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Activities 2005
The Presiding Officer represents the Parliament at home and abroad. His representative role can range from attending Royal functions, delivering speeches at international conferences to receiving delegations from countries and regions in Europe and beyond.


7 December: Presenting the Prince's Trust Young Achiever of the Year award. Full story.	30 November: Accepting a gift from the Scottish Inter Faith Council on St Andrew's Day. More.	21 November: Addressing the Africa Caribbean Pacific - European Union Joint Parliamentary Assembly. More.

3 November: Addressing the Scotland-Malawi Partnership Conference. Full speech.	2 November: The Earl Haig Fund Scottish Poppy Appeal 2005 was marked at a Holyrood event. More.	4 October: With Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy recipients. Full coverage of the event.


7 September: At an event marking a public exhibition of the Declaration of Arbroath. More on the event.	25 August: Delivering the Donald Dewar Lecture 2005 at the Edinburgh Book Festival. Full text of speech.	7 August: Welcoming young people from around the world during the World Youth Congress. More.

28 April: Red Cross delegates from across Europe with Presiding Officer George Reid on the steps leading from the garden lobby to the chamber.