"Her election not once, but twice as one of the parliament's
deputy presiding officer was testimony to the regard and affection in which she was held.
The event will be chaired by current
deputy presiding officer Linda Fabiani, who added: "This event is for women who have never thought about standing for office, didn't think it was for them and didn't know that they had the power to make a positive difference - we need women from all backgrounds and communities to get involved."
Deputy Presiding Officer Elaine Smith will raise questions at Holyrood about the norovirus outbreak at Monklands hospital.
MORE forthright in his responding last week was the Assembly's
Deputy Presiding Officer David Melding, when called "acting
Deputy Presiding Officer" by Shadow Finance Minister Nick Ramsay.
Trish Godman MSP, the
Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, is the mother of Gary Mulgrew - one of three bankers jailed for 37 months for fraud in America.
Trish Godman,
deputy presiding officer at Holyrood, is the mother of Gary Mulgrew, one of the the three bankers jailed for 37 months last week.
The former
deputy presiding officer praised the Scottish Parliament's progress on women's representation but said:"It is not enough simply to celebrate [it]; the voices of women need to be heard and acted on [as] that will result in better policy, stronger laws and a more equal society.
Fabiani is seen as a popular choice from the SNP ranks and already sits as a
deputy presiding officer at Holyrood, chairing debates in the chamber.
We were joined on the day by parliamentarians Mhairi Black MP and Tom Arthur MSP,
deputy presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament Linda Fabiani MSP, Scottish Government Brexit and Constitution Secretary Michael Russell MSP and human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar and the majority of Renfrewshire's SNP councillors.
In the last term he was widely admired for the way he performed the
Deputy Presiding Officer's role.
First Minister Carwyn Jones and
Deputy Presiding Officer David Melding will jointly host the event.
That's the view of
Deputy Presiding Officer David Melding in a major new book published today.