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Glossary
| Gaelic Service |
A service established in September 2000 to develop the Parliament’s links with the Gaelic-speaking community, liaise with the Gaelic media, provide information and documentation in Gaelic, and welcome groups to the Parliament. The service is also responsible for maintaining and developing the Gaelic section of the Parliament’s website. |
| Garden Lobby |
The main thoroughfare which joins all the buildings in the Parliament complex together. It has distinctive glass, leaf-shaped sky-lights. |
| general election |
An election in which a poll is held for all 129 seats in the Parliament, either an ordinary general election or an extraordinary general election (sections 2-3, Scotland Act 1998). |
| general principles of a bill |
The overall policy and purpose of a bill, rather than its detailed provisions. The general principles are considered at Stage 1 (for a public bill) or at Preliminary Stage (for a private bill). |
| General Questions, General Question Time |
See Question Time |
| government |
The executive body that administers the running of the country. Within the context of devolution in Scotland, the term is used informally to describe the full ministerial team (that is, members of the Scottish Executive plus junior Scottish Ministers), as in ‘the Scottish government’ or the ‘coalition government’. |
| Great Britain (GB) |
That part of the United Kingdom that does not include Northern Ireland (i.e. Scotland, England and Wales). |
| group |
A group can be formed of members who represent parties with fewer than 5 seats in the Parliament, or of independent members (who do not represent a political party). The group must have at least 5 members, and is entitled to nominate a representative as a member of the Parliamentary Bureau (rule 5.2.2). |
| group representative |
See group.
See party representative. |
| groupings |
A list setting out the how amendments to a bill are to be grouped for debate. The purpose of grouping amendments rather than debating each one separately is to reduce repetitiveness and to allow complementary or competing amendments to be debated together. Groupings are decided by the convener or Presiding Officer. |
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