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Keywords:  parliament, msps, scotland, rlamaid, pairlament
Related Terms: Legislative assembly, Legislative council, Mla, President, Governor general, Constituent assembly, Parliament, Governor, Lieutenant governor, Member of parliament, Parliamentary, Legislator, Majority leader, Backbencher, Senate, Knesset, Premier, Senator , Presidency, Leader of the opposition, Joint committee, House of commons, Speaker, Parliamentary system, Speaker of the house, Governor, General assembly, Vice president, National assembly, President of the senate, Congress, European parliament, Chair, Hansard, Chairperson, Presiding officer, Ranking member, President pro tempore, Committee of the whole, Committees, Conferees, Secretary of state for scotland, Interim committee, Government, Joint committees, Parliamentarian, Committee chair, Minority leader, Standing committee, Legislature
The new representative assembly created by the Scotland Act 1998 (section 1(1) of which states simply: "There shall be a Scottish Parliament"), comprising 129 MSPs elected by a form of proportional representation, with power to pass primary legislation over a wide area of Scottish affairs, and to hold to account the devolved Scottish Government
scottish.parliament.uk
official site of The Scottish Parliament
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See Parliament. In Scottish politics where Parliament is used unadorned by adjectives, the Scottish Parliament is (usually) intended. See UK Parliament.
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