The First Minister leads the Scottish Government, with the support of the cabinet secretaries and ministers. The First Minister is head of the Scottish Government and is ultimately responsible for all policy and decisions. The First Minister:. The First Minister is Nicola Sturgeon.
The Scottish Cabinet is made up of the senior members cabinet secretaries of the Scottish Government. For this reason, none of the items received from the Parliament have yet been formally catalogued. However copies of the items already held by NRS are available from other sources:.
Skip to main content. Scottish Parliament Records. Printer-friendly version. History The Scottish parliament, or 'three estates' of clergy, nobility and burgesses, originated in the mid-thirteenth century though it is first mentioned in The second, the Committee for Falsing of Dooms appeals from judgements ceased around Pre Scottish Parliament records Although the earliest surviving parliament roll dates from , there are few original records earlier than and even thereafter there have been considerable losses.
The original minutes and papers produced or lodged in the course of parliamentary business Supplemented by the parliamentary papers in PA7, PA7 Parliamentary Papers - Including papers of the Lords of the Articles, ; the Commission for Fines and Forfeitures, ; royal letters to Parliament, - ; commissions to commissioners to parliament, and addresses against the Union, PA8 Convention of Estates iv-viii Conventions were called for a specific purpose, normally taxation, and though they could pass legislation, this might be re-enacted by a subsequent parliament.
PA14 Parliamentary Committees The papers deal mainly with financial matters. There are also accounts of arms and ammunition received by the keeper of the magazine at Leith, , and received for the expedition to England, PA16 Warrants of Parliamentary Committees Mainly vouchers of accounts of military expenditure, including warrants by the committee for common burdens.
PA17 Commission for the Communication of Trade x, appendix PA18 Commission for the Union of the Kingdom xi, appendix PA19 Commission on Public Accounts xi, appendix The Scottish Parliament the present Between and , Scotland was governed solely by the British Parliament at Westminster, but in a referendum on 11 September , a majority of the Scottish people voted for a devolved Scottish Parliament with tax-varying powers. However copies of the items already held by NRS are available from other sources: Electronic copies of petitions and e-petitions can be seen on the Scottish Parliament's own website.
Printed Parliament publications, such as the Official Report, the Business Bulletin and Written Answers, can be consulted at public libraries throughout Scotland and on the Scottish Parliament's website. James IV realised that parliament could often create more problems than it solved, and avoided meetings after This was a trend seen in other European nations as monarchical power grew stronger — for instance England under Henry VII, France and some of the Spanish cortes.
During the sixteenth century the composition of parliament underwent a number of significant changes and it found itself sharing the stage with new national bodies. The bishops continued to sit in parliament regardless of whether they conformed to Protestantism or not. This resulted in pressure from the Kirk to reform ecclesiastical representation in parliament.
Catholic clergy were excluded after but Protestant bishops continued as the clerical estate until their abolition in when parliament became an entirely lay assembly.
An act of granted the lairds of each shire the right to send two commissioners to every parliament. These shire commissioners attended from onwards, although they shared one vote until when they secured a vote each.
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