Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament

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parliamentary office political position

The Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament is a senior parliamentary official who assists and can stand in for the Presiding Officer in chairing debates and overseeing the Parliament’s proceedings.

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Label	Occurrences
Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament canonical	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary office ⓘ political position ⓘ
appointedBy	Scottish Parliament ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	legislative branch of Scotland ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
createdBy	Scotland Act 1998 ⓘ
duty	assists the Presiding Officer in chairing debates ⓘ calls Members of the Scottish Parliament to speak ⓘ can stand in for the Presiding Officer ⓘ decides on the admissibility of certain parliamentary questions when presiding ⓘ ensures standing orders are observed ⓘ maintains order in the chamber when presiding ⓘ may represent the Parliament at official functions in the absence of the Presiding Officer ⓘ oversees parliamentary proceedings ⓘ
electedBy	Members of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
eligibleOfficeHolder	any Member of the Scottish Parliament except Scottish Government ministers ⓘ
formationDate	1999 ⓘ
governingInstrument	Standing Orders of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.parliament.scot/ ⓘ
inception	start of the first session of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Scotland ⓘ
locatedIn	Edinburgh ⓘ Scottish Parliament Building ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage	en ⓘ gd ⓘ sco ⓘ
numberOfOfficeHoldersSimultaneously	2 ⓘ
officeHeldBy	Members of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ surface form: Member of the Scottish Parliament
officeType	non-partisan parliamentary role ⓘ
partOf	Scottish Parliament ⓘ
politicalNeutralityRequirement	must act impartially when presiding ⓘ
relatedPosition	Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business ⓘ First Minister of Scotland ⓘ Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
seat	Holyrood ⓘ
style	Deputy Presiding Officer ⓘ
subordinateTo	Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
symbolicAssociation	mace of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ surface form: Scottish Parliament Mace
termLength	duration of a session of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
workLocation	Holyrood ⓘ surface form: Debating Chamber of the Scottish Parliament

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Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament → subordinateOffice → Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ