Members of the Scottish Parliament, 2003-2007

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	Member of the Scottish Parliament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.
		All MSP positions become simultaneously vacant for elections held on a four year cycle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Members_of_the_Scottish_Parliament (138 words)

	Members of the Scottish Parliament, 2003-2007 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Scottish Parliament is composed of 129 members (referred to as MSPs, short for "Members of the Scottish Parliament"; or in Gaelic as BPnA, short for "Buill Pàrlamaid na h-Alba").
		The Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003 produced a slightly different make up for the Parliament than had been in place for the previous four years, with the number of Labour and SNP MSPs being reduced and the number of those representing minor parties outwith the established four main parties increasing.
		Following his election to the UK Parliament in the general election of 2005, David Mundell (Conservative) resigned his seat at Holyrood and was replaced by Derek Brownlee.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Members_of_the_Scottish_Parliament,_2003-2007 (384 words)

	BBC News The Scottish Parliament Frequently Asked Questions
		MSP is the short form for Member of the Scottish Parliament.
		If elected to the Scottish Parliament, they will do both jobs, though their total salaries will be reduced.
		This is the new element to the electoral system, being used for the first time in the UK in the elections to the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/events/scotland_99/the_scottish_parliament/304913.stm (1042 words)

	Legislative branch. The World Factbook. 2003
		bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of the Senate or Senat (140 seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote on a proportional representation basis to serve four-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies or Adunarea Deputatilor (345 seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote on a proportional representation basis to serve four-year terms)
		bicameral Parliament consists of an upper house or Chamber of Counselors (270 seats; members elected indirectly by local councils, professional organizations, and labor syndicates for nine-year terms; one-third of the members are renewed every three years) and a lower house or Chamber of Representatives (325 seats; members elected by popular vote for five-year terms)
		bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (a 13-member body, 10 appointed by the government and three by the leader of the opposition) and the House of Representatives (15 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
	www.bartleby.com /151/fields/52.html (12915 words)

	EFGP : Scotland
		The introduction of the Scottish Parliament (in 1999), with a partly-proportional voting system and the inevitability of voting reform for local councils, mean that the impact of the Scottish Green Party is likely to grow in future years.
		With over 132,000 votes (6.9%) and 7 seats in the Scottish Parliament, we are now the fifth political party of Scotland.
		So much so that in the May 2003 elections the Scottish Greens shot up to 7 MSPs.
	www.europeangreens.org /peopleandparties/members/scotland.html (664 words)

	Rampant Scotland Newsletter - 6 December 2003
		Members of the Scottish Parliament are understood to have put pressure on the corporation and a list of about 100 words has been drawn up which presenters should feel "comfortable" with on air.
		The song was of course inspired by the massacre of 38 members of the MacIain clan (a branch of the MacDonalds) who were murdered by government troops in February, 1692.
		An expert from the Scottish Executive said that it will bring an economic boost of up to £4.4 billion to the area and create an additional 25,000 permanent jobs, with economic spin-offs to the whole of the west of Scotland.
	www.rampantscotland.com /let031206.htm (5874 words)

	Center for Voting and Democracy
		However, a 28-22 majority of the Members of the Scottish Parliament from the Scottish Labour party are female.
		Labour's move follows one before the 1999 Scottish parliament election to twin seats, so that pairs of equally winnable constituencies had a man and a woman standing in them.
		Lesley Quinn, Scottish Labour's general secretary, is to outline to the party's executive later this month her plan for women to be guaranteed at least two of the candidate berths in the four-member wards, and at least one in the three-member wards.
	www.fairvote.org /pr/global/scotlandhalfwomen.htm (696 words)

	Enews - No. 48
		Established in May 2003, the Network is a multi-disciplinary forum bringing together scientists with the aim of improving the rate at which laboratory research translates into therapeutic benefits for patients.
		Although many of its members are focused on life sciences, the triangle also includes general science and research parks, two sites dedicated to animal health, and the Alba optoelectronics campus at Livingston in West Lothian.
		The effects of climate change on the Scottish environment are being taught to pupils using a new study pack.
	www.rsc.org /ScienceAndTechnology/Parliament/ScotParliament/enews48.asp (857 words)

	Socialism Today - Britain's mid-term elections
		The voting figures show that in the constituency votes for the Scottish parliament non-establishment candidates got 9.63% of the vote, whereas in the list ‘top-up’ vote the same group of candidates got 22.09%.
		THE TURNOUT OF just over 34% in the local elections, 38% in the Wales assembly elections and 49% in the Scottish parliament elections means that 25 million voters stayed away — only 13 million voted out of an eligible 38 million.
		One setback for the SSP was that it lost one of its three councillors in the Scottish local elections, which took place on the same day, and which are elected on a first-past-the post basis.
	www.socialismtoday.org /75/britain.html (3157 words)

	Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004
		That in turn would have resulted in a reduction in the number of Scottish Parliament constituencies and, because of the requirement in the Scotland Act for proportionality between constituency and regional seats, a pro rata reduction in the number of regional members.
		Before it was amended by this Act, the Scotland Act 1998 provided for the constituencies of the Scottish Parliament to be the same as those for the United Kingdom Parliament, except that Orkney and Shetland were separate constituencies.
		The text of this internet version of the Explanatory Notes which is published by the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament has been prepared to reflect the text in printed form and as published by The Stationery Office Limited as the Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004, ISBN 0105613045.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /acts/en2004/2004en13.htm (1707 words)

	William Blackwood
		William Blackwood (November 20, 1776 - September 16, 1834), Scottish publisher, founder of the firm of William Blackwood & Sons, was born of humble parents at Edinburgh.
		At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to a firm of booksellers in Edinburgh, and he followed his calling also in Glasgow and London for several years.
		On April 1 1817 was issued the first number of the Edinburgh Monthly Magazine, which on its seventh number, bore the name of Blackwood's as the, leading part of the title.
	www.kiwipedia.com /william-blackwood.html (387 words)

	Scotland Hall of Shame
		Scottish National Party MSP Alex Neil said: "I've predicted for long enough that the way in which Kilmarnock prison is run, which is for profit, is going to lead to a disaster in terms of prisoner safety and public safety.
		Scottish National Party leader John Swinney said the subsidies amounted to £690,698, which was almost 70% of the estimated £1m profit made by Kilmarnock Prison Services in the past two years.
		The attack on Allan Dickson, a Reliance officer, took place on 23 November in Parliament House, Edinburgh, where the Court of Criminal Appeal was hearing an appeal by O’Rourke against his murder conviction.
	www.flpba.org /private/shame_scot.html (18290 words)

	East Lothian Council - Scottish Parliamentary Elections
		Within the Scottish Parliamentary framework, there are 73 constituency Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs).
		The next Scottish Parliament Election is scheduled for 2007 - to be held on the same day as the Local Elections.
		Two are constituency members and seven are List members and their term of office is 4 years.
	www.eastlothian.gov.uk /content/0,1094,3325,00.html (170 words)

	info: SCOTTISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION, 2007
		The leaderships of the smaller parties that saw a substantial increase in their parliamentary representation (such as the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) and the Greens) believe these moves are motivated by a desire to halt their growth and to remove them from being represented in parliament.
		Others have suggested changing the balance of members from 73 elected First Past the Post and 56 through AMS (with 8 regions electing 7 members each), to one where each of the 59 new Scottish constituencies for Westminster elections elect 2 members each with a further 11 being elected off a national AMS list.
		The third general election to the Scottish Parliament will be held in May, 2007.
	www.digital-innovations.net /Scottish_parliamentary_election,_2007 (521 words)

	Enews - No. 55
		Parliament Education Convener Robert Brown asked the Scottish Exec utive what action it is taking to address any shortfall in numbers of physics and chemistry teachers.
		The Scottish Parliament has approved the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Bill whose primary aim is to merge the two separate funding councils for colleges and universities.
		This RSC response to the Scottish Parliament outlines the barriers these chemical science spin-outs and start-ups have to face and how by overcoming these barriers the companies can have an impact on business growth and wealth creation in Scotland.
	www.rsc.org /ScienceAndTechnology/Parliament/ScotParliament/Enews55.asp (829 words)

	Members' Update, March 2003
		Scottish and Southern Energy (SandSE) has announced that it is to begin full-scale commercial trials of a new technology that enables householders to connect to the Internet through normal electrical sockets.
		The Scottish Executive's Proof of Concept Fund – a £33 million pot which fills the gap between an academic breakthrough and a commercially viable process or product – enables researchers to develop prototypes of their work which they can then demonstrate to venture capitalists and industry.
		Royal Society members fear that, in order to secure commercial funding, researchers may be tempted to concentrate on "projects with short-term financial benefits instead of those with long-term public need".
	www.adset.org.uk /Update03/03-03.htm (16669 words)

	Scottish Parliament and
		members believe should be the priorities for MSPs in the second term of the Scottish Parliament.
		Transfer power over refuge and asylum issues to the Scottish Parliament and encourage successful applicants to contribute to the Scottish economy by removing restrictions on their
		goes to the polls on Thursday, 1 May, to elect both a new Scottish Parliament and local councils.
	www.cih.org /scotland/policy/display.php?db=policies&id=398 (1879 words)

	Country Studies
		Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
		List of Member States of the United Nations and Date of Admission
		Leadership Views: Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
	members.aol.com /TeacherNet/Country.html (985 words)

	Members' Update, January 2003
		Introducing the Bill, Scottish Education Minister Cathy Jamieson argued that the legislation would be a "move away from the often stigmatising definition of special educational needs, which is sometimes seen to mark out a small number of children".
		The Scottish Parliament's priority should be to help those minorities which feel excluded from public life and that is not the case with Gaels since few are unable to communicate effectively in English."
		Following the news that a fifteen-year-old girl is taking her local education authority to court, claiming that detentions are a breach of her human rights, Scottish education authorities are anticipating a judgement in her favour.
	www.adset.org.uk /Update03/01-03.htm (17116 words)

	Members of the Scottish Parliament, 2003 - 2007
		Members of the Scottish Parliament, 2003 - 2007
		Click on the constituency name for the election result.
	www.psr.keele.ac.uk /area/uk/sassmps03.htm (74 words)

	Postal News from January 2003
		The Gazette (Canada) has reported that "the last of the 48,000 members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers are to vote this week on giving a strike mandate to their leaders, but both sides say they hope a work stoppage can be avoided.
		Three members of the Pricing Innovation staff at the USPS and an economist from the Office of the Inspector General presented a paper at a recent academic conference on the use of customized pricing by postal administrations.
		Sean Turner, a member of the Project 21 Advisory Council of the National Center for Public Policy Research, "the rise of technology, from faxes to email to e-commerce, and the success of competitors like UPS and FedEx, have relegated the Constitutional provision of post offices by the Federal government to antiquity.
	www.postcom.org /archive/news2003/news06-03.htm (17664 words)

	The Scots Independent Newspaper Online - The Flag in the Wind
		The lieges, in the form of the Scottish Tories and the Hearts supporters, not necessarily synonomous, are astounded, and wonder just what has transpired and what has yet to come out.
		Scottish National Party candidate Margo MacDonald overturned a Labour majority of 16,000 to win the Glasgow Govan By-Election by 571 votes.
		Still no budget for 2007 and it is not only in the accession states that this is a major concern.
	www.scotsindependent.org (4460 words)

	Scottish Parliament e-Brief, Issue 176
		Members’ attention then turns to School discipline, with evidence from more Scottish Executive officials.
		The subject of Elections to the European Parliament in June 2004 is up for discussion.
		By 2007 Member States must set up a farm advisory service which will be available to help them meet their cross compliance obligations.
	www.duncanmcneil.com /News/E-briefs/EB_176.htm (933 words)

	The Early 21st Century: 2008 - 2016
		The 2003 invasion of Iraq (which actually began secretly in 2002) and ongoing quagmire in that country has marked the second stage of the war.
		Britanny (northwestern France), Belgium, Wales, Ireland, the Scottish highlands, and portions of England including Cornwall were originally settled in the years be fore Christ by the Celts, a nomadic north European people, eventually mingling with the Britons, Gauls, and Romans.
		Another member of the royal house will have been selected to rule France, the continental seat of Annemarc, and hold the titular office of emperor.
	www.newprophecy.net /2003-2012page.htm (9352 words)

	ResourceShelf
		The World Report 2003 has responses from 88 different countries - equivalent to 58% of IFLA member countries - almost double the number of countries represented in the World Report 2001...The World Report 2003 focuses on libraries and the Internet.
		The complete historical record since 1955 should be ready by 2007, according to project director Jerry Goldman, a political science professor at Northwestern...The online archive will be a boon to historians, lawyers, students and anyone who wants to learn about the most important court in the land.
		From the article, Scottish researchers have developed software based on Internet search engines that could help investigators rifle quickly through complex documents involving such controversial issues as nuclear power, genetically modified organisms, airplane disasters, health care policy and weapons of mass destruction.
	www.resourceshelf.com /archives/2003_08_01_resourceshelf_archive.html (10173 words)

	Our Campaigns - Race Detail Page
		There are 129 members of the Scottish Parliament.
		The second vote is for a political party, or for a candidate standing as an individual, within a larger electoral area called a Scottish Parliament Region.
		The members chosen to fill these 56 additional seats are known as 'regional members'.
	www.ourcampaigns.com /cgi-bin/r.cgi/RaceDetail.html?&RaceID=6522 (295 words)

	Victim Support Scotland - Manifesto for the Scottish Parliament
		Require employers to develop policy, procedures and practices to support members of staff who have been victims of crime whether at work or elsewhere
		Victim Support Scotland calls on the Scottish Parliament to commit to:
		Victim Support Scotland - Manifesto for the Scottish Parliament
	www.victimsupportsco.demon.co.uk /main/manifesto.html (171 words)

	Programme and proceedings, IFLA World Library and Information Congress, Berlin 2003
		ERNST FRISCHKNECHT (The Parliament of Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland)
		Members exchange ideas and information on a range of professional topics which include: library networks; buildings; automation; training; research; public relations; and service to special groups.
		Session is held twice to enable all officers to attend.
	www.ifla.org /IV/ifla69/prog03.htm (8415 words)

Bush Cabinet Members
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www.swingdancemusic.com /send/34871-bush%20cabinet%20members.html (757 words)

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