On 14 March Dr Bill Wilson, MSP for West of Scotland, asked the Scottish Government whether it had made any representation to the UK Government regarding upgrading the Scots language to Part III status in the Council of Europe Charter for Regional and Minority Languages. The Minister, Fiona Hyslop, replied that there was still some work to be done on meeting the provisions of Part II status for Scots and that these would first need to be completed before the requirements of Part III could be looked at.