THE Scottish Parliament is to spend £1.9million upgrading security in the wake of last year’s attack on the Canadian parliament by a lone gunman.
Security measures, including a new kiosk in a service yard to the rear of the Edinburgh complex, will be completed by May next year.
The decision was taken on the advice of the parliament’s security experts, who conducted a review following the attack on the Canadian parliament in October last year.
The cost will be met from existing budgets, Presiding Officer Tricia Marwick said.
A year ago, a gunman shot and killed a soldier at a war memorial before rampaging through the Canadian parliament in Ottawa
The attacker was killed by Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers.
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