The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.
The Official Report search offers lots of different ways to find the information you’re looking for. The search is used as a professional tool by researchers and third-party organisations. It is also used by members of the public who may have less parliamentary awareness. This means it needs to provide the ability to run complex searches, and the ability to browse reports or perform a simple keyword search.
The web version of the Official Report has three different views:
Depending on the kind of search you want to do, one of these views will be the best option. The default view is to show the report for each meeting of Parliament or a committee. For a simple keyword search, the results will be shown by item of business.
When you choose to search by a particular MSP, the results returned will show each spoken contribution in Parliament or a committee, ordered by date with the most recent contributions first. This will usually return a lot of results, but you can refine your search by keyword, date and/or by meeting (committee or Chamber business).
We’ve chosen to display the entirety of each MSP’s contribution in the search results. This is intended to reduce the number of times that users need to click into an actual report to get the information that they’re looking for, but in some cases it can lead to very short contributions (“Yes.”) or very long ones (Ministerial statements, for example.) We’ll keep this under review and get feedback from users on whether this approach best meets their needs.
There are two types of keyword search:
If you select an MSP’s name from the dropdown menu, and add a phrase in quotation marks to the keyword field, then the search will return only examples of when the MSP said those exact words. You can further refine this search by adding a date range or selecting a particular committee or Meeting of the Parliament.
It’s also possible to run basic Boolean searches. For example:
There are two ways of searching by date.
You can either use the Start date and End date options to run a search across a particular date range. For example, you may know that a particular subject was discussed at some point in the last few weeks and choose a date range to reflect that.
Alternatively, you can use one of the pre-defined date ranges under “Select a time period”. These are:
If you search by an individual session, the list of MSPs and committees will automatically update to show only the MSPs and committees which were current during that session. For example, if you select Session 1 you will be show a list of MSPs and committees from Session 1.
If you add a custom date range which crosses more than one session of Parliament, the lists of MSPs and committees will update to show the information that was current at that time.
All Official Reports of meetings in the Debating Chamber of the Scottish Parliament.
All Official Reports of public meetings of committees.
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Meeting of the Parliament [Draft]
Meeting date: 26 June 2025
Foysol Choudhury
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My app did not refresh. Will you check whether my vote went through? If it did not, I would have voted yes.
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 25 June 2025
Foysol Choudhury
You have provided us with updated information. What factors are driving the increase?
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 25 June 2025
Foysol Choudhury
There has been an increase in the proportion of violent crime that is committed by children under the age of 16. Are you concerned about that?
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 25 June 2025
Foysol Choudhury
The Scottish Government’s general position is that children should be kept out of the criminal justice system. What is the evidence base to support that position? Can you set out when a criminal justice response might be appropriate for children involved in serious violent and sexual offending?
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 25 June 2025
Foysol Choudhury
Yesterday, we saw the release of statistics that showed that sexual crime is on the increase. Do you know what percentage of that involves under-16s?
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 25 June 2025
Foysol Choudhury
We have seen multiple stabbings committed by children this year. How do the authorities respond to the perpetrators? How would you expect a 15-year-old who was involved in a stabbing to be treated by the criminal justice system? What outcome would be the most positive in the Scottish Government’s eyes?
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 25 June 2025
Foysol Choudhury
My final question is on preventing children from committing serious violent and sexual offences in the first place. What is the Scottish Government doing about prevention and early intervention? What evidence is there to demonstrate that the Government’s actions are working?
Meeting of the Parliament [Draft]
Meeting date: 25 June 2025
Foysol Choudhury
Conditions in Gaza are appalling, with 470,000 people facing catastrophic hunger and reports of desperate Gazans being shot while trying to access life-saving aid. Has the cabinet secretary discussed with colleagues what further actions can be taken, within devolved powers, to end the suffering? Will he provide an update on revised guidance for Scottish Enterprise human rights checks?
Meeting of the Parliament [Draft]
Meeting date: 24 June 2025
Foysol Choudhury
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My voting app is displaying an error message. Can I check that my vote was registered? I would have voted yes.
Meeting of the Parliament [Draft]
Meeting date: 24 June 2025
Foysol Choudhury
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I was unable to connect. I would have voted yes.