Scottish Parliament

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devolved legislature national parliament unicameral legislature

The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national legislature of Scotland, responsible for making laws and scrutinizing the Scottish Government on a range of domestic issues.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Scottish Parliament canonical 155
First Scottish Parliament (1999–2003) 1
Holyrood 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf devolved legislature ⓘ
national parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
abbreviation Holyrood ⓘ
buildingLocation Holyrood Park ⓘ
surface form: Holyrood, Edinburgh
canElect First Minister of Scotland ⓘ
canHoldVotesOfNoConfidenceIn Scottish Government ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
createdBy Scotland Act 1998 ⓘ
firstElectionDate 1999-05-06 ⓘ
firstMetOn 1999-05-12 ⓘ
foundedBy British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom Parliament
hasChamber unicameral chamber ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasMotto Wisdom, Justice, Compassion, Integrity ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 129 ⓘ
hasPresidingOfficer Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
hasTermLength normally 5 years ⓘ
inception 1999 ⓘ
jurisdiction Scotland ⓘ
legislatesOn agriculture ⓘ
education ⓘ
environment ⓘ
health ⓘ
housing ⓘ
justice ⓘ
local government ⓘ
some aspects of taxation ⓘ
transport ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Scotland ⓘ
locatedIn Edinburgh ⓘ
Holyrood ⓘ
locatedInCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
meetsIn Scottish Parliament Building ⓘ
nativeName Parlamaid na h-Alba ⓘ
Scottish Parliament self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba
nativeNameLanguage Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
openedBy Elizabeth II ⓘ
oversees First Minister of Scotland ⓘ
partOf devolution settlement of the United Kingdom ⓘ
predecessor Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
predecessorAbolishedIn 1707 ⓘ
scrutinizes Scottish Government ⓘ
votingSystem additional member system ⓘ
mixed-member proportional representation ⓘ
website https://www.parliament.scot/ ⓘ

Referenced by (161)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Kingdom → devolutionTo → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Conservative Party (UK) → representedIn → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Scottish Government → reportsTo → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Scottish Government → accountableTo → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Scottish royal court → associatedWith → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holyrood
David Steel → memberOf → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
David Steel → legislativeBodyRepresented → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Scotland Act 1998 → createdBody → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Scotland Act 1998 → allocatesPowerTo → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 → legislature → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Cabinet of the Scottish Government → subordinateTo → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish Parliament (through democratic accountability)
Cabinet of the Scottish Government → accountableTo → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Edinburgh → seatOfParliament → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Scottish Parliament → nativeName → Scottish Parliament self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba
Glenrothes (Scottish Parliament constituency) → legislature → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Glenrothes (Scottish Parliament constituency) → electsToBody → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Scotland → legislature → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Acts of the Scottish Parliament → legislativeBody → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Acts of the Scottish Parliament → firstSession → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Scottish Parliament (1999–2003)
First Minister of Scotland → nominatedBy → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
First Minister of Scotland → reportsTo → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
First Minister of Scotland → eligibleVotersForSelection → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Members of the Scottish Parliament
First Minister of Scotland → associatedWithLegislature → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Saltire → recognizedBy → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
King of Scots → hasPowerOver → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Nicola Sturgeon → memberOf → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Scottish monarch → powerLimitedBy → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Lord Advocate → reportsTo → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Lord Advocate → officeHolderMaySitIn → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Scots Confession → approvedBy → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Scots Confession → commissionedBy → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Steel → workLocation → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
subject surface form: David Steel
Steel → legislativeBody → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
subject surface form: David Steel
Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament → legislativeBody → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament → partOf → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament → appliesToJurisdiction → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament → appointedBy → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament → reportsTo → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Scottish National Party → representedIn → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Dukes of Queensberry → politicalInfluence → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Scotland Act 2012 → grantsPower → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Parlamaid na h-Alba → EnglishName → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
MSP → usedIn → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
MSP → governingBody → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Angus South → legislativeBody → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Angus South → parliamentaryChamber → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Scottish Parliament Building → houses → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Scottish Parliament Building → namedAfter → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Cabinet Secretary for Finance → worksWith → Scottish Parliament ⓘ
Cabinet Secretary for Health → associatedWith → Scottish Parliament ⓘ