Scottish Parliament

Parliament in recess 

The Scottish Parliament is in recess from 28 June to 31 August. But there are lots of ways to catch up on what's been happening at Holyrood:

Watch archive video on Parliament TV, including FMQs 

Read recent votes and motions

Read what's been said in Parliament in the Official Report

Enric Miralles: Creating the Scottish Parliament exhibition

The Scottish Parliament is hosting a free exhibition telling the story of how Enric Miralles, Holyrood's lead architect, brought to life his vision for the Parliament building.

The exhibition runs from 31 July to 30 October.

Find out more about the free exhibition

Have your say

When a Parliament committee launches an inquiry, or starts looking at a Bill, they will often ask the public to submit their views. This is a "call for views".

Over summer recess there are a number of calls for views being run by Committees on a range of important issues. 

Find out more and see all our open calls for views

Presiding Officers

Alison Johnstone MSP is the elected Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament.

Annabelle Ewing and Liam McArthur are Deputy Presiding Officers (DPOs).

Find out more about the Presiding Officer and DPOs

Public petitions

Petitions are a way to ask the Parliament to do something.

Any person or organisation can submit a petition: you do not have to be a certain age or live in Scotland.

MSPs cannot submit a petition but they can support them.

Find out more about submitting a petition to the Parliament