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Reference and Information -
Scottish Parliament
The elections on the 6th May 1999 saw Scotland’s first
parliament in almost 300 years being elected. The first meeting was held
on the 12th May and the Queen officially opened it on the 1st
of July. The Parliament contains 129 Members of the Scottish Parliament
(MSPs) 73 Constituency MSPs and 56 List MSPs. The Parliament aims to put
a truly democratic system of government in place that will serve the people
of Scotland in the 21st century.
 Information
on East Ayrshire MSPs
The Scottish Parliament makes laws relating to devolved matters in Scotland.
The main devolved matters are:
Health
Education
Housing
Local Government
Law & Order
most aspects of Transport
Social Work
Arts & Sport
Economic Assistance & Industry
Agriculture, the Environment, Forestry & Fisheries
One of the Scottish Parliament's aims is to establish Scottish Parliament
Information Centre’s (SPICe) through partner libraries in each of
the Parliamentary Constituencies. In East Ayrshire these are located in
- The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock
- Cumnock Community Library, Cumnock
The centres aim to provide the public with free and open access to the
workings of the Parliament.
Information held in SPICe Collections:
| Research Notes |
short overviews on more detailed issues
of interest to MSPs
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| Research Papers |
in-depth analysis of areas and topics
of interest to MSPs
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| Subject Maps |
basic factual information on specific
areas of interests to MSPs. They give a short overview of the topic.
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| Constituency Profiles |
Census information, unemployment statistics
and other facts on the 73 parliamentary constituencies
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| WHISP |
What’s happening in the Scottish
Parliament - a weekly update
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