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	UNISON Scotland Response on The Size of the Scottish Parliament
		UNISON believes that women’s involvement in the Scottish Parliament is important, not just because we are committed to equality, but because we feel that women have made a difference to legislation and to the ethos of the Parliament.
		For example, in legislation the Scottish Parliament has supported the abolition of poindings and warrant sales, we have a National Strategy for Domestic Violence, a focus on improving childcare, and in tackling poverty, all issues which are important to women.
		Orkney and Shetland, having separate Scottish Parliament Constituencies and a shared Westminster seat, already have Westminster and Scottish Parliament Constituency boundaries that are non-coterminous.
	www.unison-scotland.org.uk /response/parlsize.html (3093 words)

	Scottish Referendums
		The one MP in the last Westminster Parliament who used this technology was Rod Richards, for holding remote surgeries from Westminster to his constituency, Clywd in Wales, although sceptics might point out that it didn't prevent him losing his seat on the 1st May.
		The establishment of a 'wired' Scottish Parliament may be another step towards the emergence of a form of democracy which both its supporters and sceptics have anticipated since at least the 1960s.
		Proportional representation goes some way towards mitigating the likelihood that the Parliament will be dominated by one party grouping, but instituting mechanisms designed to ensure that it is accessible and responsive to a wide breadth of opinion, goes further towards satisfying those who feel their concerns would be ignored in favour of more stronger interests.
	www.bbc.co.uk /politics97/devolution/scotland/briefing/electrc.shtml (1665 words)

	Scotland's Parliament...a Business Guide to devolution - Chapter 1
		Scotland’s Parliament describes a scheme for legislative devolution: the Scottish Parliament will be able to amend or repeal existing Acts of Parliament and to pass new Scottish Acts in all those areas not explicitly reserved to the Westminster Parliament.
		The first elections for the Scottish Parliament are therefore likely to be delayed for some time after Royal Assent, and are likely to take place in the spring of 1999 at the earliest.
		The Parliament could be dissolved by a vote of two-thirds of its members, but the new House resulting from the subsequent election would only sit out the remainder of the original Parliament’s four year term.
	www.scottishpolicynet.org.uk /scf/publications/paper_2/chapter1.shtml (1665 words)

	Scottish Law UK - your online network of expert scottish law solicitors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The constituencies are the same as those for Westminster except Orkney and Shetland are one constituency not two.
		There are eight regional constituencies and these are the same as the constituencies for the European Parliament.
		The Scottish Executive is made up of The First Minister, other ministers, the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General (the law officers).
	www.scotland-solicitors.co.uk /scotland%20act%201998.htm (707 words)

	Campaign for an English Parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In spite of having their own Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly, Scottish and Welsh MPs are still entitled to attend the Westminster Parliament and vote on matters affecting only England, such as health, education and transport, etc. However, English MPs are not entitled to vote on matters affecting Scotland or Wales.
		But if they got their own parliament again, then they could point to it knowing it was originally founded in 1153 and existed as the very Mother of Parliaments and the seed bed of modern democracy, and proudly say, that’s part of what we’ve achieved as the English nation.
		Orkney and Shetland are Norse in their history and culture, not Scottish at all.
	www.thecep.org.uk /questions.shtml (2443 words)

	The Scottish Parliament Elections 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Election of Members to the Scottish Parliament are for both Regional and Constituency Members.
		Orkney; Shetland; Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross; Ross, Skye and Inverness West; Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber; Moray; Western Isles (Eilean Siar); Argyll and Bute.
		One Constituency Member will be elected for each of the above Constituencies and 7 Regional Members will be allocated in accordance with the provisions of Sections 7 and 8 of the Scotland Act 1998.
	www.highland.gov.uk /landaintra/corporate_services/elections/sp.htm (161 words)

	Orkney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Orkney & Shetland has been a Liberal seat for much of this century apart from 1900-1906 when it was held first by a Liberal Unionist then by an Independent Liberal and from 1935 until 1950 when it was held by the Conservatives.
		In the 1999 Scottish elections he stood for the new seat of Orkney and was elected with 67.4 % of the vote, the highest in the whole of Scotland.
		Meanwhile, the result of the 1999 Scottish election was a hung parliament and the Lib Dems quickly abandoned all their election commitments in an undignified rush for fat salaries and ministerial limos.
	www.scottishpolitics.org /scot03constit/h05.html (1872 words)

	The Electoral Commission : Elections : Results and timetables : Elected bodies : The Scottish Parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Scotland Act 1998 provides for the constituencies of the Scottish Parliament to be the same as those for the United Kingdom Parliament, except that Orkney and Shetland are separate constituencies.
		The Scottish Executive is the government in Scotland for all devolved matters.
		The Scottish Executive is formed from the party or parties holding a majority of seats in the Parliament.
	www.electoralcommission.org.uk /elections/scotparliament.cfm (728 words)

	Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004
		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.
		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.
		These rules define how the electorate is to be established for each constituency and region and require the electorates to be similar respectively in each of the constituencies and regions, with the proviso that regard must be had to local authority boundaries, and geography and local ties may be taken into consideration.
	www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk /acts/en2004/2004en13.htm (1707 words)

	Scottish Liberal Democrats: STV for Scottish Parliament - October 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The constituency members feel that they carry the burden of the work involved in helping individual constituents and local groups with their problems.
		If voters who normally vote for a party strongly disapprove of their party’s constituency or top list candidate, or strongly favour another candidate, they either have to desert their party or vote for a person they believe not to be the best candidate.
		Excluding Orkney, Shetland, Western Isles and Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross, and Ross, Skye & Lochaber, the range of voters per MSP is from 28,491 to 34,604; the smallest is 82.3% of the highest.
	www.scotlibdems.org.uk /docs/stv4sp03.htm (1829 words)

	The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2002
		Absent vote at Scottish parliamentary elections for an indefinite or a particular period.
		This Order may be cited as the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2002 and shall come into force 14 days after the day on which it is made, except for the purposes of any election where the last day for the publication of the notice of election in respect of that election precedes that date.
		(6) Where a candidate for return as a constituency member is by virtue of this article to be treated as an election agent he shall be deemed to have his office at his address as given in the statement of persons nominated as candidates for return as a constituency member.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /si/si2002/20022779.htm (13893 words)

	gov.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The OIC - consisting of twenty-eight members elected constituency by constituency from all over Orkney - is the main local authority working in association with the Scottish Executive.
		Orkney is represented by a single MSP in the Scottish Parliament.
		Orkney and Shetland are jointly represented by one MP at Westminster.
	www.sanday.co.uk /nowthen/gov.htm (468 words)

	Scottish Parliament - Cabinet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The 61-year-old MSP for Glasgow Anniesland and former Scottish secretary said his aim was to ensure an effective coalition administration for Scotland.
		A QC, the 44-year-old is the MSP for Orkney and was elected as the Westminster MP for Orkney and Shetland in 1983.
		She is a board member of the Scottish Centre for Public Policy and Scottish co-ordinator of Labour's environment campaign.
	atschool.eduweb.co.uk /fraserburgh.ac/academy/modstud/scotparl/sp_cab.htm (801 words)

	Orkney News Archive for April 28-May 4, 2003
		The standing member, Jim Wallace, was re-elected to the Scottish Parliament this week, but with a much reduced majority of 1,745 compared to 4,610 in the 1999 election.
		A Deerness field is one of the best places in Orkney to witness this month's solar eclipse, according to a group of experts who will be descending on the county.
		Orkney went to the polls yesterday for the Scottish Parliament and OIC elections.
	www.orcadian.co.uk /archive/2003/archive18.htm (1563 words)

	E_News June 6 1999
		However, only the Scottish Parliament will have primary legislative authority over these areas; the Welsh National Assembly will "implement" laws made at Westminster that affect the areas listed, as well as decide how to spend the block grant allocated to the principality by the central government.
		In Scotland, the 129 seats for the Scottish Parliament come from 73 single-member constituencies (identical to existing Westminster constituencies, with the exception of the Shetland and Orkney Islands, which were split into two constituencies) and eight electoral regions.
		UK politicians view the relationship between constituents and their __one__ MP as something close to sacred, and the thought of sharing a constituency with list MPs is very disturbing.
	www.fairvote.org /e_news/990606.htm (2565 words)

	House of Commons - Scottish Affairs - Minutes of Evidence
		The Scottish Liberal Democrats welcomed the statement made by Helen Liddell, when Secretary of State for Scotland, that the number of MSPs should remain at 129, when the number of Westminster constituencies are reduced to 59.
		The Scottish Liberal Democrats have already decided to retain our current structure based on Scottish Parliamentary constituency boundaries if this option were to be selected, but organisational problems would undoubtedly arise.
		This would allow for coterminosity between the Westminster and Scottish Parliament constituencies, reduce the likelihood of confusion among voters and also improve the proportionality achieved by the Added Members System But it would also require new boundaries to be drawn.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmscotaf/77/3110404.htm (920 words)

	Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency) - Enpsychlopedia
		Orkney and Shetland is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		In the Scottish Parliament, Orkney and Shetland are separate constituencies.
		The constituency is made up of the two island groups Orkney, and Shetland.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland (152 words)

	Scotland Guide - Government and Politics - The Scottish Parliament
		The Parliament was elected on 6 May 1999, reconvened after a 292 year gap on 12 May 1999, and assumed its full powers after the official opening by the Queen on 1 July 1999.
		The powers of the Scottish Parliament are based on those established by the Labour led Constitutional Convention.
		Until the new Parliament building at Holyrood is constructed, the Scottish Parliament will meet in the General Assembly buildings on The Mound.
	www.siliconglen.com /scotfaq/19_12.html (753 words)

	BBC News \| The Scottish Parliament \| The Scottish electoral system
		These will be the same as the 72 Scottish constituencies at Westminster with the exception that Orkney and Shetland will be divided into two, each electing its own MSP.
		One for a candidate in their constituency (mauve ballot paper) and one for a party list in their region (peach ballot paper).
		If they succeed in a constituency this takes priority and their name will be removed from the regional list so they cannot be elected twice.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/events/scotland_99/the_scottish_parliament/304923.stm (684 words)

	Scottish Liberal Democrats: Press Releases - January 1998
		Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Jim Wallace MP has scorned the amendment to the Scotland Bill tabled by Glasgow Labour MP Ian Davidson, which attempts to reverse the Constitutional Convention’s decision to provide separate representation for Orkney and Shetland.
		"If he bothers to pay a visit to my constituency he will find that each island group is a very distinct community in itself, and that the distance from north to south is about the same as the distance between his Pollok constituency and Dingwall.
		Mr Wallace has announced his intention to seek the Liberal Democrat nomination for the Orkney constituency in the Scottish Parliament.
	www.cix.co.uk /~sldweb/xpress/9801273.htm (184 words)

	Caithness CWS - Front Page Bulletins - Elections 2003 - Index
		Jim Wallace was re-elected to the Scottish Parliament with a reduced majority of 1,745 compared to 4,610 in 1999.
		There are links to information on many aspects of groups of women and to the Scottish Parliament statistics on comparisons of numbers of men and women across the Scottish regions.
		Speaking in the Scottish Parliament during the weekly question time session, Mr Stone urged Finance Minister Andy Kerr to give greater consideration to the Far North when decisions are being taken over the dispersal of public service bodies.
	www.caithness.org /fpb/election2003/index.htm (3178 words)

	The Scottish Parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		'The Scottish Parliament's Presiding Officer possibly faces questions in the Chamber from members of the Scottish Parliament after MSPs expressed 'surprise and shock' at the extent to which he plays an active role as a Liberal Democrat in the Lords.
		The Holyrood members of Parliament are also to be paid considerably less than those who will swan about the corridors and bars of the Westminster parliament.
		During the Great Debate, Doddie Robertson, the Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland reaffirmed Labour's promise not to reduce the number of Scottish seats at Westminster and claimed that he would be 'honoured' to stand for the Scottish Parliament.
	www.alba.org.uk /scottish/scottishparliament.html (1026 words)

	Scottish Parliament Elections 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Scotland held its first elections to its devolved parliament in 1999 and held its second set of elections in June 2003.
		Scotland has been divided into 8 regions, which correspond to the old European Parliament Constituencies, for the purposes of electing additional members and each returns 7 members.
		The 73 constituency seats are identical to those used for the Westminster Parliament elections, except for the fact that Orkney & Shetland has been separated into two constituencies; The number of constituencies per region varies from eight to ten.
	www.ukconstitution.net /politics/elections/Scotland_99.html (164 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 10 Apr 2001 (pt 23)
		One consequence of the Scottish Parliament and of legislation passed in this place is that the Orkney and Shetland constituency has been split in two, so when the general election is called I shall cease to have a representative link with Shetland.
		My constituents and their legal representatives have expressed concern that an unduly legalistic approach was taken by the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund.
		Although it is not improper for solicitors and counsel advising the fund to draw attention to how its liability might be minimised, we are entitled to ask whether it is politically or morally proper that a fund set up to compensate the victims of pollution should adopt such an approach.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200001/cmhansrd/vo010410/debtext/10410-23.htm (2375 words)

	South Ayrshire Council - Scottish Parliament - Frequently Asked Questions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This is because the Scottish Paliament is partly made up of members elected in the normal manner - ones who poll the most votes in their constituency - and also ones who are elected to the Parliament through a form of proportional representation.
		The constituencies for the Scottish Parliament are the same as for Westminster, except that Orkney and Shetland each have their own constituency.
		All members of the Parliament, however they are elected, have the same rights and responsibilities in the Parliament.
	www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk /elections/msp/faq.htm (1191 words)

	Caithness CWS - Communnity - Political and Government - Scottish Parliament Facts and Figures
		The First Minister (leader of the Scottish Executive) and the Speaker are elected by the whole Parliament.
		The Scottish Parliament is financed by the same Block Grant as the present Scottish Office with the freedom to determine its "priorities and balance" within the areas outlined above.
		The Scottish Parliament will have limited powers to lower or raise personal income tax by 3p in the pound.
	www.caithness.org /community/politicalandgovernement/scottishparliamentfactsfigs.htm (363 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Asia
		For their part, the Liberal Democrats pushed through legislation in the Scottish parliament including the abolition of tuition fees for college students, a policy the party included in its manifesto for the U.K. election last week.
		He was an MP at the U.K. Parliament from 1983 to 2001, representing Orkney and Shetland, the most northerly British constituency.
		Wallace was elected to represent the 70 islands of Orkney in the Scottish Parliament when it was set up.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=a1OQNPtdtgeM (507 words)

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