Scottish Parliament international activity in Session 5
Note:
CPA - Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
BIMR - British Islands Mediterranean Region
CWP - Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians
CPwD - Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities
BIPA - British Irish Parliamentary Assembly
2016 inward engagements:
• Principal Officer of the Consulate General of the United States, Susan Wilson, meeting with the Presiding Officer (15 June 2016)
• Legislative Affairs Commission, Standing Commission of the National People’s Congress, P.R. China, meetings with Scottish Parliament officials (17 June 2016)
• Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan House of Representatives delegation, meetings with Scottish Parliament officials (20-22 June 2016)
• Secretary General of the Parliament of Moldova, Ala Popescu and delegation, meetings with Scottish Parliament officials (22 & 23 June 2016)
• Consul General of Ireland, Mark Hanniffy, meeting with the Presiding Officer (23 June 2016)
• Emory University, Atlanta, USA meetings with MSPs and Scottish Parliament officials (28 June 2016)
• Parliament of Sri Lanka delegation meetings with MSPs and Scottish Parliament officials (29 June 20916)
• Ambassador of Ukraine, HE Natalia Galibarenko, meeting with the Presiding Officer (5 July 2016)
• Ambassador of Germany, HE Dr Peter Ammon, meeting with the Presiding Officer (26 August 2016)
• Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, Hon Myrna Driedger MLA, meetings with the Presiding Officer and Scottish Parliament officials (5 & 6 September 2016)
• Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment of the Parliament of Norway, meetings with Members of the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee and the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee (6 September 2016)
• Consul General of Japan, Daisuke Matsunaga, meeting with the Presiding Officer (7 September 2016)
• Consul General of the People's Republic of China, Xinchun Pan, meeting with the Presiding Officer (7 September 2016)
• Deputy Speaker, Antonio Jose Amelia MP, and delegation from the Parliament of Mozambique, meetings with the Deputy Presiding Officer and Scottish Parliament officials (14 September 2016)
• Speaker of the Kenya National Assembly, Hon. Justin B.N. Muturi EGH MP, and Members of the Parliamentary Services Commission, meetings with the Presiding Officer and Members of the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body (14 & 15 September 2016)
• Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of South Africa, Lechesa Tsenoli MP, meeting with the Deputy Presiding Officer, Linda Fabiani MSP (15 September 2016)
• Ambassador of Panama, HE Daniel Fábrega, meeting with the Presiding Officer (21 September 2016)
• Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Robin Newton MBE MLA, meetings with the Presiding Officer and Scottish Parliament officials (21 & 22 September 2016)
• Public Works and Transportation, Energy and Water Committee of the Parliament of Lebanon, meetings with Members of the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee and Scottish Parliament officials (22 & 23 September 2016)
• Ambassador of Indonesia, HE Dr Rizal Sukma, meeting with the Presiding Officer (22 September 2016)
• Parliamentary Services Commission of the National Assembly of Malawi, meetings with MSPs and Scottish Parliament officials (26 & 27 September 2016)
• Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan meetings with MSPs and Scottish Parliament officials (28 & 29 September 2016)
• Ambassador of the Slovak Republic, HE Lubomír Rehák, meetings with the Deputy Presiding Officer, Christine Grahame MSP, and evidence to the European and External Relations Committee (29 September 2016)
• Consul General of France, Emmanuel Cocher, meeting with the Presiding Officer (5 October 2016)
• President of the National Assembly of Quebec, Jacques Chagnon MNA, meeting with the Presiding Officer (7 October 2016)
• Speaker of the Senate of Canada, Hon George Furey QC, meetings with the Presiding Officer and Scottish Parliament officials (12 & 13 October 2016)
• Ambassador of Romania, HE Dan Mihalache, meeting with the Presiding Officer (13 October 2016)
• Committee for Education in the Parliament of Flanders, meetings with Members of the Education and Skills Committee and Scottish Parliament officials (27 October 2016)
• House of Councillors Research Centre, Parliament of Morocco, meetings with Members and Scottish Parliament officials (27 & 28 October 2016)
• Assistant Clerk Procedures & Usher of the Black Rod, Richard Willis, Parliament of Victoria, Australia and Deputy Clerk, Rafael Gonzalez-Montero, House of Representatives, New Zealand Parliament, meetings with Scottish Parliament officials (1-3 November 2016)
• Ambassador of Azerbaijan, HE Tahir Taghizadeh, meeting with the Presiding Officer (9 November 2016)
• Scottish Peers’ Association of the House of Lords, meeting with the Presiding Officer (10 November 2016)
• Speaker, Mr Asad Qaiser MPA, and Members of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, meetings with the Presiding Officer, MSPs and Scottish Parliament officials (9 & 10 November 2016)
• Ambassador of Iceland, HE Thórdur Aegir Óskarsson, meetings with the Presiding Officer and MSPs (22 November 2016)
• Ambassador of Sweden, HE Torbjörn Sohlström, meetings with the Presiding Officer and MSPs (24 November 2016)
• Council of Representatives of Iraq, meetings with MSPs and Scottish Parliament officials (1 December 2016)
• British High Commissioner to Malawi, HE Holly Tett, meetings with the Deputy Presiding Officer, Linda Fabiani MSP, and MSPs (7 December 2016)
• Pacific Alliance Parliamentary Delegation, meetings with the Deputy Presiding Officer, Linda Fabiani MSP, MSPs and Scottish Parliament officials (8 December 2016)
• High Commissioner of Canada, HE Janice Charette, meeting with the Presiding Officer (13 December 2016)
2016 outward engagements:
• CPA, BIMR conference, Jersey, attended by Margaret Mitchell MSP (15-18 May 2016)
• BIPA 52nd Plenary, Dublin, attended by John Scott MSP, Ross Greer MSP and Willie Coffey MSP (3-5 July 2016)
• CPA, BIMR, CWP Steering Committee meeting, Cardiff, attended by Margaret Mitchell MSP (14 October 2016)
• Presiding Officer meetings with the Speaker of the Flemish Parliament and the President of the Belgian House of Representatives, Brussels, (20 & 21 October 2016)
• CPA parliamentary strengthening conference, Malawi, attended by Liam McArthur MSP (4-11 November 2016)
• Commonwealth Youth Parliament conference, British Columbia, attended by Kate Forbes MSP (6-10 November 2016)
• BIPA 53rd Plenary, Cardiff, attended by Deputy Presiding Officer, Linda Fabiani MSP, John Scott MSP, Ross Greer MSP and Willie Coffey MSP (27-29 November 2016)
• CPA, CWP meeting, London, attended by Margaret Mitchell MSP (16 December 2016)
2017 inward engagements:
• Agent General of the Quebec, Christos Sorros, meeting with the Deputy Presiding Officer, Christine Grahame MSP (9 January 2017)
• Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, Rt Hon David Carter MP, and David Wilson, Clerk of the House, meetings with the Presiding Officer, Deputy Presiding Officers, MSPs and Scottish Parliament officials (15 & 16 January 2017)
• Secretary General of the Community of Democracies, Ambassador Maria Leissner, meetings with the Deputy Presiding Officer, Linda Fabiani MSP, and the Convener of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee (31 January 2017)
• Members of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, meetings with MSPs and Scottish Parliament officials (1 & 2 February 2017)
• President of the Senate of Argentina, Federico Pinedo, meeting with the Presiding Officer (2 February 2017)
• Ceann Comhairle (Speaker) of the Dáil Éireann, Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD, meeting with the Presiding Officer (6 February 2017)
• Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, Lord McFall of Alcluith, meeting with the Deputy Presiding Officer, Christine Grahame MSP, (6 February 2017)
• Ambassador of Hungary, HE Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky, meeting with the Presiding Officer (23 February 2017)
• Committee on Economy, Budget and Finance, Parliament of Montenegro, meetings with the Deputy Presiding Officer, Linda Fabiani MSP, MSPs and Scottish Parliament officials (23 & 24 February 2017)
• Roads and Transportation Committee, Senate of the Parliament of Kenya, meetings with Convener and Members of the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee, Scottish Parliament officials and Transport Scotland officials (8 & 9 March 2017)
• CPA Chairperson and Speaker of the Parliament of Bangladesh, Hon Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury MP, and Secretary-General of the CPA, Mr Akbar Khan, meeting with the Presiding Officer and MSPs (14 March 2017)
• Canada-UK Inter-Parliamentary Association and Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association, meeting with members of the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee and Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Relations Committee (16 & 17 March 2017)
• Members of the House of Representatives, Jordan and the House of Representatives, Morocco, meetings with the Presiding Officer and Scottish Parliament officials (24 & 25 March 20917)
• Consul General of China, Pan Xinchun, meeting with both Deputy Presiding Officers (28 March 2017)
• Ambassador of Poland, HE Arkady Rzegocki, meeting with the Presiding Officer (30 March 2017)
• Minister for Canadian Relations and the Canadian Francophonie & Government House Leader, Government of Quebec, Mr Jean-Marc Fournier, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer, Linda Fabiani MSP, and Bruce Crawford MSP, Convener of the Finance and Constitution Committee (19 April 2017)
• Members of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, meetings with MSPs and Scottish Parliament officials (26 & 27 April 2017)
• President of the Cantonal Parliament of Zurich, Dr Rolf Steiner, and Members of the Management Select Committee, meeting with the Presiding Officer, MSPs and Scottish Parliament officials (27 April 2017)
• Secretary General and senior officials of the Secretariat of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, meeting with the Clerk/Chief Executive and Scottish Parliament officials (28 April 2017)
• Consul General of India, Ms Anju Ranjan, meeting with the Presiding Officer (2 May 2017)
• Ambassador of Norway, HE Mona Juul, meeting with the Presiding Officer (9 May 2017)
• Presiding Officer and Clerk/Chief Executive videoconference evidence session with the Senate Modernisation Committee of the Parliament of Canada (17 May 2017)
• Ambassador of Israel, HE Mark Regev, meeting with the Presiding Officer (18 May 2017)
• His Royal Highness Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, meeting with the Presiding Officer (23 May 2017)
• John Smith Fellows, meeting with the Presiding Officer and MSPs (24 May 2017)
• President of the Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Muhterem Aras MdL, and Members of the Executive Committee, meeting with the Presiding Officer and the Conveners and Members of the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee and the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Relations Committee (25 May 2017)
• Ambassador of Armenia, HE Armen Sarkissian, meeting with the Presiding Officer (31 May 2017)
• Boston College students, meetings with parliamentary officials (22 June 2017)
• Emory University students, meetings with Scottish Parliament officials (27 June 2017)
• UK Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Charles Hay, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer, Christine Grahame MSP (29 June 2017)
• Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan, meeting with Ash Denham MSP and Scottish Parliament officials (27 July 20917)
• Parliament of Sweden (Riksdag) Committee on the Labour Market, meeting with Economy, Jobs & Fair Work Committee (7 September 2017)
• Ambassador of Georgia, HE Tamar Beruchashvili, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP (21 September 2017)
• Members of the Assembly of Macedonia and civil society organisations, meeting with MSPs and Scottish Parliament officials (27 September 2017)
• Llywydd (Presiding Officer) of the National Assembly for Wales, Elin Jones AM, meeting with the Presiding Officer and Scottish Parliament officials (28 September 2017)
• High Commissioner of Namibia, Steve Vemunavi Katjiunjo, meeting with the Presiding Officer (26 October 2017)
• Members and officials of the Natural Resources and Climate Change Commission of the National Assembly of Venezuela, meetings with Graeme Dey MSP, Emma Harper MSP and Scottish Parliament officials (26 October 2017)
• Members of Legislative Assemblies from the Southern States of India, meeting with Joan McAlpine MSP, Convener of the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Relations Committee and Scottish Parliament officials (31 October 2017)
• Members of the Parliament of Sweden, meeting with Members of the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Relations Committee and Scottish Parliament officials (1 November 2017)
• Members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, meeting with Scottish Parliament officials (2 November 2017)
• Members of the NTL`s trade union in the Parliament of Norway, meeting with Scottish Parliament officials (4 November 2017)
• Members of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, meetings with Scottish Parliament officials (8 & 9 November 2017)
• Members of the House of Representatives Committee on the Thematic Evaluation of Public Policies, Parliament of Morocco, meeting with Members of the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee and Scottish Parliament officials (8 & 9 November 2017)
• John Smith Fellows, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer, Linda Fabiani MSP, and Stewart Stevenson MSP (15 November 2017)
• Ambassador of Estonia, HE Tiina Intelmann, meeting with the Presiding Officer and evidence session with the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Relations Committee (16 November 2017)
• Chair of the Arctic Circle and Former President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragner Grimsson, meeting with the Presiding Officer (21 November 2017)
• Ambassador of Ukraine, HE Natalie Galibarenko, meeting with the Presiding Officer (23 November 2017)
• Ambassador of Bosnia & Herzegovina, HE Branko T. Neskovic, meeting with the Presiding Officer (23 November 2017)
• Speaker of the House of Commons, Rt Hon John Bercow MP, and Llywydd (Presiding Officer) of the National Assembly for Wales, Elin Jones AM, Tri-lateral meeting with the Presiding Officer (24 November 2017)
• Ambassador of France, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, meeting with the Presiding Officer (30 November 2017)
• Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Hon. Dr Darryl Plecas MLA, meetings with the Presiding Officer and the meeting with the Deputy Presiding Officer, Linda Fabiani MSP (6 December 2017)
• Chief Rabbi to the UK & Commonwealth, Ephraim Mirvis, meeting with the Presiding Officer and MSPs (13 December 2017)
• Consul General of Spain, Ricardo Martínez Vázquez, meeting with the Presiding Officer (13 December 2017)
• Members of the National Peoples Congress of China Standing Committee, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer, Linda Fabiani MSP (14 December 2017)
• Members of the Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan, meetings with MSPs and Scottish Parliament officials (14 December 2017)
• Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mr Asad Qaiser MPA, meeting with the Presiding Officer (21 December 2017)
2017 outward engagements:
• CPA CWP meeting, Wilton Park, England, attended by Margaret Mitchell MSP (24 February 2017)
• Presiding Officer ked visit to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, Winnipeg; both Chambers of the Parliament of Canada, Ottawa; and engagements in New York City, accompanied by Clare Adamson MSP; and Edward Mountain MSP (2-9 April 2017)
• CPA BIMR CWP annual conference, Cardiff, attended by Gillian Martin MSP and Rhoda Grant MSP
• BIMR Conference, Gibraltar, attended by (6-8 April 2017) Bruce Crawford MSP, Margaret Mitchell MSP, Elaine Smith MSP and Tavish Scott MSP (21-24 May 2017)
• CPA Caribbean Region Conference, St. Kitts & Nevis, attended by Kenneth Gibson MSP (19-23 June 2017):
• CPA Modern Slavery Project, Africa Regional Workshop, Entebbe, Uganda, attended by Ash Denham MSP (4-6 July 2017)
• Presiding Officer led visit to the Parliament of Bavaria, Bayerischer Landtag, Munich, accompanied by Graeme Dey MSP, Joan McAlpine MSP and Gordon Lindhurst MSP (10-11 July 2017)
• BIPA 54th Plenary Conference, Kilkenny, Ireland, attended by James Dornan MSP, Gordon MacDonald MSP, John Scott MSP, Pauline McNeill MSP and Ross Greer MSP (16-18 July 2017)
• BIPA Committee B meeting, Brussels, attended by John Scott MSP (25 September 2017)
• BIPA Steering Committee meeting, Jersey, attended by Deputy Presiding Officer, Linda Fabiani MSP (27-29 September 2017):
• CPA BIMR CWP Steering Committee meeting, London, attended by Margaret Mitchell MSP
• BIPA, 55th Plenary Conference, Liverpool, attended by Linda Fabiani MSP, John Scott MSP and Ross Greer MSP (15-17 October 2017)
• CPA Canadian Parliamentary Seminar, Ottawa, Canada, attended by Kate Forbes MSP (15-21 October 2017)
• CPA Commonwealth Plenary Conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh, attended by James Dornan MSP and Elaine Smith MSP (1-8 November 2017)
2018 inward engagements:
• Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, the Hon Dave Levac MPP, meeting with the Presiding Officer (16 January 2018)
• Parliament of Canada, interns, meeting with the Presiding Officer and Scottish Parliament officials (18 January 2018).
• Ambassador of Croatia, HE Igor Pokaz, meeting with the Presiding Officer (31 January 2018)
• President of the Parliament of Wallonia, André Antoine, meeting with the Presiding Officer (21 February 2018)
• Ambassador of Ukraine, HE Natalia Galibarenko, meeting with the Presiding Officer (20 March 2018)
• Ambassador of Israel, HE Mark Regev, meeting with the Presiding Officer (24 April 2018)
• Ambassador of Switzerland, HE Alexandre Fasel, meeting with the Presiding Officer (25 April 2018)
• President of Malawi, HE Arthur Peter Mutharika, meeting with the Presiding (26 April 2018)
• Ambassador of Belgium, HE Rudolf Huygelen, meeting with the Presiding Officer (8 May 2018)
• Ambassador of Italy, HE Raffaele Trombetta, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP (10 May 2018)
• Ambassador of Thailand, HE Pisanu Suvanajata, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani (11 May 2018)
• General Representative of the Government of Flanders, Nic Van Der Marliere, meeting with MSPs and Scottish Parliament Officials (15 May 2018)
• Members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Iceland (Alþingi)and the Ambassador of Iceland, HE Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson, meeting with the Presiding Officer; the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Relations Committee and the Finance and Constitution Committee (17 May 2018)
• Members from the Committee on Members Rights, Interests and Privileges of the National Assembly of Botswana meeting with MSPs and officials (21 & 22 May 2018)
• Ambassador of Lithuania, HE Renatus Norkus, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP (29 May 2018)
• Members from the Equity and Parity Working Group of the House of Representatives, Morocco, meeting with MSPs (5 June 2018)
• Andrew RT Davies AM, Member of the National Assembly for Wales, meeting with Members of the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee (7 June 2018)
• Members of the Committee for Internal & European Affairs of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern meeting with the Culture, Tourism, Europe & External Affairs Committee and the Minister for International Development & Europe, Dr Alasdair Allan MSP (7 June 2018)
• Officials from the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada meeting with Scottish Parliament officials (11 June 2018)
• President of the Legislative Council of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia, Hon Bruce Atkinson MLC, meeting with the Presiding Officer (12 June 2018)
• Officials from the Secretariat of the Parliament of Ukraine (Verkhovna Rada) and civil society organisations meeting with Scottish Parliament officials (12-13 June 2018)
• Chairman of the Parliament of Ukraine (Verkhovna Rada), Mr Andriy Parubiy MP, meeting with the Presiding Officer (14 June 2018)
• Members of the Committee on Economic Affairs & Energy, Parliament of Germany (Bundestag) meeting with the Culture, Tourism, Europe & External Relations Committee and the Economy, Jobs & Fair Work Committee (20 June 2018)
• Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, Joy Burch MLA, meeting with the Presiding Officer and cross-party MSPs (21 June 2018)
• Members of the Constitution and Law Committee of the Senate of the Czech Republic meeting with members of the Justice Committee and Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee (26 June 2018)
• Deputy Minister of Global Affairs for Canada, Ian Shugart, and the High Commissioner of Canada, HE Janice Charette, meeting with the Presiding Officer (27 June 2018)
• Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly, Mr Nils Clarke MLA, meeting with officials (29 June 2018)
• Delegation of staff from the US Congress meeting with the Presiding Officer and Scottish Parliament officials (2 July 2018)
• Consul General of Italy, Fabio Monaco, meeting with the Presiding Officer (August 2018)
• President (Speaker) of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic, Mr Radek Vondráček, meeting with the Deputy Presiding Officer Christine Grahame MSP (14 August 2018)
• Parliament of Norway (Stortinget) Standing Committee on Local Government and Public Administration meeting with Alexander Stewart MSP and Graham Simpson MSP of the Local Government and Communities Committee (27 August 2018).
• Delegation of Mayors from the Association of Municipalities, Catalonia, meeting with the Convenor of the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Relations Committee (28 August 2018)
• Members of the Budget and Finance Committee of the State Parliament of Rheinland-Pfalz and President Hendrik Hering, meeting with Clerks from the Finance and Constitution Committee and Kate Forbes MSP, Minister for Public Finance & Digital Economy (29 August 2018)
• Members of the Rural Districts and Islands Committee of the Parliament of Denmark (Folketing) meeting with John Mason MSP, Stewart Stevenson MSP and Richard Lyle MSP from the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee (30 August 2018)
• Members of the Petitions Committees of the State Parliaments of Thuringia and Sachsen-Anhalt meeting with Clerks from the Public Petitions Committee and other Scottish Parliament officials (3 September 2018)
• Senator Bernard Delcros and a group of French Mayors from the Department of Cantal meeting with Scottish Parliament officials (12 September 2018)
• Members of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region meeting with officials from the Parliamentary Business Team and Clerks from the Culture, Tourism, Europe & External Affairs Committee (13 September 2018)
• Members and officials from the National Assembly of Armenia meeting with Bill Bowman MSP, Public Audit and Post Legislative Scrutiny Committee, and Scottish Parliament officials (18 & 19 September 2018)
• Students from Duke University, North Carolina meeting with Scottish Parliament officials (1 November 2018)
• Consul General for Japan, Nozomu Takaoka, meeting with the Presiding Officer (1 November 2018)
• Members and officials from the National Assembly of Venezuela meeting with Members of the Equalities and Human Rights Committee and Parliament officials (7 November 2018).
• Fellows from the John Smith Trust meeting with the Deputy Presiding Officer, Linda Fabiani MSP, cross party MSPs and Scottish Parliament officials. Nations represented included Kazhakstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan (8 November 2018)
• Ambassador of Ireland, HE Adrian O'Neill, meeting with the Presiding Officer (15 November 2018)
• Delegation from the FCO International Leaders Programme meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Christine Grahame MSP. Nations represented included India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Lebanon, Malaysia & Kyrgyzstan (21 November 2018)
• Ambassador of the Russian Federation, HE Alexander Vladimirovich Yakovenko, meeting with the Presiding Officer (29 November 2018)
2018 outward engagements:
• Presiding Officer, Johann Lamont MSP and Clare Haughey MSP represented the Scottish Parliament during the 20th annual New York Tartan Day Parade (7th April 2018)
• Presiding Officer meeting with the President of the National Assembly of Québec, Mr Jacques Chagnon MLA, and other Assembly Members (9 April 2018)
• Presiding Officer, Johann Lamont MSP & Clare Haughey MSP meeting with officials from the Office of the Mayor, Washington DC (11 April 2018)
• Presiding Officer, Johann Lamont MSP & Clare Haughey MSP meeting with officials from the Future of Privacy Forum, Washington DC (11 April 2018)
• CHOGM Women’s Forum, London attended by Margaret Mitchell MSP (16-18 April 2018)
• CPA BIMR CWP Annual Conference and Steering Committee, London, attended by Margaret Mitchell MSP (27 April 2018)
• CPA BIMR Election Observing Mission, Jersey attended by Jeremy Balfour MSP (13-18 May 2018)
• BIPA 56th Plenary, Sligo, Ireland, attended by Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP, John Scott MSP, Ross Greer MSP & Christina McKelvie MSP (10-12 June 2018)
• CPA BIMR Annual General Meeting, London, attended by Margaret Mitchell MSP (25 June 2018)
• Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani and member of the Equalities & Human Rights Committee, Mary Fee MSP, attended the 'Gender Sensitive Parliaments' Workshop at the Parliament of Catalonia (17 September 2018).
• Convener of the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee, Gillian Martin MSP, and Mark Ruskell MSP attended the Arctic Circle Assembly, Reykjavík (18-21 October 2018)
• BIPA 57th Plenary, London and Romford attended by Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani, Willie Coffey, John Scott, Pauline McNeill and Ross Greer (21 – 23 October 2018)
• Maurice Corry MSP met with the Chairperson of the CWP, Dr Noraini Ahmad, London (6 November 2018)
• CPA Executive Committee meeting, London, attended by Stuart McMillan MSP (6-8 November 2018)
2019 inward engagements:
• Dr Gabriele Andretta, President of the State Parliament of Lower Saxony, meeting with the Presiding Officer (9 January 2019)
• Consul General of Spain, Miguel Ángel Vecino Quintana, meeting with the Presiding Officer (9th January 2019)
• Consul General of Romania, Anton-Emmanuel Barbu, meeting with the Presiding Officer (15th January 2019)
• Hon Maxovonno Thomas AM and officials from the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Assembly of Turks & Caicos Islands, meeting with Members of the Public Audit & Post Legislative Scrutiny Committee (24 January 2019)
• Delegation of MPs from the Parliament of Lebanon meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP and MSPs (28 - 29 January 2019)
• Consul General of India, Anju Ranjan, meeting with the Presiding Officer (31 January 2019)
• A delegation from the Lebanon Women Political Leaders project meeting with Scottish Parliament officials (4 – 5 February 2019)
• Consul General of China, Pan Xinchun, meeting with the Presiding Officer and Dean Lockhart MSP & Mary Fee MSP, co-conveners of the Cross Party Group on China (7 February 2019)
• Ambassador of Romania, HE Dan Mihalache, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Christine Grahame (21 February 2019)
• Ambassador of Norway, HE Wegger Christian Strømmen, meeting with the Presiding Officer (21 February 2019)
• Delegation of MPs and officials from the Parliament of Kazakhstan meeting with Scottish Parliament officials (26 February 2019)
• President of Tynwald, the Hon Stephen Rodan MLC, meeting with the Presiding Officer and Members from the Public Audit and Post Legislative Scrutiny Committee (27-28 February 2019)
• Head of the Palestinian Mission, HE Dr Husam Zomlot, meeting with the Presiding Officer (7 March 2019)
• Ambassador of Italy, HE Raffaele Trombetta, meeting with the Presiding Officer (12 March 2019)
• Ambassador of Finland, HE Päivi Luostarinen, meeting with the Presiding Officer (13 March 2019)
• Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Hon Ted Arnott MPP, meeting with the Presiding Officer, Liam McArthur MSP and Gail Ross MSP (13-14 March 2019)
• Education and Research Committee from the Parliament of Norway (Stortinget) meeting with Members from the Scottish Parliament's Education Committee (19 March 2019)
• President of the Assembly of North Macedonia, Talat Xhaferi MP, accompanied by a delegation of MPs and officials, meeting with the Presiding Officer (21-22 March)
• Norway’s Minister of Culture and Equality, Trine Skei Grande, and the Ambassador, HE Wegger Strømmen, meeting with the Presiding Officer and the Convener and Members of the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee (26 March 2019)
• Human Resources officials from the House of Representatives, Jordan, meeting with Scottish Parliament officials (1 – 2 April 2019)
• Deputy Minister-President of Bavaria, Hubert Aiwanger, meeting with parliament officials (17 April 2019)
• Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, meeting with the Presiding Officer (30 April 2019)
• Speaker of the Parliament of Tasmania House of Assembly, Hon Sue Hickey MP, meeting with the Presiding Officer, MSPs and officials (9 May 2019)
• Principal Officer of the US Consulate, Ellen Wong, meeting with the Presiding Officer (15 May 2019)
• Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria, Hon Colin Brooks MP, meeting with the Presiding Officer and other MSPs (16 May 2019)
• Students from Lund University, Sweden meeting with Maurice Golden MSP, Deputy Convener of the Cross Party Group on Nordic Countries, and Scottish Parliament officials (21 May 2019)
• Members of the Provincial Assemblies of Sindh & Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan meeting with John Finnie MSP, Rona Mackay MSP, Claudia Beamish MSP, Johann Lamont MSP & Rhoda Grant MSP (21-22 May 2019)
• Consul General of Turkey, Mr Nafi Cemal Tosyalı, meeting with the Presiding Officer (23rd May 2019)
• Fellows from the John Smith Trust representing Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia & Ukraine meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani, Ruth Davidson MSP, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Alasdair Allan MSP, Alexander Burnett MSP and Claire Baker MSP, and Scottish Parliament officials (4 June 2019)
• Ambassador of Turkey, HE Ümit Yalçın, meeting with the Presiding Officer (27 June 2019)
• Delegation from the US House Democracy Partnership meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer, Christine Grahame MSP (6 August 2019)
• Ambassador of Serbia, HE Aleksandra Joksimović, meeting with the Presiding Officer (27 August 2019)
• Consul General of France, Emmanuel Cocher, meeting with the Presiding Officer (27 August 2019)
• Consul General of Germany, Barbara Quick, meeting with the Presiding Officer (5 September 2019)
• Consul General of Ireland, Jane McCulloch, meeting with the Presiding Officer (10 September 2019)
• Consul General of France, Laurence Païs, meeting with the Presiding Officer (11 September 2019)
• Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann, Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD, meeting with the Presiding Officer and parliament officials (19 September 2019)
• Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan, HE Edil Baisalov, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Christine Grahame MSP (19 September 2019)
• Members of the Committee for Federal and European Affairs and Regional Development from the Parliament of Lower Saxony, meeting with Members of the Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee (20 September 2019)
• Ambassador of Finland, HE Markku Keinänen, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP (26 September 2019)
• Lebanon’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Gerban Bassil, and the Ambassador of Lebanon, HE Rami Mortada, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP (2 October 2019)
• Senior UK Desk Officer at the US State Department, Katy Bondy, and US Consulate Principal Officer, Ellen Wong, meeting with members of the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (21 October 2019)
• Members of Republic of Korea’s National Assembly Public Information Centre meeting with Scottish Parliament officials (24 October 2019)
• President of the Parliament of Bavaria, Ilse Aigner MdL, meeting with the Presiding Officer (28 October 2019)
• Ambassador of Tajikistan, HE Masud Khalifazoda, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer, Christine Grahame MSP (29 October 2019)
• Chinese Consul General, Ma Qiang, meeting with the Presiding Officer (30 October 2019)
• High Commissioner of Namibia, HE Linda Scott, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Christine Grahame MSP (31 October 2019).
• Members of the Senate of the State of California meeting with MSPs and Scottish Parliament officials (4-5 November 2019)
• Fellows from the John Smith Trust representing Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP, MSPs and Scottish Parliament officials (5 November 2019)
• Members of the Standing Committee on Justice, Parliament of Norway (Storting), meeting with the Justice Committee (6 November 2019)
• Students from Duke University, North Carolina, USA meeting with Scottish Parliament officials (7 November 2019)
• Ireland’s Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney TD, meeting with the Presiding Officer and MSPs (13 November 2019)
• Consul General of Spain, Ignacio Cartagena Núñez, meeting with the Presiding Officer (13 November 2019)
• Consul General of India, Hitesh Rajpal, meeting with the Presiding Officer (20 November 2019).
• German Consul General, Barbara Quick, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer, Linda Fabiani MSP (28 November 2019)
• President of the Parliament of Catalonia, Rt Hon Roger Torrent, meeting with the Presiding Officer, MSPs and Scottish Parliament officials (28 November 2019)
• Consul General of Japan, Nozomu Takaoka, meeting with the Presiding Officer (11 December 2019)
2019 outward engagements:
• 100th Anniversary of the First Sitting of the Dáil Éireann, Dublin attended by the Presiding Officer (21 January 2019)
• Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP and Liam McArthur MSP participation in annual New York Tartan Day Parade (6 April 2019)
• Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Hon. Ted Arnott MPP, and Assembly Clerk, Todd Decker, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP and Liam McArthur MSP (9 April 2019)
• BIPA 58th Plenary, County Wicklow, Ireland attended by Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani, John Scott MSP & Pauline McNeill MSP (12-14 May 2019)
• 48th CPA, BIMR Conference, Guernsey attended by Stuart McMillan MSP, Margaret Mitchell MSP, Claire Baker MSP & Tavish Scott MSP (20-22 May 2019)
• CPA BIMR CWP, Cyprus attended by Margaret Mitchell MSP (12-15 June 2019)
• Presiding Officer; Clare Adamson MSP, Convener of Education and Skills Committee; and Gordon Lindhurst MSP, Convener of the Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee, visited the State Parliament of Lower Saxony, Hannover (21 June 2019)
• BIPA Committee D (Environment and Social) meeting attended by Pauline McNeill MSP, Cardiff (24 June 2019)
• BIPA Steering Committee meeting attended by Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP, Guernsey (18-20 September 2019)
• CPA BIMR CWP Annual Conference, Jersey attended by Margaret Mitchell MSP, Claire Baker MSP and Jenny Gilruth MSP (19-21 September 2019)
• Arctic Circle Assembly, Reykjavík, Iceland attended by the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee Convener, Gillian Martin MSP, and Deputy Convener, Finlay Carson MSP (10-13 October 2019)
• Presiding Officer; Ruth Maguire MSP, Convener of the Equalities and Human Rights Committee; and Mark Ruskell MSP, Member of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, visited the Parliament of Sweden (Riksdag) (21-22 October 2019)
• 59th BIPA Plenary, Warwickshire, attended by Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP and Ross Greer MSP (21-22 October 2019)
• Deputy Presiding Officer, Christine Grahame MSP, and Convener of the Public Petitions Committee, Johann Lamont MSP, visited the Parliament of Flanders (Vlaams Parliament) and Belgium’s Chamber of Representatives, Brussels (23-25 October 2019)
2020 inward engagements:
• Visit by the Secretary Generals of the Parliament of Finland and Legislative Director and Special Adviser at the Prime Minister´s Office (14 January 2020)
• Delegation from the Overseas Office of the House of Commons. Meeting with parliamentary officials (21 January 2020)
• Delegation from the German-British Parliamentary Group of the State Parliament North Rhine-Westphalia. Meeting with committee conveners and parliamentary officials (29 January 2020)
• Consul General of the Russian Federation, Mr Andrey Yakovlev, meeting with the Presiding Officer (6 February 2020)
• Hitesh Rajpal, Consul General of India, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP (19 February 2020)
• HE Catherine Colonna, Ambassador of France, meeting with the Presiding Officer (20 February 2020)
• HE Wegger Chr. Strømmen, Ambassador of Norway, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP (20 February 2020)
• Members of the Majlis al Shura, Bahrain, meeting with MSPs and parliamentary officials (25 February 2020)
• The Hon John Ajaka MLC, President of the Legislative Council of New South Wales and Vice-Chair of the CPA Executive Committee, meeting with the Presiding Officer and MSPs (25 February 2020)
• Meeting of Speakers and Presiding Officers of Scotland, UK, Wales and Northern Ireland (28 February 2020)
• Rt Hon Catherine Hara MP, Speaker of the Parliament of Malawi, meeting with Presiding Officer, MSPs and parliamentary officials (4-5 March 2020)
• HE Simon Smits, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, meeting with Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP (10 March 2020)
• Members of the Bangsamoro Parliament, Philippines, meeting with the Presiding Officer and MSPs (10 March 2020)
2020 outward engagements:
There were no outward engagements.
2020 virtual engagements:
• Participation of Margaret Mitchell MSP in CPA roundtable discussion on ‘COVID-19 and Parliamentary Democracy post Quarantine’ (18 June 2020)
• Members and President of the Ukraine Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) participation in online conference re Strategic Planning. Participation by parliamentary officials (23 June 2020)
• Deputy Presiding Officer, Linda Fabiani MSP, discussion with Ilse Aigner MdL, President of the Bavarian State Parliament (23 June 2020)
• Presiding Officer meeting with the Irish Consul General (9 July 2020)
• Jeremy Balfour MSP discussion with the CPA on ‘How Parliaments can be made more accessible for Members with disabilities’ (6 August 2020)
• Stuart McMillan MSP meeting of the CPA Executive Committee (18 August 2020)
• MSP participation in a CPA virtual Election Observation Mission training session (10 September 2020)
• CPA Scotland Branch Executive Committee members participated in the virtual CPA British Islands & Mediterranean Region Regional Conference (24 September 2020)
• Participation by Margaret Mitchell MSP and Claire Baker MSP in the virtual CPA Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians regional meeting hosted by the Parliament of Malta (24 September 2020)
• Participation by Parliament officials in virtual discussions organised by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy on strategic planning and on business resilience (25 September 2020)
• Participation by Gillian Martin MSP, Convener of the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee, in a virtual Q&A session arranged by the Arctic Circle (6 October 2020)
• Participation by Margaret Mitchell MSP and Claire Baker MSP in a virtual CPA Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians discussion on COVID and violence against women and girls (29 October 2020)
• Virtual discussion between the Presiding Officer and the President of the State Parliament of Lower Saxony on parliamentary education and outreach work (3 November 2020)
• Virtual participation by the Deputy Presiding Officer, Linda Fabiani MSP, in a conference organised by the Parliament of Catalonia on gender sensitive parliaments (6 November 2020)
• Presiding Officer observed webinar discussion between the Nordic Council and the Secretary General of the UN on responding to COVID-19 (21 November 2020)
• Participation by Margaret Mitchell MSP in the virtual Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians regional meeting (3 December 2020)
• Participation by Angela Constance MSP in the virtual meeting of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (7 December 2020)
• Virtual meeting between Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP and Katia Segers, Member of the Flemish Parliament and Senator of the Belgian Federal Parliament, on the Young Women Lead programme (18 December 2020)
2021 virtual engagements:
• CPA BIMR CWP Conference attended by Margaret Mitchell MSP and Claire Baker MSP (7 January 2021)
• Presiding Officer discussion with the Rt Hon Trevor Mallard MP, Speaker of the New Zealand Parliament (26 January 2021)
• CPA CPwD discussion attended by Jeremy Balfour MSP (28 January 2021)
• Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP discussion with Mme Chantal Soucy MNA, Vice-President of the National Assembly of Quebec and Chair of the Circle of Women Members of the National Assembly (5 February 2021)
• Presiding Officer Q&A discussion with the Global Leadership Institute, Boston College (12 February 2021)
• BIPA Steering Committee meeting attended by Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP (17 February 2021)
• Participation by Deputy Presiding Officer (LF), John Scott MSP, Pauline McNeill MSP and Willie Coffey MSP at the first ever virtual plenary of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly, hosted by the Oireachtas. (22 February 2021)
• CPA BIMR CWP regional meeting attended by Margaret Mitchell MSP and Claire Baker MSP (25 & 26 February 2021)
• Presiding Officer discussion with the British & Irish Caucus, Harvard University (5 March 2021)
• Presiding Officer discussion with the Canada-Scotland Parliament Friendship Group (12 March 2021)
• Presiding Officer meeting with the Irish Consul General (17 March 2021)
• John Smith Trust meeting with the Deputy Presiding Officer Lewis Macdonald MSP and Scottish Parliament officials (19 March 2021)
• Presiding Officer discussion with Bertel Haarder MP, President of the Nordic Council (26 March 2021)
• Presiding Officer discussion with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (26 March 2021)