Scotland's History Modern Scotland The new Scottish Parliament meets The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to ...

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. Committees are made up of ...

The Revolution Settlement of 1689-90 had led to a more powerful Scottish Parliament. The two most powerful periods of the Scottish Parliament's existence can be defined as 1639-51 and 1689-1707.

Political scientist will give MSPs a presentation on the state of the political opposition of Russia following the death of Alexei Navalny A prominent Russian dissident is to officially visit the ...

The King has warned of the dangers of climate change as he marked the “important” 25th anniversary of the Scottish Parliament. Charles addressed the chamber during a visit to Holyrood with the ...

The visit, organised through the UK Parliament’s Education and Engagement Team, gave students the opportunity to learn more ...

A spokesperson for the Scottish Parliament said the group had "repeatedly ... we have had to cancel our free public tours and close the building earlier than scheduled," the spokesperson said.

The Holocaust Educational Trust helped part-fund a trip to Auschwitz-Birkenau in early November for students, including Eva Farnell and ...

The SNP said other questions lodged included how many Scottish parliament flags had gone missing over the past decade, the number of flagpoles owned and their height. The MSP for North East ...

The UK’s leading rural insurer NFU Mutual has called for a Machinery Theft Bill in Scotland at a drop-in event for MSPs in Holyrood this week.

Campaigners from RSPB Scotland - one dressed as a giant gannet - swooped on the Scottish Parliament, calling for action to save Scotland’s seabirds.