What is Prorogation?

This marks the end of a parliamentary session. This is the time between the end of one session and the State Opening of Parliament which begins the next session.
This year the State Opening of Parliament for the 2008-09 session will take place on Wednesday 3rd December 2008.

Celebrate Edinburgh's libraries!

There's a week-long celebration of Edinburgh's libraries starting on Saturday 8th November. There's something for everyone in the programme, with walks, tours, hands-on sessions, poetry readings, politics, films, music and meet-and-greet-the-author sessions. Oh, and there'll be an Official Publications person (Elaine Simpson) to help you at the launch!