The third session of the Scottish Parliament is now convened. I warmly welcome all new and returning members.
The Scottish National Party's primary loyalty is with the people of Scotland, in line with the Scottish constitutional tradition of the sovereignty of the people.
The following member took the oath:
Alex Salmond (Gordon) (SNP)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Mr Jack McConnell (Motherwell and Wishaw) (Lab)
The following members took the oath:
Annabel Goldie (West of Scotland) (Con)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Robin Harper (Lothians) (Green)
The following member made a solemn affirmation and repeated it in Doric:
Brian Adam (Aberdeen North) (SNP)
The following member took the oath and repeated it in Urdu:
Bashir Ahmad (Glasgow) (SNP)
The following members took the oath:
Bill Aitken (Glasgow) (Con)
The following member took the oath and repeated it in Gaelic:
Alasdair Allan (Western Isles) (SNP)
The following member took the oath:
Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)
The following member took the oath:
Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab)
The following members made a solemn affirmation:
Sarah Boyack (Edinburgh Central) (Lab)
The following members took the oath:
Ted Brocklebank (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)
The following members made a solemn affirmation:
Keith Brown (Ochil) (SNP)
The following member took the oath:
Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Bill Butler (Glasgow Anniesland) (Lab)
The following members took the oath:
Aileen Campbell (South of Scotland) (SNP)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh North and Leith) (Lab)
The following members took the oath:
Angela Constance (Livingston) (SNP)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Bruce Crawford (Stirling) (SNP)
Under protest.
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Roseanna Cunningham (Perth) (SNP)
The following member took the oath:
Margaret Curran (Glasgow Baillieston) (Lab)
The following members made a solemn affirmation:
Nigel Don (North East Scotland) (SNP)
The following members took the oath:
Helen Eadie (Dunfermline East) (Lab)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP)
The following members took the oath:
Patricia Ferguson (Glasgow Maryhill) (Lab)
The following members made a solemn affirmation:
Joe FitzPatrick (Dundee West) (SNP)
The following member took the oath:
Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP)
The following member made a solemn affirmation and repeated it in Gaelic:
Rob Gibson (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)
Meeting suspended.
On resuming—
We now resume the oaths and affirmations ceremony.
The following member took the oath:
Karen Gillon (Clydesdale) (Lab)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab)
The following member took the oath:
Trish Godman (West Renfrewshire) (Lab)
The following members made a solemn affirmation:
Charlie Gordon (Glasgow Cathcart) (Lab)
The following members took the oath:
Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green)
The following member took the oath:
Hugh Henry (Paisley South) (Lab)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Jamie Hepburn (Central Scotland) (SNP)
The following member took the oath:
Jim Hume (South of Scotland) (LD)
The following members made a solemn affirmation:
Fiona Hyslop (Lothians) (SNP)
The following members took the oath:
Alex Johnstone (North East Scotland) (Con)
The following members made a solemn affirmation:
Bill Kidd (Glasgow) (SNP)
The following members took the oath:
John Lamont (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Richard Lochhead (Moray) (SNP)
The following member took the oath:
Liam McArthur (LD) (Orkney)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Kenny MacAskill (Edinburgh East and Musselburgh) (SNP)
The following members took the oath:
Mr Frank McAveety (Glasgow Shettleston) (Lab)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD)
The following member took the oath:
Ken Macintosh (Eastwood) (Lab)
The following members made a solemn affirmation:
Ian McKee (Lothians) (SNP)
The following member took the oath:
David McLetchie (Edinburgh Pentlands) (Con)
The following members made a solemn affirmation:
Michael McMahon (Hamilton North and Bellshill) (Lab)
The following members took the oath:
Mr Duncan McNeil (Greenock and Inverclyde) (Lab)
The following members made a solemn affirmation:
Tricia Marwick (Central Fife) (SNP)
Meeting suspended.
On resuming—
We now resume the oaths and affirmations ceremony.
The following members made a solemn affirmation:
Michael Matheson (Falkirk West) (SNP)
The following members took the oath:
Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Alasdair Morgan (South of Scotland) (SNP)
The following member took the oath:
Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab)
The following member took the oath and repeated it in Gaelic:
John Farquhar Munro (Ross, Skye and Inverness West) (LD)
The following members took the oath:
Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Hugh O'Donnell (Central Scotland) (LD)
The following member took the oath:
Irene Oldfather (Cunninghame South) (Lab)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
John Park (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)
The following members took the oath:
Gil Paterson (West of Scotland) (SNP)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Cathy Peattie (Falkirk East) (Lab)
The following member took the oath:
Mike Pringle (Edinburgh South) (LD)
The following members made a solemn affirmation:
Jeremy Purvis (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD)
The following member took the oath:
Mike Rumbles (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) (LD)
The following member took the oath and repeated it in Gaelic and Scots:
Michael Russell (South of Scotland) (SNP)
The following members took the oath:
Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
Before taking the oath, I state that I believe that the people of Scotland should be citizens, not subjects, and hold firmly that my allegiance should be first and foremost to them. However, I recognise that to serve my constituents in the Parliament I must meet the legal requirement of taking the oath and will, therefore, do so.
The following members took the oath:
Elaine Smith (Coatbridge and Chryston) (Lab)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Iain Smith (North East Fife) (LD)
The following members took the oath:
Margaret Smith (Edinburgh West) (LD)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Nicola Sturgeon (Glasgow Govan) (SNP)
The following member took the oath:
John Swinney (North Tayside) (SNP)
The following member took the oath and repeated it in Doric and Gaelic:
Dave Thompson (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)
The following member took the oath:
Jim Tolson (Dunfermline West) (LD)
The following member made a solemn affirmation:
Stefan Tymkewycz (Lothians) (SNP)
The following member took the oath and repeated it in Doric:
Maureen Watt (North East Scotland) (SNP)
The following members made a solemn affirmation:
Andrew Welsh (Angus) (SNP)
The following members took the oath:
Karen Whitefield (Airdrie and Shotts) (Lab)
The following members made a solemn affirmation:
Bill Wilson (West of Scotland) (SNP)