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'Iain Gray, Tavish Scott and Patrick Harvie all misjudged the mood of the nation when they tried to squeeze an extra ounce of partisan advantage out of the Scottish Budget.' Michael Gove in the Scotland on Sunday, 1 st February 2008. |
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'Iain Gray, Tavish Scott and Patrick Harvie all misjudged the mood of the nation when they tried to squeeze an extra ounce of partisan advantage out of the Scottish Budget.' Michael Gove in the Scotland on Sunday, 1 st February 2008. |
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The Corporate Body is responsible for ensuring that the Parliament is provided with the property, staff and services it requires. A continuing key priority of the Corporate Body and its staff is to make sure that the Scottish Parliament can operate effectively and that MSPs are able to carry out their duties.
The Corporate Body considers and makes decisions on a wide range of issues to do with the running of the Parliament including the financing of the Parliament and allocation of the budget, the staffing of the Parliament, accommodation and the use and security of Parliamentary facilities at Holyrood.
The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body comprises the Presiding Officer and four elected MSPs. Members continue to serve in post during dissolution and until the election of replacement members in a new session. This is the case unless an MSP resigns from the SPCB, ceases to be an MSP (other than by dissolution of the Parliament), or the MSP is removed from the SPCB by a resolution of Parliament.
Since 1999, there have only been fifteen different members of the Parliamentary Bureau - three Presiding Officers and three members from each of the four major political parties. The longest serving member was Andrew Welsh (Scottish National Party, Angus) with six years and seven months of service and the shortest was Kenny MacAskill (Scottish National Party, Lothians) with one year and four months of service.
A new Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body was appointed for the third session of parliament on the 24 th May 2007:
Alex Fergusson, who was elected as Presiding Officer on the on the 14 th May 2007, replaced the Rt Hon George Reid as Convener.
Alex Johnstone replaced John Scott as the Tory representative.
Tricia Marwick replaced Kenny MacAskill as the Scottish National Party's representative.
Tom McCabe replaced Duncan McNeill as the Labour representative.
Mike Pringle replaced Nora Radcliffe, who lost her seat on the 3 rd May 2007, as the Liberal Democrat representative.
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MSP |
|---|---|
| Alex Fergusson, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Presiding Officer & Convener of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | |
| Party | |
| No political affiliation | |
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MSP |
| Alex Johnstone, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Directorate of Technology & Facilities Management | |
| Party | |
| Conservative & Unionist | |
 |
MSP |
| Tricia Marwick, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Access & Information Directorate | |
| Party | |
| Scottish National Party | |
 |
MSP |
| Tom McCabe, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Resources & Governance Directorate | |
| Party | |
| Labour | |
 |
MSP |
| Mike Pringle, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Corporate issues and Office Holders/Commissioners | |
| Party | |
| Liberal Democrat | |
Andrew Welsh stood down from the Parliamentary Body and was replaced was replaced as Scottish National Party representative by Kenny MacAskill.
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MSP |
|---|---|
| Rt Hon George Reid, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Presiding Officer & Convener of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | |
| Party | |
| No political affiliation | |
 |
MSP |
| Kenny MacAskill, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Party | |
| Scottish National Party | |
 |
MSP |
| Duncan McNeill, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Party | |
| Labour | |
 |
MSP |
| John Scott, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Party | |
| Conservative & Unionist | |
 |
MSP |
| Nora Radcliffe, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Party | |
| Liberal Democrat | |
Robert Brown stood down from the Parliamentary Body upon his appointment as Deputy Minister for Education & Young People on the 27 th June 2005. He was replaced as Lib Dem representative by Nora Radcliffe.
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MSP |
|---|---|
| Rt Hon George Reid, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Presiding Officer & Convener of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | |
| Party | |
| No political affiliation | |
|
MSP |
| Duncan McNeill, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Party | |
| Labour | |
|
MSP |
| John Scott, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Party | |
| Conservative & Unionist | |
|
MSP |
| Nora Radcliffe, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Party | |
| Liberal Democrat | |
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MSP |
| Andrew Welsh, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Party | |
| Scottish National Party | |
A new Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body was appointed for the second session of parliament on the 21 st May 2003:
George Reid, who was elected as Presiding Officer on the on the 8 th May 2003, replaced the Rth Hon Lord Steel of Aikwood as Convener.
John Scott replaced John Young, who had retired, as the Tory representative.
The other three members of the Corporate Body remained in office.
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MSP |
|---|---|
| Rt Hon George Reid, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Presiding Officer & Convener of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | |
| Party | |
| No political affiliation | |
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MSP |
| Robert Brown, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Party | |
| Liberal Democrat | |
|
MSP |
| Duncan McNeill, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Party | |
| Labour | |
|
MSP |
| John Scott, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Party | |
| Conservative & Unionist | |
|
MSP |
| Andrew Welsh, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Party | |
| Scottish National Party | |
Duncan McNeill was appointed was appointed as the Labour representative in place of Des McNulty who resigned on the 13 th December.
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MSP |
|---|---|
| The Rt Hon Lord Steel of Aikwood, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Presiding Officer & Convener of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | |
| Party | |
| No political affiliation | |
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MSP |
| Robert Brown, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Party | |
| Liberal Democrat | |
|
MSP |
| Duncan McNeill, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Party | |
| Labour | |
|
MSP |
| Andrew Welsh, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Party | |
| Scottish National Party | |
 |
MSP |
| John Young, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Party | |
| Conservative & Unionist | |
The first Corporate Body of the new Scottish Parliament was appointed on the 18 th May 1999:
Lord Steel of Aikwood, who was elected as Presiding Officer on the 12 th May 1999 became Convenor of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.
Robert Brown was appointed as the Liberal Democrat representative.
Des McNulty was appointed as the Labour representative.
Andrew Welsh as the Scottish National Party's representative.
John Young was appointed as the Tory representative.
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MSP |
|---|---|
| The Rt Hon Lord Steel of Aikwood, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Presiding Officer & Convener of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | |
| Party | |
| No political affiliation | |
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MSP |
| Robert Brown, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Party | |
| Liberal Democrat | |
 |
MSP |
| Des McNulty, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Party | |
| Labour | |
|
MSP |
| Andrew Welsh, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Party | |
| Scottish National Party | |
|
MSP |
| John Young, MSP | |
| Position | |
| Party | |
| Conservative & Unionist | |
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