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Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament examines what the Scottish Government is doing, makes new laws on devolved matters and debates the issues of the day.

Book tickets for Festival of Politics

The Festival of Politics is on now at the Scottish Parliament!  

Our programme features leading experts from the worlds of politics, the arts, business, the media and the third sector.

Buy Festival of Politics tickets

Enric Miralles: Creating the Scottish Parliament exhibition

The Scottish Parliament is hosting a free exhibition telling the story of how Enric Miralles, Holyrood's lead architect, brought to life his vision for the Parliament building.

The exhibition runs from 31 July to 30 October.

Find out more about the free exhibition

Parliament mourns Sir George Reid

The Scottish Parliament’s Presiding Officer, Alison Johnstone MSP, has paid tribute to former Presiding Officer and MSP, Sir George Reid, following his death.

The Presiding Officer said: "On behalf of all at the Scottish Parliament, I express our deepest sadness at the death of our second Presiding Officer, the Rt Hon Sir George Reid."

Full tribute and book of condolence

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The Scottish Parliament is the home of Scottish democracy. We are open throughout the year.   Find out how to visit us

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Find MSPs by postcode

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SPICe Spotlight blog

Read the blog from our information centre for impartial and up to date analysis of current issues

Presiding Officers

Alison Johnstone MSP is the elected Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament.

Annabelle Ewing and Liam McArthur are Deputy Presiding Officers (DPOs).

Find out more about the Presiding Officer and DPOs

Public petitions

Petitions are a way to ask the Parliament to do something.

Any person or organisation can submit a petition: you do not have to be a certain age or live in Scotland.

MSPs cannot submit a petition but they can support them.

Find out more about submitting a petition to the Parliament


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Telephone 0131 348 5000 or 0800 092 7500

If you would like to speak to someone in Gaelic, call 0131 348 5395 (message service only)

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