Labour leader Ed Miliband, whose phrase "squeezed middle" - referring to those hit hardest by falling living standards - was word of the year in 2011, made the first recordeduse of omnishambles in the House of Commons in April.
"In Scotland a completely silent call is generated from the alarm and the operator does not speak, they listen in to what is happening in the house and the call is recorded for use as evidence, " said a spokeswoman.