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Last Updated: Wednesday May 16 2007 13:44 GMT

What is the Scottish Parliament?

The Scottish Parliament was created in 1999 to give more power to people in Scotland.

There are 129 Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs).

It's part of a process called devolution, which means people in different areas of the UK can make decisions for their own areas, rather than having decisions made by politicians hundreds of miles away in London.





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