Scottish Parliament

Pension rights concerns over same-sex marriage legislation

Monday 20 May 2013

Thousands of Scots could miss out on pension rights if their spouse dies unless MPs vote through same-sex marriage proposals this week, campaigners have warned.

Galloway attacked for SNP Catholic slur

Sunday 19 May 2013

THE controversial left-wing MP George Galloway has been attacked by pro-independence politicians and anti-sectarian campaigners for dragging religion into the debate over the 2014 referendum and claiming the SNP poses a danger to Catholics.

Margo MacDonald: ministers 'fundamentalist' over prisoner voting

Tuesday 14 May 2013

The Scottish Government has taken an "absolutist, fundamentalist" position by barring prisoners from voting in next year's independence referendum, a former Nationalist MP has claimed.

Where is the passion and thought-provoking debate on question of independence?

Saturday 11 May 2013

Sir Tom Hunter speaks for us all, as far as I am concerned ("Sir Tom demands answers from the Yes and No camps", The Herald, May 10).

Misplaced criticism could affect Bill to improve lives of children

Friday 10 May 2013

The Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill that has just started its journey through Holyrood has the potential to be one of the most far-reaching and influential Bills considered in this session of Parliament.