Visit to RAF Lossiemouth
After launching the Armed Forces Parliamentary Visit Programme back in April, I was delighted to join a cross-party group of MSP colleagues on
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Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
Festival of Politics 2017 Launch
I enjoyed trying my hand at some spray painting this week as I helped launch the programme for this year’s Festival of Politics. From
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Commission on Parliamentary Reform Report
Presiding Officer, the Rt Hon Ken Macintosh MSP, welcomed the Commission on Parliamentary Reform report on 20 June 2017 as a “comprehensive and impressive
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Caritas Awards 2017
I was delighted to attend the Caritas Awards on Thursday 8th June. Here are my words of congratulations and encouragement to a truly
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Statement to Parliament following Manchester attack
“Colleagues, there is a tangible sense of shock and sorrow in Parliament as we come together today and reflect on the events of
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Armed Forces Parliamentary Visit Programme
Armed Forces community open their doors to MSPs to show what life is like on the frontline Presiding Officer, Ken Macintosh MSP, this
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Keeping Order – the Role of the Presiding Officer
Read my speech “Keeping Order – the Role of the Presiding Officer” to delegates at the Scottish Politics Explained 2017 conference held by Holyrood
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Speech to the General Council – Defending liberal democracy and the importance of an educated, informed electorate.
On Saturday 18th February, I addressed the University of Edinburgh’s General Council. Thank you – you were kind enough to invite me as
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Holocaust Educational Trust
I was delighted to host a reception for the Holocaust Educational Trust in the Scottish Parliament this week to raise awareness of the valuable work
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Commission on Parliamentary Reform
During this session the Scottish Parliament will turn 21, and in its lifetime we will have seen coalition, majority and minority government, further
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