Scotland's Languages in Scotland's Parliament

Abstract

The new Scottish Parliament, to be established in Edinburgh in 1999 or 2000 following the resounding referendum result in September 1997, will immediately become the focal point of Scottish national life. This Parliament will differ in many respects from the familiar Westminster legislative model there will be a single chamber rather than two, for example, and its members will be elected on the basis of proportional representation rather than ftrst-past-the-post and many have expressed hopes that these structural differences may help bring about a more constructive, consensualist ethos in the Parliament than has been the norm at Westminster. There has also been a widespread desire to establish the Parliament as a distinctively Scottish institution, firmly linked to Scotland's traditions and aspirations.

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