The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.
The Official Report search offers lots of different ways to find the information you’re looking for. The search is used as a professional tool by researchers and third-party organisations. It is also used by members of the public who may have less parliamentary awareness. This means it needs to provide the ability to run complex searches, and the ability to browse reports or perform a simple keyword search.
The web version of the Official Report has three different views:
Depending on the kind of search you want to do, one of these views will be the best option. The default view is to show the report for each meeting of Parliament or a committee. For a simple keyword search, the results will be shown by item of business.
When you choose to search by a particular MSP, the results returned will show each spoken contribution in Parliament or a committee, ordered by date with the most recent contributions first. This will usually return a lot of results, but you can refine your search by keyword, date and/or by meeting (committee or Chamber business).
We’ve chosen to display the entirety of each MSP’s contribution in the search results. This is intended to reduce the number of times that users need to click into an actual report to get the information that they’re looking for, but in some cases it can lead to very short contributions (“Yes.”) or very long ones (Ministerial statements, for example.) We’ll keep this under review and get feedback from users on whether this approach best meets their needs.
There are two types of keyword search:
If you select an MSP’s name from the dropdown menu, and add a phrase in quotation marks to the keyword field, then the search will return only examples of when the MSP said those exact words. You can further refine this search by adding a date range or selecting a particular committee or Meeting of the Parliament.
It’s also possible to run basic Boolean searches. For example:
There are two ways of searching by date.
You can either use the Start date and End date options to run a search across a particular date range. For example, you may know that a particular subject was discussed at some point in the last few weeks and choose a date range to reflect that.
Alternatively, you can use one of the pre-defined date ranges under “Select a time period”. These are:
If you search by an individual session, the list of MSPs and committees will automatically update to show only the MSPs and committees which were current during that session. For example, if you select Session 1 you will be show a list of MSPs and committees from Session 1.
If you add a custom date range which crosses more than one session of Parliament, the lists of MSPs and committees will update to show the information that was current at that time.
All Official Reports of meetings in the Debating Chamber of the Scottish Parliament.
All Official Reports of public meetings of committees.
Displaying 197 contributions
Meeting of the Parliament [Draft]
Meeting date: 26 June 2025
David Torrance
Given the rising cost of living, free school meals have an important role to play in reducing pressure on families while improving the lives of young people across Scotland. That is more important than ever in the face of the continued austerity from Westminster. Can the First Minister advise how the Scottish Government’s recent work in extending free school meals to pupils in secondary 1 to 3 in eight council areas, including in my constituency of Kirkcaldy, will support its work to ensure that every child has the best start in life, regardless of their background?
Meeting of the Parliament [Draft]
Meeting date: 25 June 2025
David Torrance
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of its engagement with stakeholders on violence prevention during its youth violence summit on 12 June. (S6O-04846)
Meeting of the Parliament [Draft]
Meeting date: 25 June 2025
David Torrance
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I could not connect. I would have voted no.
Meeting of the Parliament [Draft]
Meeting date: 25 June 2025
David Torrance
The rise of social media has arguably increased the accessibility and volume of violent content consumed by young people online. Does the minister believe that projects such as quit fighting for likes can have a positive impact on young people who might be drawn into violence or, indeed, into filming and sharing violence without understanding the impact of the content?
Meeting of the Parliament [Draft]
Meeting date: 25 June 2025
David Torrance
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I still cannot connect. I would have voted no.
Meeting of the Parliament
Meeting date: 18 June 2025
David Torrance
How are rapid cancer diagnostic services helping to speed up treatment and improve outcomes for people across Scotland?
Meeting of the Parliament
Meeting date: 18 June 2025
David Torrance
To ask the Scottish Government when it anticipates that NatureScot will complete its review of the bird species in schedule 2 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. (S6O-04805)
Meeting of the Parliament
Meeting date: 18 June 2025
David Torrance
Our approach to environmental issues has changed enormously since 1981, and it is only right that legislation is considered periodically to determine whether it needs to be replaced or amended. The Scottish Government has the powers to prohibit the hunting of ptarmigan while a lengthy process takes its course. Will the minister clarify whether that approach has been considered?
Meeting of the Parliament [Draft]
Meeting date: 17 June 2025
David Torrance
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My app could not connect. I would have voted yes.
Meeting of the Parliament [Draft]
Meeting date: 12 June 2025
David Torrance
What assessment has the Scottish Government made of the impact that recent changes by the Scottish Funding Council to funding allocations will have on the ability of Fife College to deliver high-quality education and training opportunities?