The Presiding Officer represents the Parliament at home and abroad. His representative role can range from attending Royal functions and delivering speeches at international conferences to receiving delegations from countries and regions in Europe and beyond. This page features examples of Presiding Officer George Reid's activities in 2007. Alex Fergusson MSP was elected as Presiding Officer for the Third Session of Parliament, in May 2007.

23 April 2007: Presiding Officer George Reid receives a decoration for strengthening cooperation with the Russian Federation. More details.		19 April: George Reid is given the Freedom of Clackmannanshire. Read more.		14 April: Leading the Tartan Day Parade in New York. Photo gallery.
April 2007: George Reid represents the Parliament at Tartan Week events in North America. More.		29 March: Second session came to a close with a Motion of Thanks to Presiding Officer George Reid.		24 March: Chairing a question and answer session at a sitting of the Scottish Youth Parliament.
January 2007: Opening the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum at the Scottish Parliament. More details.		January 2007: The Presiding Officer presented a statue of a Somme war hero to a school in Perthshire. More information.

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Giving the Stevenson Lecture at the University of Glasgow (pdf)
Visiting Canada, including the Legislative Assemblies of Toronto and Ontario
Visiting Ireland with a delegation of MSPs
Speech to the Congress of Heraldic and Genealogical Science in St Andrews
Chairing the "Our Voice on Europe" Youth Forum
Leading the Scottish Parliament's delegation at Tartan Week
Speaking at the World Government Leaders' Forum in Lisbon
The Scotland-Malawi Partnership Conference
The Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Symposium
Speaking at the Worldwide Forum on e-Democracy in Paris
An event marking the Scottish Poppy Appeal 2005
Education work with the Parliament's MSPs in Schools project
March 2007: Speech at the University of Glasgow (pdf)
Burns Night celebration at Holyrood
Activities in 2006