Dumpling in a Hanky

I was looking at some Bills on the Parliament website, and I wanted to find out more info about what some of the stages abbreviations meant. So I clicked on the link to take me to this page. And I was delighted to learn that 'ping pong' is a proper term, when discussing the progress of legislation through Parliament. PP - Ping Pong, where the bill passes back and forth between the two Houses debating amendments to the bill L - Commons' Amendments considered in the House of Lords C - Lords' Amendments considered in the House of Commons Brilliant -the mental images of members of the House of Lords and House of Commons playing Ping Pong in Parliament will keep me amused all day!! :-) Off to have flashbacks to Pong now!

I'll definitely be having a good look at the online archive of the proceedings of the Scottish Parliament , from the first surviving act of 1235 to its dissolution in 1707. It's been a huge amount of work (11 years), and looks very impressive! I used to like reading the 19th century reprints of the Acts which this work replaces, so this should make things a bit easier! Even found a few mentions of my family name...and attempts by a widow sharing my surname to be paid the money her husband was due fromt he Army, back in 1649. She got it ;-) Records of the Parliament of Scotland to 1707.

First mice , and now protesters ...it's really not been a good few days for the SP!