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August
23 August Politics, media and youth come together for Festival finale 22 August Peter Oborne discusses the situation in Iraq 21 August Political Heavyweights Put Under The Festival Spotlight 20 August Parliament Opens Festival of Politics 2008 13 August Cancellation of Annie Lennox's Appearance at the Festival of Politics 07 August Scottish Parliament Welcomes World Press Photo Exhibition 2008
July
21 July Presiding Officer's Summer Tour 2008 07 July Presiding Officer Honoured by Agricultural College	10 July Education And Training Skills Are Failing Scotland’s Tourism Industry Says Holyrood Committee 01 July Economy Committee Calls For Lessons To Be Learned From Failed Energy Technologies Institute Bid
June
27 June Annie Lennox To Headline Festival Of Politics 2008 25 June SPCB Recovers Costs of Chamber Roof Incident 24 June Scottish Parliament Publishes Its Annual Report 24 June Scottish Parliament Space Mission Saltire Flag Lands With National Museums Scotland 16 June Platon to Address Festival of Politics 2008 12 June Scottish Pupils to Debate The Merits of a Multicultural Society 9 June Holyrood Think-Tank Calls For Fresh Approaches To Address 21 St Century Drug And Alcohol Misuse	27 June Committee Calls For Strategy To Develop A Modern, Efficient And Responsive Ferry Network 26 June Improved Access, Participation And Scrutiny Is At The Heart Of Public Petitions Inquiry 24 June Leading Scottish Rugby Figures Give Evidence To Holyrood's Health And Sport Committee At Murrayfield 20 June European And External Relations Committee Publishes International Development Inquiry Findings 18 June Improvements For Cancer Patients Accessing Treatment Drugs Called For By Parliament Committee 17 June Equal Opportunities Committee Launches ‘Removing Barriers’ Report At Donaldson’s 10 June Local Government Committee Recommend Ballot Research 6 June Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee welcomes Scottish Register of Tartans Bill 2 June Serious Concerns Expressed About Creative Scotland Bill
May
7 May Scots Primary School Children To Take Over The Debating Chamber 1 May Members Of The Scottish Commission For Human Rights Announced To Parliament	29 May Review of MSPs’ Pensions Scheme is Published 22 May Holyrood Committee Launches Parliamentary Inquiry Into ‘Scotland’s Energy Future’ 16 May Parliamentary Inquiry Calls For Government To Set Out 25 Year Flood Management Investment Plan 6 May Holyrood's Audit Committee Finds "Serious Failures" Within Western Isles Health Board 2 May Justice Committee Concerned About Administrative Burdens Placed On Scotland's Judiciary 2 May Scottish Parliament’s Rural Housing Inquiry Comes To Highland Perthshire 2 May European Committee Says Scotland Must "Get In Early" On Influencing EU Legislation
April
25 April Scottish Parliament Introduces Gaelic – English Bilingual Logo 18 April International School’s Orienteering Championship Finds Its Way To Holyrood 2 April Last Scotland’s Futures Forum Seminar On Alcohol And Drugs To Take Place At Holyrood	25 April Shifting The Balance Of Health Care: The Role Of Rehabilitation Services - Call For Evidence 23 April Local Government Committee Launches An Inquiry Into Child Poverty 17 April Scottish Parliament’s Transport, Infrastructure And Climate Change Committee Hear From Shetland And Orkney 15 April Schools Students to set out International Development Priorities for MSPs at Holyrood 14 April Justice Committee To See Community Policing In Operation Around Scotland
March
27 March Parliament's Scotland Week Delegation Announced 11 March Independent Allowances Review Findings Published 11 March Radical Drug Law Reform In The Spotlight	27 March Parliamentary Committee To Review Budget Process 25 March Child Poverty To Be Focus Of Scottish Parliament Committee Event In Glasgow 20 March Call For Evidence On The Creative Scotland Bill 18 March Justice Committee Calls For Evidence On Community Policing In Scotland 18 March Holyrood Committee Backs Public Health (Scotland) Bill 18 March Holyrood Committee Calls For Streamline Of Secondary Legislation 13 March Local Government Committee Publish The Planning Application Processes (Menie Estate) Report 7 March Holyrood Committee Visits Aberdeen To Hear Evidence On Tourism 6 March Public Petitions Committee Investigates NHS Availability Of Cancer Treatment Drugs
February
28 February Youth Parliament To Sit At Holyrood 26 February Parliament Takes Action On Gender Equality 18 February Business Leaders Gather at Holyrood for Business In The Parliament Conference 8 February MSPs to Visit Malawi 8 February World Press Photo exhibition returns to Scottish Parliament 6 February What Is The Alcohol Industry Doing To Reduce Alcohol Damage?	29 February Committee Supports Draft Equalities Strategy For Public Appointments 25 February Holyrood Committee To Hear From Olympic Gold Medalist 15 February Commonwealth Games Bill Clears its First Hurdle 11 February Holyrood Committee Visits Elgin To Hear Evidence On Flooding 8 February Slovenian Ambassador to set out EU Presidency Priorities
January
31 January Young Scots Debate Environmental Issues in Parliament's Committees 30 January Small Business and The Environment Winners in Purchasing Strategy	28 January Parliament Committee to hear from Experts on Discrimination in Scotland 28 January Scotland's Ferry Services Under Committee Scrutiny 24 January Justice Committee Reports Police Resources as Inadequate 16 January Finance Committee Publishes Budget Report 14 January Holyrood Committees and STUC Join Forces to Improve Scotland's Productivity 11 January Holyrood Committee Calls For Evidence on Rural Housing
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