31.01.2007
Chancellor Gordon Brown and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates heard that Scotland’s youth are the citizens of today, not tomorrow at the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum, which concluded at Holyrood today.
30.01.2007
The Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, George Reid MSP, today welcomed more than 400 visiting international delegates to the Parliament and to the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum.
29.01.2007
Holyrood’s Environment and Rural Development Committee will meet in Blair Atholl on Monday, 5 February, as part of its inquiry into proposals to extend the boundaries of the Cairngorms National Park.
29.01.2007
Young people from across Europe and Scotland will take part in the prestigious Microsoft Government Leaders Forum Europe, taking place this week at the Parliament.
29.01.2007
Foreign leaders, distinguished guests and more than 400 visiting international delegates will receive a warm welcome from the Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs).
26.01.2007
Scottish Parliament in Pictures 1999-2007 is the theme of a new photography exhibition launched by the Parliament.
25.01.2007
The internationally acclaimed Scottish photographer Harry Benson arrived at Holyrood today ahead of his commission to take portrait photographs of Presiding Officer George Reid and the former Presiding Officer Sir David Steel.
23.01.2007
Two debates will take place at the Parliament ahead of the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum Europe.
22.01.2007
The Health Committee will begin its 2007 work programme by hearing from an expert panel on the treatment and rehabilitation of drug users tomorrow, 23 January.
19.01.2007
A bronze statue of an heroic World War One piper will be presented to a school in Perthshire today by the Scottish Parliament’s Presiding Officer George Reid, in exchange for an historic set of bagpipes which were played at the Battle of the Somme.
17.01.2007
His Royal Highness, The Duke of York, will open the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum 2007.
17.01.2007
The free public crèche at the Scottish Parliament will re-open its doors to children today.
16.01.2007
Proposals to promote health and nutrition in schools were endorsed by the Scottish Parliament’s Communities Committee today. View the committee's report (pdf).
15.01.2007
Announced on the eve of the 300th anniversary of when the treaty was ratified by the first Scottish Parliament.
12.01.2007
A major Holyrood conference on alcohol and drug use in Scotland will mark the launch of a new, year-long study on the subject by Holyrood’s think-tank, Scotland’s Futures Forum.
11.01.2007
A bill aimed at removing the “terrible dilemma” faced by sufferers of mesothelioma, an asbestos-related disease, has been welcomed by the Parliament’s Justice 1 Committee.
10.01.2007
The Health Committee has today come down in favour of direct elections to Scotland’s area health boards in its report on the Health Board Elections (Scotland) Bill.
09.01.2007
Substantial changes must be made to the Prostitution (Public Places) ( Scotland ) Bill before it can be recommended to Parliament, according to a report published today.
09.01.2007
The first major report to be published by Scotland’s Futures Forum (SFF) has concluded that Scotland’s ageing “crisis” is a myth and that the nation can afford to grow old – if it acts now.