Bute House Agreement
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The Bute House Agreement, officially the Cooperation Agreement between the Scottish Government and the Scottish Green Party Parliamentary Group, was a power-sharing agreement between the Scottish Nati
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and the co-leaders of the Scottish Greens, Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater, outside Bute House on 30 August 2021
Green minister and co-leader Lorna Slater (second left) attends a meeting of the Scottish cabinet, 2023.
Nicola Sturgeon with Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater announcing the Bute House Agreement on 20 August 2021
Green co-leaders Lorna Slater (left) and Patrick Harvie (right) were appointed as ministers under the agreement
Third Sturgeon government
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Nicola Sturgeon formed the third Sturgeon government following her Scottish National Party's victory in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. Sturgeon was nominated by a vote of the 6th Scottish Parl
Sturgeon's cabinet socially distanced outside Bute House, 2021
The first meeting of the third Sturgeon government at St Andrews House, 2021
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon official portrait
Nicola Sturgeon 2021