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Parliament dissolved ahead of election

The Scottish Parliament is now dissolved ahead of the election on Thursday 7 May 2026.

During dissolution, there are no MSPs and no parliamentary business can take place.

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Official Report Meeting date: 31 May 2023

Meeting of the Parliament 31 May 2023

We have had only seven paper applications submitted to date. That is a really big step in the right direction, because there are a number of benefits that come with submitting an online form.
Official Report Meeting date: 16 November 2022

Meeting of the Parliament 16 November 2022

A new prison was promised in 2011 and then again in 2016, with a price of £66 million and a completion date in 2020. Without the prison having gone out for final design or to tender, the price is now £140 million, yet the cabinet secretary feels confident that he can give a completion date.
Official Report Meeting date: 26 October 2022

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee 26 October 2022

The petition will stay open, and we will seek to gather evidence for consideration at a later date.
Official Report Meeting date: 26 February 2026

Meeting of the Parliament 26 February 2026 [Draft]

Applause.12:06 Over last year’s Easter recess, Paul Sweeney and I joined the Mighty Convoy charity in delivering seven ambulances overland to armed forces in Ukraine for immediate use on the front line.
Official Report Meeting date: 26 June 2024

Meeting of the Parliament 26 June 2024

This is the last opportunity before recess for the Government to put its intentions on the record.
Official Report Meeting date: 26 October 2023

Meeting of the Parliament 26 October 2023

I held a round-table meeting with probationers just before parliamentary recess and heard from them a number of different approaches to how they regard their employment, with people perhaps being less likely to move than they might have been in the past.
Official Report Meeting date: 7 September 2023

Meeting of the Parliament 07 September 2023

As I mentioned in response to an earlier question, we will also be consulting soon on proposals for a heat in buildings bill. Over the recess, I had the pleasure of visiting Sunamp in Tranent, in East Lothian.
Official Report Meeting date: 18 May 2022

Criminal Justice Committee 18 May 2022

I was totally taken by the Wise Group, and I have emailed Charlie Martin and Sean Duffy to see whether, during recess, I can visit for a full day to see the work that they do.
Official Report Meeting date: 23 March 2022

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee 23 March 2022

Our next meeting is on 20 April, after the Easter recess. 11:49 Meeting continued in private until 12:05.
Last updated: 16 November 2020

SPBill86S052020

Scottish General Election (Coronavirus) Bill [AS INTRODUCED] CONTENTS Section Application of Act 1 Application of this Act to 2021 election Disapplication of existing law 2 Disapplication of section 2 of the Scotland Act 1998 Postal voting arrangements for 2021 election 3 Closing date for application to vote by post or amend existing absent vote arrangements 4 Report on uptake of postal voting at closing date 5 Power to provide for all-postal vote Other arrangements for 2021 election 6 Dissolution of current Parliament 7 Dissolution of current Parliament: consequential modifications 8 Power to provide for polling on additional days Arrangements for new Parliament 9 First meeting of new Parliament 10 Election of new Presiding Officer Reserve power of Presiding Officer to postpone 2021 election 11 Power of Presiding Officer to postpone election Supplementary 12 Effect of Act on existing power to make provision about elections Final provisions 13 Interpretation 14 Ancillary provision 15 Commencement 16 Short title SP Bill 86 Session 5 (2020) 1 Scottish General Election (Coronavirus) Bill THE FOLLOWING ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS ARE ALSO PUBLISHED: Explanatory Notes (SP Bill 86-EN), a Financial Memorandum (SP Bill 86-FM), a Policy Memorandum (SP Bill 86-PM) and statements on legislative competence (SP Bill 86-LC).

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