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An official account. Learn more about the Parliament on our website.

The Scottish Parliament is made up of 129 elected representatives, who are known as Members of the Scottish Parliament or MSPs.

The Scottish Parliament can pass laws affecting Scotland on a wide range of domestic issues, known as devolved matters. These include:

• agriculture
• civil and criminal justice
• education
• environment
• health
• housing
• local government
• planning
• police and fire services
• social work
• sport and the arts
• transport
• some tax varying powers