About the Scottish Parliament

Members of the public

To book a tour of the Scottish Parliament, please email Visitor Services: [email protected]

Visitors from other parliaments and official delegates from other countries

If you would like to request an official visit, hosted by the International Relations Office (IRO), please email [email protected] at least 6 weeks before your intended arrival.

A member of the IRO team will then be in touch.

Requests to visit must be made directly by:

• Other parliaments
• Embassies, High Commissions or Consulates General
• Inter-parliamentary bodies which have been identified as partners by the Scottish Parliament
• Individual MPs and their staff

IRO can support visits involving:

• Speakers, Presidents or Presiding Officers (and their deputies)
• Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Heads of Mission or Consuls General
• Parliamentarians (if the aim of the visit is parliamentary rather than political)
• Prime Ministers and government ministers (if the aim of the visit is parliamentary)
• Officials

Please note:

• visits generally do not take place on Mondays and Fridays or during recess
• political meetings with party leaders or individual MSPs cannot be arranged by the IRO – you should contact party leaders or the MSP's office directly

The IRO handles personal data responsibly and according to the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998.