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Scotland
had a parliament (consisting of 'three estates' of clergy, nobility
and burgesses) from the mid-thirteenth century until 25 March 1707.
From 1 May 1707 (under article III of the Treaty of Union) Scotland
sent representatives to the United Kingdom parliament at Westminster
in London. In 1999 a devolved parliament was set up in Edinburgh
with control over all government functions relating to Scotland
except those reserved by the Westminster parliament.
Parliamentary Records
The records of the Scottish Parliament abolished
in 1707 are held mainly by the National Archives of Scotland. The
records of the Westminster Parliament are held by the Parliamentary
Archive (formerly the House of Lords Record Office). The records
of the Scottish parliament from 1999 will pass to the National Archives
of Scotland, but many of the minutes and other documents issued
by the parliament can be consulted online via the Scottish Parliament
website. For more details click on one of the following:
Records
of the Scottish Parliament (until 1707)
Acts
of the Westminster Parliament
Parliamentary
Papers (Westminster Parliament)
Bibliography
Guide to the National Archives of Scotland
(Stair Society/HMSO 1996), pp.
9-19. A A M Duncan, 'The early parliaments of Scotland', Scottish
History Society, xlv (1966), 36-58. R S Rait, The Parliaments
of Scotland (Glasgow, 1924). John R Young, The Scottish Parliament,
1639-1661 (Edinburgh, 1996). M D Young (ed.), The Parliaments
of Scotland: burgh and shire commissioners (Edinburgh, 1992).
Links
National
Archives of Scotland
Scottish
Parliament Project
Parliamentary
Archives of the United Kingdom
Scottish
Parliament
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Where can I find copies of parliamentary papers in Scotland?
For further FAQs and more information on
Parliamentary Papers go to the Knowledge Base entry on Parliamentary
Papers.
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