and formed a minority government.
The next election will be in to avoid a clash with the UK election in
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