An accompanying document to a public bill setting out best estimates of the bill’s costs on the Scottish Administration, local authorities and others.

The method of filling a constituency vacancy arising during a parliamentary session.

The colloquial name for the UK Parliament, comprising the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

When the number of members voting for a proposition is more than half of the total number of seats for members of the Parliament or, in the case of a committee or sub-committee, more than half of the number of members of that committee or sub-committee. In a Parliament with 129 seats, 65 votes would be required to obtain an absolute majority. An ex [..]

The documents that accompany a bill on its introduction.

An officer accountable to the Parliament for the actions, including the accounts and audit, of a particular public body, under the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000, based on the report of the Financial Issues Advisory Group. For example, the Clerk is the principal accountable officer for the parliamentary corporation.

The laws passed by the former Scottish Parliament which ceased to exist in 1707 on the union of the Parliaments.

The respective Acts of the Scottish Parliament and the English Parliament ratifying the 1707 union of the two Kingdoms set out in the Treaty of Union.

A committee of the Scottish Parliament established for a specific purpose, for example, to consider particular types of bills such as private bills and consolidation bills.

The form of voting system used to elect the Scottish Parliament.