Subjects relating to Gaelic life and culture have often been covered by various UK and Scottish Parliamentary publications.

Here is a time line of major legislation and parliamentary reports concerning Gaelic Education.  Other subjects, such as Crofting and Fishing, are also covered in our collections of government publications.

Date	Parliamentary Paper
1616	Act in Privy Council to establish a school in every Parish
1877 (99)	Return of the names of School Bs in Scotland to which Circular of Education Dept regarding Instruction in Gaelic Language, May 1876, was addressed
1803	Act
1811	Report on the state of the Highlands
1812	Edinburgh Society for Support of Gaelic Schools. 1st report.
1838	Act to facilitate the foundation and endowment of additional schools in Scotland (Highland Schools Act)
1864	Royal Commission to enquire into Schools in Scotland (Argyll Commission) established
1865	Education Commission, Scotland, Report on Schools in Scotland
1865	Royal Commission to enquire into Schools in Scotland (Argyll Commission) First Report [xvii,i]
1866	Sheriff Nicholson’s Report on the state of Education in the Hebrides
1867	Royal Commission to enquire into Schools in Scotland (Argyll Commission) Second Report [xxv.i] [xxv.305] [xxv.i]
1872	Education Scotland Act
1873	Act for the better provision respecting certain sums payable to schoolmasters of Highland Schools (Highland Schools Act)
1884	Report on Highland Schools by Henry Craick

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