The Scottish Parliament official page. Our founding principles are openness, accountability, the sharing of power and equal opportunities.
Read our online discussion rules before commenting: http://ow.ly/pnWO50FaF66
05/06/2026
To catch up on this week's business, which included the new format First Minister's Questions, Watch SPTV ➡️ https://ow.ly/nef850Z85N0
Business this week included:
🟣 First Minister's Questions (Backbench Members and Party Leaders editions)
🟣 Wealth Taxation for Public Services
🟣 Ministerial Statement: Phone Free Classrooms
Join us for the first Party Leaders First Minister's Questions, where Party Leaders will pose questions to the FM.
03/06/2026
🎧 Podcast now available | Listen back to this week's Backbench Members FMQs 🔊
Search for 'The Scottish Parliament' on your podcast app of choice, or click here: https://ow.ly/YCKJ50Z6HG3
Join us for the first Backbench Members First Minister's Questions, where MSPs will be able to question the FM on matters of interest in their local areas.
First Minister's Questions is changing!
Each week there will now be two FMQs sessions - one for backbench MSPs to ask questions, and the other for party leaders.
You can watch both sessions on Facebook Live: Tuesdays (backbencher questions) and Thursdays (party leader questions).
You can watch both sessions here on Facebook Live.
Book tickets for FMQs at; https://ow.ly/gf8W50Z5e4k
30/05/2026
Catch up with the topics under debate at this week's First Minister's Questions in our podcast.
Search for 'Scottish Parliament' wherever you get your podcasts or listen here: https://ow.ly/c5LO50Z55Sq
29/05/2026
To catch up on this week's business, which included the first First Minister's Questions of Session 7. Watch SPTV ➡️ https://ow.ly/sIsX50Z5Acg
Business this week included:
🟣 First Minister's Questions
🟣 Ministerial Statement: First Homes Fund
🟣 Scottish Government Debate: Ambitious for Scotland
28/05/2026
Earlier today First Minister John Swinney fielded questions form party leaders and other MSPs during First Minister's Questions.
Catch up with all of this week's developments in our podcast.
Search "Scottish Parliament" wherever you get your podcasts of listen here 🎧 https://ow.ly/7EOy50Z55RA
The First Minister will field questions from Party Leaders and other MSPs in this weekly topical question time.
21/05/2026
First Minister Questions will now take place twice a week after the Presiding Officer made changes to the way Parliament runs.
FMQs will now happen on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and the questions the First Minister faces will no longer be published in advance.
The Presiding Officer wants to make the Government more accountable to Parliament and simplify how it works.