Acts of Union 1707 Galleries of Scotland. ! colspan="2" style="background:#e9e9e9 text-align:left;"|Commissioner ! style="background:#e9e9e9 text-align:right;"|Constituency/Position ! style="background:#e9e9e9 text-align:right;"|Party ! style="background:#e9e9e9 text-align:right;"|Vote Acts of Union 1707 The Acts of Union were two Acts of Parliament: the Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act passed in 1707 by the Parliament of Scotland. They put into effect the terms of the Treaty of Union that had been agreed on 22 July 1706, following negotiation between commissioners representing the parliaments of the two countries. By the two Acts, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotlandwhich at the
Crime in the United Kingdom Crime in the United Kingdom Crime in the United Kingdom describes acts of violent crime and non-violent crime that take place within the United Kingdom. Courts and police systems are separated into three sections, based on the different judicial systems of England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Responsibility for crime in England and Wales is split between the Home Office, the government department responsible for reducing and preventing crime, along with law enforcement in the United Kingdom; and the Ministry of Justice, which runs the Justice system, including its courts and prisons. In Scotland, this responsibility falls on the