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What Parliament has talked about over time. Themes group tokens that consistently co-occur in motion/question/petition titles and Hansard agenda items; the year-by-year chart breaks any token down across the four sources.
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Tokens that consistently appear in the same titles, automatically grouped. Click the headline word to drill in.
been
authorities · local · spent · authority · broken · there +1
funding
fund · national · receives · allocated · lottery
glasgow
council · city · edinburgh · clyde · aberdeen
health
mental · care · social
order
amendment · regulations · draft · powers · budget · process +1
bill
stage · land · reform
business
motions · motion · bureau
subject
instruments · procedure · negative · annulment
people
young · children
school
primary · high · pupils · schools
when
expects · publish
development
protection · agency · environment · rural · department
petitions
continued · current
east
west · north · south · lanarkshire · ayrshire · lothian
service
prison · prisoners
report
annual · recommendations
into
research · inquiry
european
union · commission
police
force · officers
sector
organisations · voluntary
tuesday
wednesday · morning
average
times · waiting
enterprise
islands · highlands
body
corporate · officer
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award 3,735
congratulations 3,051
awards 2,961
business 2,942
school 2,776
community 2,769
glasgow 2,343
national 2,178
year 2,094
funding 2,055
bill 2,048
wins 2,038
motion 1,982
success 1,803
anniversary 1,752
approval 1,703
primary 1,520
draft 1,505
lottery 1,471
world 1,460
club 1,457
health 1,432
congratulating 1,416
aberdeen 1,400
week 1,400
centre 1,342
support 1,260
receives 1,234
years 1,230
young 1,198
west 1,178
order 1,165
project 1,147
international 1,106
care 1,074
people 1,066
east 1,056
regulations 1,039
service 1,026
edinburgh 1,012
celebrating 985
trust 985
awarded 971
council 964
charity 961
fund 952
children 942
services 938
programme 934
north 934
local 922
high 904
group 899
campaign 882
university 875
women 853
fife 846
youth 837
amendment 823
festival 816
report 815
best 804
awareness 801
public 786
cancer 772
lanarkshire 756
education 748
association 733
academy 705
college 697
food 697
football 694
team 689
schools 685
celebrates 673
action 663
named 662
lothian 656
housing 616
raises 614
social 607
royal 570
lead 569
grant 569
future 564
foundation 553
park 546
designation 538
orkney 538
city 523
work 517
development 512
energy 508
supporting 507
gold 503
green 498
protection 470
mental 467
dundee 465
life 463
Volume over time
"life" mentioned 1,002 times across 28 years
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Motions
Questions
Petitions
Hansard
837 motions mention life
- Anne Speake Awarded Honorary Life Membership of Enable Scotland S6M-21200 · 25 Mar 2026
- Allan Massie, a Tribute to His Contribution to Scotland’s Literary and Public Life S6M-20961 · 03 Mar 2026
- Glasgow Pupils Bring Anne Frank’s Story to Life for Local Community S6M-20951 · 02 Mar 2026
- Hugh McCaig Honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award in Scottish Motorsport S6M-20880 · 24 Feb 2026
- A Tribute to the Life of John Robertson S6M-20817 · 16 Feb 2026
- Fleet Bay Inshore Rescue Set to Splash Out on New Lifeboat Thanks to Lottery Grant S6M-20690 · 05 Feb 2026
- Acknowledging the Contributions of Sir Alexander Gibson and Lady Veronica Gibson to Scotland’s Musical and Cultural Life S6M-20577 · 27 Jan 2026
- Yacht Rescued by Brave Actions of RNLI Inshore Lifeboat Crew at Stranraer S6M-20457 · 15 Jan 2026
- North Berwick RNLI Volunteers Praised for Lifesaving Rescue S6M-20148 · 18 Dec 2025
- Aberdeen Academic Wins Lifetime Achievement Award in Hydrology S6M-20139 · 11 Dec 2025
- Celebrating the Life of Songwriter and Bard Robin Laing S6M-20109 · 10 Dec 2025
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - UK Legislation S6M-20037 · 09 Dec 2025
- The Leather Guild Fundraises for Helensburgh RNLI Lifeboat Station S6M-19888 · 24 Nov 2025
- Celebrating the Life of Martha McAllister S6M-19868 · 21 Nov 2025
- Sweet Partnership Between LifeCare Edinburgh and Lannan Bakery S6M-19746 · 17 Nov 2025
- Tribute to the Life and Work of Journalist David Gow S6M-19705 · 13 Nov 2025
- Kanzen for Life Wins People’s Choice Award S6M-19674 · 12 Nov 2025
- Celebrating the Success of the Dumfries and Galloway Life Awards S6M-19645 · 11 Nov 2025
- Mrs Brij Lata Gandhi MBE of Bearsden Receives Lifetime Achievement Award S6M-19643 · 11 Nov 2025
- Pro-Life Fitness Centre Raises £250,000 for Charity S6M-19617 · 11 Nov 2025
- Dying in Poverty at the End of Life in Scotland 2025 S6M-18624 · 06 Nov 2025
- Welcoming the Findings of Carnegie UK’s Life in the UK Index 2025 S6M-19526 · 04 Nov 2025
- Congratulating Lawrence Taylor of Bothwell, Lanarkshire, on Achieving his Lifelong Ambition by Graduating with a BA (Hons) from the Open University S6M-19490 · 03 Nov 2025
- Recognition of the Life of Cathrine McInnes S6M-19496 · 31 Oct 2025
- Celebrating Granny Mave’s Lifelong Dedication to Charity S6M-19420 · 29 Oct 2025