Parlamaid na h-Alba

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devolved legislature parliament unicameral legislature

Parlamaid na h-Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name for the Parliament of Scotland, the devolved national legislature of Scotland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf devolved legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
buildingArchitect Enric Miralles ⓘ
buildingLocation Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ
surface form: Holyrood, Edinburgh
buildingOpened 2004 ⓘ
canBeDissolvedEarly yes ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
created 1999 ⓘ
electoralSystem mixed-member proportional representation ⓘ
EnglishName Scottish Parliament ⓘ
establishedBy Scotland Act 1998 ⓘ
firstElectionHeld 1999 ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasPower primary legislation in devolved matters ⓘ
scrutiny of Scottish Government ⓘ
tax-varying powers ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle First Minister of Scotland ⓘ
inception 1999 ⓘ
jurisdiction devolved matters in Scotland ⓘ
legislativeLanguage English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
legislatureOf Scotland ⓘ
locatedIn Edinburgh ⓘ
Holyrood ⓘ
meetsIn Scottish Parliament Building ⓘ
meetsNear Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ
surface form: Holyrood Palace
nameInScottishGaelic Parlamaid na h-Alba self-link ⓘ
numberOfChambers 1 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 129 ⓘ
officialNameInLanguage Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
parentBody constitutional framework of the United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf devolution settlement of the United Kingdom ⓘ
predecessor Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: pre-1707 Parliament of Scotland
presidingOfficerTitle Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
sessionType fixed-term sessions ⓘ
succeededBy none ⓘ
symbol mace of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
usesVotingTechnology electronic voting system ⓘ
votingSystem additional member system ⓘ
website https://www.parliament.scot/ ⓘ

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

Parlamaid na h-Alba → nameInScottishGaelic → Parlamaid na h-Alba self-link ⓘ
Parliament of Scotland → nativeName → Parlamaid na h-Alba ⓘ
Scottish Parliament → nativeName → Parlamaid na h-Alba ⓘ