Information between 22nd March 2023 - 16th December 2025
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20 Mar 2025, 10:22 a.m. - House of Commons "victims. I know the Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has pledged to " Lucy Rigby KC MP, The Solicitor-General (Northampton North, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Mar 2025, 9:31 p.m. - House of Commons "Anas Sarwar said, under 22 is found " Lillian Jones MP (Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Apr 2025, 11:55 a.m. - House of Commons " We all heard and I'm sure Anas Sarwar heard he could not agree with " Rt Hon Ian Murray MP, The Secretary of State for Scotland (Edinburgh South, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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25 Apr 2025, 10:26 a.m. - House of Commons "said it in the letter to Anas Sarwar, and I copied the Secretary of State into that letter as well. I " Stephen Gethins MP (Arbroath and Broughty Ferry, Scottish National Party) - View Video - View Transcript |
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6 May 2025, 3:38 p.m. - House of Commons "had a record settlement volume route and we expect them to deliver. They can't, I'm quite sure that Anas Sarwar and Jackie Baillie will be very willing to take over. very willing to take over. " Ellie Chowns MP (North Herefordshire, Green Party) - View Video - View Transcript |
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20 Oct 2025, 6:33 p.m. - House of Commons "why Scotland, now more than ever, needs a new First Minister in the shape of Anas Sarwar. >> Question I Anneliese Midgley. " Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP, The Secretary of State for Education (Houghton and Sunderland South, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Oct 2025, 10:02 a.m. - House of Commons "Scotland and choose a new direction, with Anas Sarwar and Scottish Labour. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Labour. Thank you, Mr Speaker. " Josh Babarinde MP (Eastbourne, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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22 Oct 2025, 6:11 p.m. - House of Commons "new and fresh direction with the Scottish Labour Government, led by Anas Sarwar. " Euan Stainbank MP (Falkirk, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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22 Oct 2025, 6:33 p.m. - House of Commons "public services and spend public money in Scotland to account, which is why Anas Sarwar is so intent on bringing back accountability and " Andrew Bowie MP (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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22 Oct 2025, 5:50 p.m. - House of Commons "devolution, to work with Anas Sarwar as our first minister, replacing a tired Scottish Government ran out of " Richard Baker MP (Glenrothes and Mid Fife, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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22 Oct 2025, 5:27 p.m. - House of Commons ">> That. >> New government should be led by Anas Sarwar. But I do want to make I " Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 11:37 a.m. - House of Commons "not hold out much hope and Scotland needs a new direction next May with Anas Sarwar as the First Minister. Anas Sarwar as the First Minister. " Rt Hon Ian Murray MP, The Secretary of State for Scotland (Edinburgh South, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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22 May 2025, 1:45 p.m. - House of Commons "to give a different oppression of their values, as sounds like it is the case against Anas Sarwar. I thank you greatly for that. We do " Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Manchester Central, Labour ) - View Video - View Transcript |
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13 Nov 2025, 11:27 a.m. - House of Commons "that Anas Sarwar, the leader of the Labour Party in Scotland, was responsible for this. Can the leader help me get to the bottom of this constitutional crisis, where this constitutional crisis, where someone in another parliament pulls the strings here? " Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Tynemouth, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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17 Nov 2025, 3:19 p.m. - House of Commons "and its economy. While the leader of the Labour Party in Scotland, Scotland, Anas Sarwar, may be a bit confused about what is devolved and " Seamus Logan MP (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East, Scottish National Party) - View Video - View Transcript |
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27 Nov 2025, 4:14 p.m. - House of Commons "in Scotland. And the Chancellor himself talked of the importance of Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar " Richard Baker MP (Glenrothes and Mid Fife, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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27 Nov 2025, 2:49 p.m. - House of Commons "today has laid the foundation that will allow Anas Sarwar as the first Minister in Scotland to rebuild " Graeme Downie MP (Dunfermline and Dollar, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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25 Nov 2025, 12:29 p.m. - House of Commons "to move over and let Anas Sarwar and Jackie Baillie finally drag the Scottish NHS into 20. Scottish NHS into 20. " Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Ilford North, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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26 Nov 2025, 11:51 a.m. - House of Commons "poor? Anas Sarwar and the Scottish Labour Party. " Andrew Bowie MP (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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26 Nov 2025, 11:55 a.m. - House of Commons "institutions that drive growth, and that Scotland needs a Labour government with Anas Sarwar to " Kirsty McNeill MP, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Midlothian, Labour ) - View Video - View Transcript |
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26 Nov 2025, 12:53 p.m. - House of Commons "Anas Sarwar asked us to. And I'm making targeted investments in our industrial strategy sectors across " Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Leeds West and Pudsey, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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2 Dec 2025, 4:14 p.m. - House of Commons "the renewal of Scotland's nuclear fleet. To change any of that, we need to get Anas Sarwar. " Joani Reid MP (East Kilbride and Strathaven, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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3 Dec 2025, 11:38 a.m. - House of Commons "that additional funding for Scotland was given because, and I quote, because Anas Sarwar asked us " Rt Hon Liz Saville Roberts MP (Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Plaid Cymru) - View Video - View Transcript |
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3 Dec 2025, 11:38 a.m. - House of Commons "quote, because Anas Sarwar asked us to. There was no mention of the First Minister, Leonard Morgan. Now there's a mechanism for Barnett " Rt Hon Liz Saville Roberts MP (Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Plaid Cymru) - View Video - View Transcript |
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4 Dec 2025, 9:54 a.m. - House of Commons "the devolved government and thanks to the hard work of a Leonard Morgan, Anas Sarwar and our brilliant Welsh and Scottish Labour " Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Bristol North West, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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4 Dec 2025, 9:57 a.m. - House of Commons "Scotland back. Only a vote for Scottish Labour and Anas Sarwar next May will deliver the jobs and growth which nuclear power could offer Scotland. " Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Bristol North West, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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4 Dec 2025, 2:02 p.m. - House of Lords "investment, jobs and skills skills. I am sure the Minister will know that Anas Sarwar, Labour's leader " Baroness Curran (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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8 Dec 2025, 6:51 p.m. - House of Commons "a new direction for Scotland, with Anas Sarwar and Scottish Labour. >> Paul Waugh Madam Deputy Speaker. " Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP, The Secretary of State for Education (Houghton and Sunderland South, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Dec 2025, 12:11 p.m. - House of Commons "Scotland's future are taken by Anas Sarwar and a Scottish Labour Government. " Rt Hon James Murray MP, The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Ealing North, Labour ) - View Video - View Transcript |
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11 Dec 2025, 3:22 p.m. - House of Commons "by Anas Sarwar, now the hon. Member for Mid Dunbartonshire, talked about the ferry fiasco and how " Kirsty McNeill MP, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Midlothian, Labour ) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Oil Refining Sector
55 speeches (14,042 words) Thursday 11th December 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Seamus Logan (SNP - Aberdeenshire North and Moray East) projected 1,000 job losses per month.Looking specifically at the situation in Grangemouth in Scotland, Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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St Andrew’s Day and Scottish Affairs
83 speeches (19,772 words) Thursday 11th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Scotland Office Mentions: 1: Richard Baker (Lab - Glenrothes and Mid Fife) That is why we need fresh leadership and a new direction with Anas Sarwar as Scotland’s next First Minister.Perhaps - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
173 speeches (11,115 words) Tuesday 9th December 2025 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) to ensure that decisions about how to invest that funding in Scotland’s future will be taken by Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025
7 speeches (2,408 words) Monday 8th December 2025 - Grand Committee Mentions: 1: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) Scotland on educational attainment levels is appalling.The noble Earl, Lord Effingham, said that Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Child Poverty Strategy
105 speeches (13,170 words) Monday 8th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for International Development Mentions: 1: Bridget Phillipson (Lab - Houghton and Sunderland South) that people across Scotland need—perhaps it really is time for a new direction for Scotland with Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 2: Bridget Phillipson (Lab - Houghton and Sunderland South) That is why it is time for a new direction for Scotland with Anas Sarwar and Scottish Labour. - Link to Speech |
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Autumn Budget 2025
152 speeches (54,901 words) Thursday 4th December 2025 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Baroness Curran (Lab - Life peer) off from huge opportunities for investment, jobs and skills.I am sure the Minister will know that Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
139 speeches (8,707 words) Thursday 4th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Darren Jones (Lab - Bristol North West) Thanks to the hard work of Eluned Morgan, Anas Sarwar and our brilliant Welsh and Scottish Labour MPs - Link to Speech 2: Darren Jones (Lab - Bristol North West) Only a vote for Scottish Labour and Anas Sarwar next May will deliver the jobs and growth that nuclear - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
129 speeches (9,620 words) Wednesday 3rd December 2025 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) been criticism of the Chancellor’s claim that additional funding for Scotland was given“because Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Budget Resolutions
211 speeches (40,992 words) Tuesday 2nd December 2025 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Joani Reid (Lab - East Kilbride and Strathaven) To change any of that, we need to get Anas Sarwar into Bute House as the First Minister next May, and - Link to Speech |
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Budget Resolutions
169 speeches (44,213 words) Thursday 27th November 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Graeme Downie (Lab - Dunfermline and Dollar) , delayed trains and struggling schools, but the Budget has laid the foundation that will allow Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 2: Richard Baker (Lab - Glenrothes and Mid Fife) The Chancellor talked of the importance of Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar making the case for investment - Link to Speech |
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Financial Statement and Budget Report
23 speeches (8,854 words) Wednesday 26th November 2025 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Rachel Reeves (Lab - Leeds West and Pudsey) didn’t hear us: £820 million for the Scottish Government over the spending review period because Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
129 speeches (8,970 words) Wednesday 26th November 2025 - Commons Chamber Scotland Office Mentions: 1: Andrew Bowie (Con - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) famers, Scottish distillers, Scottish family businesses, Scottish oil and gas workers, or poor Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 2: Chris Kane (Lab - Stirling and Strathallan) Does he also agree that Scotland needs a Labour Government, with Anas Sarwar, to rebuild our colleges - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
156 speeches (11,022 words) Tuesday 25th November 2025 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Zubir Ahmed (Lab - Glasgow South West) political optics of adopting an English solution”.It is time for Analogue John to move over and let Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
170 speeches (11,055 words) Monday 17th November 2025 - Commons Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Seamus Logan (SNP - Aberdeenshire North and Moray East) While the leader of the Labour party in Scotland, Anas Sarwar, may be a bit confused about what is devolved - Link to Speech |
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Business of the House
130 speeches (11,338 words) Thursday 13th November 2025 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: John Cooper (Con - Dumfries and Galloway) I was also told on social media that Anas Sarwar, the leader of the Labour party in Scotland, was responsible - Link to Speech |
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Cross-border Healthcare
39 speeches (13,606 words) Tuesday 4th November 2025 - Westminster Hall Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Karin Smyth (Lab - Bristol South) My friend Anas Sarwar, a former NHS dentist, is committed to resolving that. - Link to Speech |
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Public Office (Accountability) Bill
176 speeches (41,991 words) 2nd reading Monday 3rd November 2025 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) raise concerns about the transparency and openness of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde: my friends Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
143 speeches (9,270 words) Thursday 23rd October 2025 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Darren Jones (Lab - Bristol North West) Government, who are failing to deliver on public services in Scotland, and choose a new direction with Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Devolution in Scotland
151 speeches (27,754 words) Wednesday 22nd October 2025 - Commons Chamber Scotland Office Mentions: 1: Richard Baker (Lab - Glenrothes and Mid Fife) chance of a bright future if it elects a new Government, who actually want devolution to work, with Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 2: Johanna Baxter (Lab - Paisley and Renfrewshire South) people of Scotland can choose a new and fresh direction with a Scottish Labour Government led by Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 3: Martin Rhodes (Lab - Glasgow North) By electing a Scottish Labour Government with Anas Sarwar as First Minister, they can have a Government - Link to Speech 4: Kirsty McNeill (LAB - Midlothian) That is why Anas Sarwar is so intent on bringing back accountability to elected Members. - Link to Speech |
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Post-16 Education and Skills Strategy
72 speeches (9,306 words) Monday 20th October 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for International Development Mentions: 1: Bridget Phillipson (Lab - Houghton and Sunderland South) That is why Scotland, now more than ever, needs a new First Minister in the shape of Anas Sarwar. - Link to Speech |
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Middle East
165 speeches (16,996 words) Monday 1st September 2025 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Torcuil Crichton (Lab - Na h-Eileanan an Iar) Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, today described it as a genocide. - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
130 speeches (10,856 words) Wednesday 9th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Scotland Office Mentions: 1: Ian Murray (Lab - Edinburgh South) Across Scotland, we need a new direction next May, with Anas Sarwar as the First Minister. - Link to Speech 2: Ian Murray (Lab - Edinburgh South) have to decide whether they require a third decade of the SNP Scottish Government or a change with Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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NHS 10-Year Plan
140 speeches (19,825 words) Thursday 3rd July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Wes Streeting (Lab - Ilford North) That alternative is Scottish Labour and the leadership of Anas Sarwar and Jackie Baillie, and it cannot - Link to Speech |
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Spending Review 2025: Scotland
62 speeches (13,569 words) Wednesday 2nd July 2025 - Westminster Hall Scotland Office Mentions: 1: Richard Baker (Lab - Glenrothes and Mid Fife) This is the prospectus that Anas Sarwar will set out in the Scottish elections next year, and why our - Link to Speech |
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UK Infrastructure: 10-year Strategy
81 speeches (9,441 words) Thursday 19th June 2025 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Darren Jones (Lab - Bristol North West) and I agree that Scotland needs a new direction, and I hope the people of Scotland will vote for Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
176 speeches (12,719 words) Tuesday 17th June 2025 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Wes Streeting (Lab - Ilford North) million people; the same could be true in Scotland, if the Scottish people boot out the SNP and elect Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Spending Review 2025
51 speeches (9,967 words) Thursday 12th June 2025 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: None low-carbon technology—a challenge and an opportunity well understood by the leader of Scottish Labour Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Spending Review 2025
171 speeches (25,476 words) Wednesday 11th June 2025 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Rachel Reeves (Lab - Leeds West and Pudsey) low-carbon technology—a challenge and an opportunity well understood by the leader of Scottish Labour Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 2: Graeme Downie (Lab - Dunfermline and Dollar) they deserve in defence, nuclear and other industries is with a Scottish Labour Government and Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Business of the House
105 speeches (10,067 words) Thursday 22nd May 2025 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Pete Wishart (SNP - Perth and Kinross-shire) released by Reform in the Hamilton by-election in which a speech by the Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 2: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) together to give a different impression of their values and opinions, as sounds like has been done to Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
164 speeches (11,373 words) Tuesday 6th May 2025 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Ashley Dalton (Lab - West Lancashire) If they cannot, I am sure that Anas Sarwar and Jackie Baillie would be willing to take over. - Link to Speech |
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Devolution (Immigration) (Scotland) Bill
318 speeches (41,920 words) 2nd reading Friday 25th April 2025 - Commons Chamber Scotland Office Mentions: 1: Stephen Gethins (SNP - Arbroath and Broughty Ferry) I will quote the leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Anas Sarwar. - Link to Speech 2: Stephen Gethins (SNP - Arbroath and Broughty Ferry) I have been saying it to the media this morning, and I said it in my letter to Anas Sarwar, which I copied - Link to Speech |
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Sewage
194 speeches (23,532 words) Wednesday 23rd April 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) At Prime Minister’s questions earlier, the Leader of the Opposition said that Anas Sarwar, the Scottish - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
109 speeches (10,449 words) Wednesday 23rd April 2025 - Commons Chamber Scotland Office Mentions: 1: Andrew Bowie (Con - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) I think we all heard that, and I am sure Anas Sarwar did. - Link to Speech |
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“For Women Scotland” Supreme Court Ruling
124 speeches (12,903 words) Tuesday 22nd April 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for International Development Mentions: 1: Harriet Cross (Con - Gordon and Buchan) confirm what discussions the Prime Minister or anyone on the Labour Front Bench at the time had with Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
166 speeches (10,817 words) Thursday 20th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Lucy Rigby (Lab - Northampton North) The Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has also pledged to make this issue a priority as part of his - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
134 speeches (9,441 words) Wednesday 19th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Brian Leishman (Lab - Alloa and Grangemouth) Given the assurances from the Prime Minister on 18 February and repeated by Anas Sarwar, the Scottish - Link to Speech |
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Scotland: New Nuclear Power Generation
21 speeches (1,411 words) Tuesday 18th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab - Life peer) I can say that, on 6 February in the Scottish Parliament, Anas Sarwar, the leader of the Scottish Labour - Link to Speech 2: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab - Life peer) I agree with the noble Lord—and Anas Sarwar said it too—that the refusal to allow new nuclear power plants - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Curran (Lab - Life peer) but promoting the argument for nuclear power in a positive way—and, perhaps, working hard so that Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Shipyards: Economic Growth
46 speeches (12,213 words) Tuesday 18th March 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Richard Baker (Lab - Glenrothes and Mid Fife) For the Scottish yards, an important advocacy role was played by the Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 2: Sarah Jones (Lab - Croydon West) I know Anas Sarwar has also been asking questions. - Link to Speech |
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Women’s Changed State Pension Age: Compensation
120 speeches (20,801 words) Monday 17th March 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Seamus Logan (SNP - Aberdeenshire North and Moray East) “Read my lips,” said Anas Sarwar, “no austerity under Labour.” - Link to Speech |
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NHS England Update
72 speeches (12,200 words) Thursday 13th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Wes Streeting (Lab - Ilford North) If people want real reform of the NHS in Scotland, they should vote for Scottish Labour under Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Crime and Policing Bill
263 speeches (50,624 words) 2nd reading Monday 10th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lillian Jones (Lab - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) As my friend the Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said,“under-22s that are found to have repeatedly - Link to Speech |
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Protection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) Bill
123 speeches (30,095 words) 2nd reading Friday 7th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Joani Reid (Lab - East Kilbride and Strathaven) Friend join me in congratulating Anas Sarwar, the leader of the Scottish Labour party, on announcing - Link to Speech |
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Social Media Use: Minimum Age
89 speeches (24,918 words) Monday 24th February 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Gregor Poynton (Lab - Livingston) I was pleased that at the Scottish Labour conference at the weekend Anas Sarwar, our leader in Scotland - Link to Speech |
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Support for Pensioners
71 speeches (14,135 words) Wednesday 12th February 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Seamus Logan (SNP - Aberdeenshire North and Moray East) Now Anas Sarwar claims they are going to deliver it if he is elected next year. - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
144 speeches (10,315 words) Wednesday 5th February 2025 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus and Perthshire Glens) John Curtice, who says that the current UK Prime Minister is“the worst thing that ever happened to Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Women’s State Pension Age (Ombudsman Report and Compensation Scheme)
3 speeches (1,329 words) Tuesday 28th January 2025 - Commons Chamber Mentions: 1: Stephen Flynn (SNP - Aberdeen South) The leader of the Labour party in Scotland, Anas Sarwar, said:“Under my leadership, WASPI women will - Link to Speech |
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Business of the House
117 speeches (10,845 words) Thursday 16th January 2025 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Pete Wishart (SNP - Perth and Kinross-shire) Is it the hapless Anas Sarwar, or is it because the Scottish people have seen a Labour Government in - Link to Speech |
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Budget: Scotland
127 speeches (14,718 words) Tuesday 7th January 2025 - Westminster Hall Scotland Office Mentions: 1: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus and Perthshire Glens) Yet somehow we are expected to believe that everything will be okay because Anas Sarwar is going to speak - Link to Speech 2: John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) As my friend, the Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, set out yesterday, after nearly two decades of - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
149 speeches (10,188 words) Tuesday 7th January 2025 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Wes Streeting (Lab - Ilford North) If they do not do it, Anas Sarwar and Jackie Baillie will. - Link to Speech |
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General Election
99 speeches (23,062 words) Monday 6th January 2025 - Westminster Hall Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) Anas Sarwar must be terrified of who this Labour Government are going to hit next.Now, only the Scottish - Link to Speech |
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Women’s State Pension Age Communication: PHSO Report
95 speeches (10,827 words) Tuesday 17th December 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) Anas Sarwar said that, under his leadership, WASPI women will finally receive the justice they deserve - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
130 speeches (9,884 words) Wednesday 4th December 2024 - Commons Chamber Scotland Office Mentions: 1: Christine Jardine (LD - Edinburgh West) Will the Secretary of State follow the initiative of his Scottish leader, Anas Sarwar, in saying he will - Link to Speech |
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Finance Bill
245 speeches (38,487 words) 2nd reading Wednesday 27th November 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus and Perthshire Glens) was despite Labour’s leader in Scotland—for Labour Members’ interest, he is a gentleman called Anas Sarwar—claiming - Link to Speech |
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Rural Affairs
210 speeches (43,535 words) Monday 11th November 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) Prime Minister, the Chancellor, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Income tax (charge)
167 speeches (43,019 words) Thursday 31st October 2024 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Richard Baker (Lab - Glenrothes and Mid Fife) can play a vital role in taking forward our ambitions for our renewables sector.The election of Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 2: Scott Arthur (Lab - Edinburgh South West) After reading through the details of the Budget, it was clear that when my colleague Anas Sarwar said - Link to Speech |
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Financial Statement and Budget Report
8 speeches (10,214 words) Wednesday 30th October 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Rachel Reeves (Lab - Leeds West and Pudsey) We will drive growth in Scotland, which is a key priority for Scottish Labour and our leader, Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Scotland’s Economy
74 speeches (13,367 words) Tuesday 15th October 2024 - Westminster Hall Mentions: 1: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) John Swinney and Anas Sarwar favour most of the same policies. - Link to Speech |
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VAT: Independent Schools
240 speeches (33,476 words) Tuesday 8th October 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) I should mention two other predecessors, Margaret Curran and Anas Sarwar, who, after leaving this House - Link to Speech |
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Social Security
94 speeches (13,094 words) Tuesday 10th September 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) This is a key test for Anas Sarwar and Labour MPs from Scotland. - Link to Speech |
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Budget Responsibility Bill
92 speeches (23,910 words) Committee of the whole House Wednesday 4th September 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus and Perthshire Glens) challenged Labour in Scotland on that point during the election, and the leader of Labour in Scotland, Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Code of Conduct and Modernisation Committee
99 speeches (33,960 words) Thursday 25th July 2024 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Gordon McKee (Lab - Glasgow South) The other is a southsider, my friend and the former Member for Glasgow Central, Anas Sarwar. - Link to Speech |
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Living Standards
27 speeches (10,807 words) Thursday 1st February 2024 - Westminster Hall HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Michael Shanks (Lab - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) The leader of the Scottish Labour party—my good friend, Anas Sarwar—is always right. - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
146 speeches (10,751 words) Wednesday 13th September 2023 - Commons Chamber Scotland Office Mentions: 1: John Lamont (CON - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) When Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar stood for the leadership, he said:“I actually think our tax policies - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 29th April 2025
Written Evidence - Anti-Islamophobia Working Group GIS0032 - Gendered Islamophobia Gendered Islamophobia - Women and Equalities Committee Found: In Scotland, a public inquiry launched by Anas Sarwar MSP in 2021 found 75% of Muslims said Islamophobia |
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Monday 19th February 2024
Oral Evidence - Mr Douglas Alexander, Lord Browne of Ladyton, and Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998 - Scottish Affairs Committee Found: Q159 Alan Brown: Douglas, Anas Sarwar is talking about the possibility that, if a Labour Government |
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Energy: Taxation
Asked by: Graham Leadbitter (Scottish National Party - Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey) Tuesday 9th December 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had recent discussions with Anas Sarwar MSP on the higher rate of the Energy Profits Levy since 30 October 2024. Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) The Chancellor regularly meets different stakeholders, including those from Scottish Labour, to discuss a range of policy issues. |
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Visas: Scotland
Asked by: Graham Leadbitter (Scottish National Party - Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey) Thursday 4th December 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with Anas Sarwar MSP the potential merits of introducing a Scottish visa. Answered by Mike Tapp - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) We have no plans to devolve immigration policy, introduce a Scottish visa scheme, nor to discuss such ideas further. Previously suggested schemes would restrict movement and rights and create internal UK borders. Adding different rules for different locations would introduce complexity and create frictions where workers move locations. |
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Taxation: Natural Gas and Oil
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North) Wednesday 3rd December 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she received representations from Anas Sarwar MSP between 1 July 2025 and 27 November 2025 on the windfall tax on oil and gas companies. Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) The government receives representations from a wide range of stakeholders on the budget, including those from Scottish Labour.
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Public Expenditure: Scotland
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North) Tuesday 2nd December 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what correspondence she has received from Anas Sarwar MSP between 1 July 2025 and 26 November 2025 on (a) the Budget and (b) the decision to allocate £820 million to the Scottish Government over the Spending review period through the Barnett formula. Answered by James Murray - Chief Secretary to the Treasury The government listens to a wide range of representations to help shape the Budget, including those from Scottish Labour. |
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The Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla - CBP-9789
May. 15 2023 Found: Scotland Humza Yousaf, the First Minister of Scotland and SNP leader; his wife Nadia El-Nakla ; Anas Sarwar |
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David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East) - @DavidLinden
3 Apr 2023, 8:28 a.m. Or a picture of Douglas Ross with Anas Sarwar in his top pocket… 😇 https://t.co/RRwm88jdFl Link to Original Tweet |
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Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG Document: Annual Report 2014-2015 Found: Anas Sarwar MP highlighted the need for the UK Government to work closely with victims and survivors |
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Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG Document: Annual Report 2012-2013 Found: Please find full text enclosed as appendix 211 Fetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome, 26th March 2013 Anas Sarwar |
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Minute of the Meeting of 12 November 2024
(PDF) Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Challenging Racial and Religious Prejudice Published: 12th Nov 2024 Found: 2 Kimberley Wong CRER Apologies Naseem Anwar Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP Pam Gosal MSP Anas Sarwar |
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Wednesday 10th December 2025
Constitution Directorate Source Page: Correspondence and statistics related to Your Right to Decide paper: FOI release Document: FOI 202500483180 - Information Released - Annex A and Annex B (PDF) Found: Anas Sarwar during BBC coverage of the Scottish Parliament election, 2016 “Our Union rests on and is |
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Tuesday 30th September 2025
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate Source Page: Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts: June 2025 Document: Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts: June 2025 (Excel) Found: Languages Bill2025-06-18 00:00:00Meeting / with MSPsUltimate Dinner Party Prize: Lord Haughey, Anas Sarwar |
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Tuesday 23rd September 2025
Propriety and Ethics Directorate Source Page: Documentation that mentions Former SNP Chief Executive Officer: FOI release Document: FOI 202500458728 - Information Released - Annex (PDF) Found: Watching debate night last night I was appalled to hear the Labour party member state that ANAS SARWAR |
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Thursday 4th September 2025
Constitution Directorate Source Page: Your Right to Decide Document: Your Right to Decide (PDF) Found: an election … it should be the people of Scotland that decide when the next referendum is.”43 Anas Sarwar |
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Thursday 28th August 2025
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate Source Page: Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts: April 2025 Document: Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts: April 2025 (Excel) Found: NameSurnameAileen McLeod Alex Cole-Hamilton MSPAli Hussnain Amy Dalrymple Professor Ana InesLanger Anas Sarwar |
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Tuesday 5th August 2025
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate Source Page: Ministerial correspondence regarding "Debate Night": FOI release Document: FOI 202500470408 - Information released - Annex A (PDF) Found: RE: Monday Debate Night came to SpAds with a proposal to do a special episode with you and Anas Sarwar |
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Monday 21st July 2025
Source Page: Meetings attended by the First Minister at Tartan Week: FOI release Document: FOI 202500461357 - Information released - Annex C (PDF) Found: businesses Sensitivities UK Government and Scottish Labour attendance Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar |
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Thursday 17th July 2025
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate Source Page: Scottish Government request responses and use of free & frank advice exception: FOI release Document: FOI 202500461547 - Information released - Annex (PDF) Found: Redacted Section 38(1)(b)]@gov.scot; [Redacted Section 38(1)(b)]@gov.scot; Subject: RE: Spad view - Anas Sarwar |
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Thursday 26th June 2025
External Affairs Directorate Source Page: Separate Scottish visa documentation: FOI release Document: FOI 202500456818 - Information released - Correspondence (PDF) Found: not reconsider its position, then it will be abundantly clear to this Parliament- and indeed to Anas Sarwar |
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Tuesday 17th June 2025
Economic Development Directorate Source Page: Background Notes for Deputy First Minister Portfolio Questions: FOI Review Document: FOI 202500459692 - Information Released - Annex (PDF) Found: Was Anas Sarwar correct to say that there are “many places” for business to go in terms of public bodies |
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Tuesday 10th June 2025
Local Government and Housing Directorate Source Page: Background notes provided to Scottish Ministers for Finance and Local Government sessions: FOI release Document: FOI 202500455809 - Information released - Annex (PDF) Found: ANAS SARWAR CRITICISM OF BENEFITS SPEND Our decision to invest in Scotland’s social security safety |
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Thursday 22nd May 2025
Social Security Directorate Source Page: Two Child Benefit cap data sharing: FOI release Document: FOI 202500455384 - Information Released - Annex (PDF) Found: In an ITV Border interview with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar yesterday, Mr Sarwar said that your |
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Tuesday 20th May 2025
Economic Development Directorate Source Page: Background Notes for Deputy First Minister Portfolio Questions: FOI release Document: FOI 202500455812 - Information Released - Annex (PDF) Found: Was Anas Sarwar correct to say that there are “many places” for business to go in terms of public bodies |
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Monday 24th February 2025
Source Page: Scottish Budget Bill – Grangemouth Industrial Cluster: letter to Anas Sarwar Document: Scottish Budget Bill – Grangemouth Industrial Cluster: letter to Anas Sarwar (webpage) Found: Scottish Budget Bill – Grangemouth Industrial Cluster: letter to Anas Sarwar |
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Friday 21st February 2025
Social Security Directorate Source Page: Correspondence regarding Universal Credit two-child limit: FOI release Document: FOI 202500448778 - Information released - Annex (PDF) Found: In an ITV Border interview with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar yesterday, Mr Sarwar said that your |
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Friday 21st February 2025
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate Source Page: Media requests from broadcasters to interview Scottish Government Ministers: FOI release Document: FOI 202500449172 - Information released - Annex (PDF) Found: Shona Robison Budget negotiations Bauer Radio completed 07-Jan 07-Jan-25 Shona Robison Anas Sarwar |
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Thursday 20th February 2025
Chief Nursing Officer Directorate Source Page: Royal College of Nursing report briefing materials: FOI release Document: FOI 202500448357 - Information released - Annex (PDF) Found: from Jackie Baillie to FM asking him to clarify comments made in a follow up to a question from Anas Sarwar |
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Friday 14th February 2025
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate Source Page: Correspondence between the Scottish Government and Elon Musk: FOI release Document: FOI 202500446991 -Information Released - Annex (PDF) Found: CM: Anas Sarwar says you're a populist party. |
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Friday 14th February 2025
Social Security Directorate Source Page: Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice Universal Credit two-child limit correspondence: FOI release Document: FOI 202500447250 - Information released - Annex A (PDF) Found: In an ITV Border interview with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar yesterday, Mr Sarwar said that |
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Friday 14th February 2025
Social Security Directorate Source Page: Correspondence relating to two-child benefit cap between UK Government and Scottish Government: FOI release Document: FOI 202500447024 - Information released - Combined documents (PDF) Found: In an ITV Border interview with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar yesterday, Mr Sarwar said that your |
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Friday 14th February 2025
External Affairs Directorate Source Page: Documentation containing the name Elon Musk: FOI release Document: FOI 202500446982 - Information released - Annex A (PDF) Found: Anas Sarwar MSP, Scottish Labour Leader: He knows he's got the votes to pass the budget, and he knows |
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Tuesday 21st January 2025
External Affairs Directorate Source Page: Scottish Government materials regarding inward immigration: FOI release Document: FOI 202400443406 - Information Released - Annex (PDF) Found: including Scotland in particular sectors of work” Post-election • 7 July, Scottish Labour Leader, Anas Sarwar |
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Thursday 16th January 2025
Local Government and Housing Directorate Source Page: Minister for Housing correspondence and empty homes statistics: FOI release Document: FOI 202400438694 - Information released (PDF) Found: *S6M-14719 Anas Sarwar: Housing Emergency—That the Parliament believes that the Scottish Government |
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Thursday 9th January 2025
Source Page: Mitigating the two-child limit: Letter to UK Government Document: Mitigating the two-child limit: Letter to UK Government (webpage) Found: must also be excluded from the Benefits Cap.In an ITV Border interview with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar |
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Tuesday 17th December 2024
Population Health Directorate Source Page: Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care attendance at specific sporting events: FOI release Document: FOI 202400442031- Information Released - Annex (PDF) Found: Cabinet Secretary also had brief discussions with Phillipe Clement, Manager of The Rangers FC and Anas Sarwar |
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Tuesday 10th December 2024
Population Health Directorate Source Page: Health Secretary's visits and engagements to football matches: FOI release Document: FOI - 202400440980 - Information released - Annex (PDF) Found: Cabinet Secretary also had brief discussions with Phillipe Clement, Manager of The Rangers FC and Anas Sarwar |
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Tuesday 10th December 2024
Population Health Directorate Source Page: Health Secretary's visits to football matches from January 2022 to date: FOI release Document: FOI - 202400441700 - Information released - Annex (PDF) Found: Cabinet Secretary also had brief discussions with Phillipe Clement, Manager of The Rangers FC and Anas Sarwar |
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Tuesday 10th December 2024
Population Health Directorate Source Page: Former Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy sporting events: FOI release Document: FOI 202400440762 - Information Released - Annex (PDF) Found: Cabinet Secretary also had brief discussions with Phillipe Clement, Manager of The Rangers FC and Anas Sarwar |
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Tuesday 10th December 2024
Population Health Directorate Source Page: Ministerial visits and engagements to football matches: FOI release Document: FOI 202400440819 - Information released - Annex (PDF) Found: Cabinet Secretary also had brief discussions with Phillipe Clement, Manager of The Rangers FC and Anas Sarwar |
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Tuesday 10th December 2024
Population Health Directorate Source Page: Vehicles used by the Health Secretary to travel to Football matches: FOI Document: FOI 202400440917 - Information released - Annex (PDF) Found: Cabinet Secretary also had brief discussions with Phillipe Clement, Manager of The Rangers FC and Anas Sarwar |
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Tuesday 10th December 2024
Population Health Directorate Source Page: Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care - Football Related Ministerial Engagements: FOI release Document: FOI 202400440809 - Information Released - Annex (PDF) Found: Cabinet Secretary also had brief discussions with Phillipe Clement, Manager of The Rangers FC and Anas Sarwar |
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Wednesday 20th November 2024
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate Source Page: Correspondence regarding Scottish Labour leader comments on Housing Minister: FOI release Document: Correspondence regarding Scottish Labour leader comments on Housing Minister: FOI release (webpage) Found: correspondence (including emails) since 24 September in relation to the topic of Labour leader Anas Sarwar |
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Wednesday 20th November 2024
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate Source Page: Correspondence regarding Scottish Labour leader comments on Housing Minister: FOI release Document: FOI 202400436871 - Information released - Annex A (PDF) Found: [Redacted - Section 30(b)(ii)] IMMEDIATE Anas Sarwar has called on the SNP to “take responsibility |
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Tuesday 5th November 2024
Social Security Directorate Source Page: Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP) funding: FOI Review Document: FOI 2024004432217 - Information released - Annex (PDF) Found: Section 38(1)(b)]@gov.scot; [Redacted Section 38(1)(b)]@gov.scot; Subject: RE: Spad view - Anas Sarwar |
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Monday 21st October 2024
Constitution Directorate Source Page: Keir Starmer and Scottish Government correspondence: FOI release Document: FOI 202400431930 - Information released - Annex (PDF) Found: ” • During the STV Leaders’ Debate, Anas Sarwar said that Labour would step in to save the jobs |
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Tuesday 8th October 2024
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate Source Page: Documents containing references to Twitter/X account @msm_monitor: FOI release Document: FOI 202400426989 - Information released - Annex (PDF) Found: 'I would expect to Metro (Scotland) 9 Sarwar: I dare leadership hopefuls to put Tories back in ANAS SARWAR |
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Friday 4th October 2024
Social Security Directorate Source Page: Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP) funding: FOI release Document: FOI 202400426621 - Information released - Annex (PDF) Found: Thursday, August 1, 2024 2:58:38 PM [Outside scope of FOI request] Subject: RE: Spad view - Anas Sarwar |
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Tuesday 24th September 2024
Constitution Directorate Source Page: First Minister and Prime Minister meeting briefing notes: FOI release Document: FOI 202400423751 - Information released - Annex (PDF) Found: ” • During the STV Leaders’ Debate, Anas Sarwar said that Labour would step in to save the jobs |
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Tuesday 17th September 2024
Source Page: Health briefing packs ahead of Scottish Parliament health committee: FOI release Document: FOI 202400392694 - Information Released - Annex (PDF) Found: cancer surgery and advice to patients to seek private treatment raised by Douglas Ross MSP and Anas Sarwar |
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Scottish Parliament Statistics 2024-2025
Tuesday 16th December 2025 None View source webpage Found: Carol Mochan South Scotland (R) Paul O'Kane West Scotland (R) Alex Rowley Mid Scotland and Fife (R) Anas Sarwar |
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A review of inter-governmental cooperation and communication during Ukraine
Wednesday 20th August 2025 This briefing examines the collaboration and communication that took place between the Government of the United Kingdom, the Scottish Government, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (CoSLA) and Local Authorities in the implementation of the Homes for Ukraine Scheme and the Scottish Super Sponsor Scheme. It draws together the learnings to inform the response View source webpage Found: expressed in an open letter co-signed by the then Scottish party leaders Nicola Sturgeon MSP (SNP), Anas Sarwar |
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Scottish Parliament Statistics 2023-2024
Tuesday 25th March 2025 None View source webpage Found: Carol Mochan South Scotland (R) Paul O'Kane West Scotland (R) Alex Rowley Mid Scotland and Fife (R) Anas Sarwar |
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Scottish Parliament Statistics 2023-2024
Tuesday 25th February 2025 None View source webpage Found: Carol Mochan South Scotland (R) Paul O'Kane West Scotland (R) Alex Rowley Mid Scotland and Fife (R) Anas Sarwar |
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Scottish Parliament Statistics 2022-2023
Thursday 19th December 2024 View source webpage Found: Carol Mochan South Scotland (R) Paul O'Kane West Scotland (R) Alex Rowley Mid Scotland and Fife (R) Anas Sarwar |
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Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Holdings Limited
83 speeches (80,790 words) Tuesday 9th December 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: FitzPatrick, Joe (SNP - Dundee City West) Anas Sarwar pledged on national TV to “step in to save the jobs at the refinery”.His London bosses have - Link to Speech |
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Point of Order
2 speeches (1,114 words) Thursday 4th December 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Brown, Keith (SNP - Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) Earlier today, First Minister’s question time included an exchange between Anas Sarwar and the First - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
69 speeches (43,440 words) Thursday 4th December 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: None Anas Sarwar rightly talks about the human cost; let me tell the First Minister what that looks like.Isobel - Link to Speech |
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General Question Time
38 speeches (20,646 words) Thursday 4th December 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Brown, Keith (SNP - Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) A real-terms increase of only 0.8 per cent was granted“because Anas Sarwar asked us to”. - Link to Speech |
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Non-Domestic Rates (Liability for Unoccupied Properties) (Scotland) Bill
14 speeches (11,413 words) Thursday 27th November 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Griffin, Mark (Lab - Central Scotland) almost half of the £820 million that, according to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was secured by Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 2: Griffin, Mark (Lab - Central Scotland) That is £820 million secured by Anas Sarwar for Scotland, which we hope to see spent properly and not - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
98 speeches (41,277 words) Thursday 27th November 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) There will be job losses in the north-east of Scotland, which Anas Sarwar will be responsible for, because - Link to Speech |
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Economy
93 speeches (74,403 words) Wednesday 26th November 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Marra, Michael (Lab - North East Scotland) an additional £820 million for Scotland in the budget, which was secured by Scottish Labour and Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 2: Marra, Michael (Lab - North East Scotland) I pay tribute to Anas Sarwar and Paul O’Kane, who have worked consistently, behind the scenes and in - Link to Speech |
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Topical Question Time
35 speeches (21,551 words) Tuesday 25th November 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Haughey, Clare (SNP - Rutherglen) The minister will be aware that Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, called the callous proposals - Link to Speech |
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Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
48 speeches (79,882 words) Thursday 20th November 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Stewart, Kevin (SNP - Aberdeen Central) Richard Leonard might have surprised Anas Sarwar and Keir Starmer with his socialistic approach, as it - Link to Speech |
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Point of Order
4 speeches (1,691 words) Thursday 13th November 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: MacDonald, Gordon (SNP - Edinburgh Pentlands) Thank you, Presiding Officer.At First Minister’s question time today, Anas Sarwar made a series of comments - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
67 speeches (44,817 words) Thursday 13th November 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Stewart, Kevin (SNP - Aberdeen Central) It was Anas Sarwar who said:“Read my lips: no austerity under Labour”.Now his Westminster bosses threaten - Link to Speech 2: Hoy, Craig (Con - South Scotland) Perhaps Anas Sarwar can pass that on to Rachel Reeves before she inflicts yet more damage on the Scottish - Link to Speech |
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Rosebank Oil and Gas Field
90 speeches (64,288 words) Wednesday 12th November 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Lumsden, Douglas (Con - North East Scotland) In 2021, Anas Sarwar tweeted that it was time that Nicola Sturgeon opposed the ecological threat of the - Link to Speech 2: Mountain, Edward (Con - Highlands and Islands) Anas Sarwar seems to be changing his position. - Link to Speech |
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Offshore Energy Workforce (Energy Transition Institute Reports)
39 speeches (42,105 words) Tuesday 11th November 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Lumsden, Douglas (Con - North East Scotland) Anas Sarwar is flip-flopping on the issue of new developments. - Link to Speech |
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Cambuslang Jobcentre (Proposed Closure)
5 speeches (19,292 words) Thursday 9th October 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Haughey, Clare (SNP - Rutherglen) Where are Anas Sarwar and Pauline McNeill today? - Link to Speech |
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Protecting Scotland’s Fire Service
57 speeches (65,523 words) Wednesday 1st October 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: McMillan, Stuart (SNP - Greenock and Inverclyde) Anas Sarwar claimed at his party’s conference this week that Labour has ended 14 years of austerity. - Link to Speech |
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Scotland’s Finances
78 speeches (65,409 words) Wednesday 10th September 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: McMillan, Stuart (SNP - Greenock and Inverclyde) I even agreed with Anas Sarwar—which is not something that I often do—when he said last June:“I will - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
76 speeches (41,319 words) Thursday 4th September 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) they have that, and they do not need to change the First Minister as long as I am here.Let me give Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 2: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) The only problem with the budget deal is that Anas Sarwar refused to vote for it. - Link to Speech |
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Palestine
56 speeches (91,203 words) Wednesday 3rd September 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Carlaw, Jackson (Con - Eastwood) Hamas is not a government and it is not a liberation movement; it is, as Anas Sarwar recognised, a terrorist - Link to Speech 2: Bibby, Neil (Lab - West Scotland) My leader and my friend Anas Sarwar has called the Israeli Government’s recent actions genocide, and - Link to Speech 3: Clark, Katy (Lab - West Scotland) As Anas Sarwar pointed out earlier, France, Australia, Canada and the UK recently stated their intention - Link to Speech |
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Scottish Government Priorities
84 speeches (123,680 words) Tuesday 2nd September 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Gray, Neil (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) Will Anas Sarwar give way? - Link to Speech 2: Gray, Neil (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) operations in the health service is 54 per cent lower in Scotland than in the NHS in England.Does Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 3: Adam, George (SNP - Paisley) Anas Sarwar has gone from talking about “change”—within a year of the UK Labour Government there has - Link to Speech 4: Macpherson, Ben (SNP - Edinburgh Northern and Leith) If Anas Sarwar gets to his feet later this week, he should come out with some constructive solutions.When - Link to Speech 5: Fraser, Murdo (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) Anas Sarwar was right to talk about the number of people in Scotland who are having to pay for private - Link to Speech |
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Decision Time
31 speeches (32,391 words) Tuesday 2nd September 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) that, if the amendment in the name of Russell Findlay is agreed to, the amendments in the name of Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 2: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) I remind members that if the amendment in the name of Anas Sarwar is agreed to, the amendment in the - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
60 speeches (41,714 words) Thursday 26th June 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) At a time when many Labour MPs are saying that the cuts are unacceptable, is it not telling that Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
74 speeches (41,572 words) Thursday 19th June 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) be lifted out of poverty.In the same week that we have committed to lifting the two-child cap, Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
59 speeches (42,253 words) Thursday 5th June 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) to reduce long waits and investing to ensure that more procedures are undertaken.In an answer to Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Ofcom
161 speeches (73,835 words) Thursday 29th May 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Harvie, Patrick (Green - Glasgow) regulated broadcasters covering a Reform Party press conference just broadcast its racist film about Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Scotland in Today’s Europe
108 speeches (111,448 words) Thursday 15th May 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Bibby, Neil (Lab - West Scotland) Last week, when Anas Sarwar responded to the SNP’s latest programme for government, he asked, “Is that - Link to Speech |
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Victory in Europe Day (80th Anniversary)
41 speeches (77,731 words) Thursday 8th May 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Johnson, Daniel (Lab - Edinburgh Southern) happened after world war one.I was pleased to hear the contributions of the First Minister and Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 2: Golden, Maurice (Con - North East Scotland) the disturbing fact that the average age at which a Scottish serviceman was killed was only 21.Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 3: Dey, Graeme (SNP - Angus South) As Anas Sarwar said, we must carry forward their values. - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
69 speeches (42,163 words) Thursday 1st May 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Findlay, Russell (Con - West Scotland) Swinney expresses solidarity with Grangemouth workers, but Unite the union says:“John Swinney and Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Fishing Industry
79 speeches (70,111 words) Wednesday 30th April 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Hamilton, Rachael (Con - Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) I wonder whether Anas Sarwar needs to stand up to President Macron a bit more rather than sidling up - Link to Speech |
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Supporting Scottish Industry
100 speeches (135,977 words) Tuesday 29th April 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Adam, George (SNP - Paisley) Anas Sarwar stood in front of TV cameras and promised to save Grangemouth but then performed the biggest - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
66 speeches (41,087 words) Thursday 24th April 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) Indeed, I referred to them in my earlier answers to Anas Sarwar. - Link to Speech |
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United Kingdom Government Welfare Reforms
56 speeches (120,262 words) Wednesday 23rd April 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Stevenson, Collette (SNP - East Kilbride) Keir Starmer, Liz Kendall and Anas Sarwar should listen to disabled people’s organisations and poverty - Link to Speech 2: McNair, Marie (SNP - Clydebank and Milngavie) Disabled people demonstrate outside the offices of Anas Sarwar, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Pauline McNeill and - Link to Speech 3: McNair, Marie (SNP - Clydebank and Milngavie) Disabled people demonstrate outside the offices of Anas Sarwar, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Pauline McNeill and - Link to Speech 4: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) To see Anas Sarwar say this week that wealth taxes are “the wrong solution” was gobsmacking.How is it - Link to Speech 5: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) Does the member agree with Anas Sarwar, who said earlier this week that a wealth tax is not an option - Link to Speech |
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International Situation
105 speeches (113,685 words) Tuesday 22nd April 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Bibby, Neil (Lab - West Scotland) That is why Anas Sarwar was in New York and Washington recently, and I am sure that that is why the First - Link to Speech |
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Spring Statement 2025
3 speeches (10,807 words) Wednesday 2nd April 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Robison, Shona (SNP - Dundee City East) That is nothing short of shameful.During the UK general election, Anas Sarwar took to the television - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
50 speeches (41,757 words) Thursday 27th March 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) First, I thank Anas Sarwar for his generous remarks. - Link to Speech |
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Single-sex Spaces (Public Sector)
194 speeches (131,706 words) Wednesday 12th March 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Findlay, Russell (Con - West Scotland) John Swinney, Anas Sarwar and Alex Cole-Hamilton all voted for it. - Link to Speech 2: Hamilton, Rachael (Con - Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) Anas Sarwar whipped Labour to vote for the SNP’s Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, which would - Link to Speech |
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Cost of Living
133 speeches (144,780 words) Tuesday 11th March 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: MacGregor, Fulton (SNP - Coatbridge and Chryston) highest electricity costs in Europe—the word “ironic” does not even begin to cover it.Last summer, Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Scotland’s Renewable Future
203 speeches (135,906 words) Tuesday 4th March 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Boyack, Sarah (Lab - Lothian) Miliband clearly wants to work with the Scottish Government to deliver our clean power mission, and Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 2: Marra, Michael (Lab - North East Scotland) Anas Sarwar has thrown down the gauntlet to the Government to deal in reality and seize the energy and - Link to Speech 3: Marra, Michael (Lab - North East Scotland) is facing up to reality and planning for the future.In recent days, Ed Miliband has written to Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Budget (Scotland) (No 4) Bill
183 speeches (147,060 words) Tuesday 25th February 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Robison, Shona (SNP - Dundee City East) [Interruption.]Would Anas Sarwar like to intervene? [Interruption.] - Link to Speech 2: Robison, Shona (SNP - Dundee City East) I thought for a minute that Anas Sarwar was going to abstain from his intervention, just to keep the - Link to Speech 3: Dunbar, Jackie (SNP - Aberdeen Donside) That is change that people want to see.I invite Anas Sarwar to read my lips: the Scottish Government - Link to Speech |
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Scottish Income Tax Rate Resolution 2025-26
46 speeches (42,499 words) Thursday 20th February 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Robison, Shona (SNP - Dundee City East) point about cutting budgets, will Michael Marra explain the policy that was set out by his leader, Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
65 speeches (39,051 words) Thursday 20th February 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) On Tuesday, in the budget that Anas Sarwar is currently not going to support, there will be an increase - Link to Speech |
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Employer National Insurance Contributions
73 speeches (101,410 words) Tuesday 18th February 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Hoy, Craig (Con - South Scotland) Last summer, Anas Sarwar was all set for Labour’s honeymoon—he was measuring for curtains in Bute house - Link to Speech 2: Slater, Lorna (Green - Lothian) to do so.”Step forward the Labour Government that was elected last summer, which, according to Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 3: Gulhane, Sandesh (Con - Glasgow) services.Let us be absolutely clear that the Labour Government’s tax hike, which is supported by Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Great British Energy Bill
49 speeches (31,775 words) Thursday 6th February 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Lumsden, Douglas (Con - North East Scotland) if the Labour Party took less money from eco zealots and started talking to oil and gas workers, Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 2: Ruskell, Mark (Green - Mid Scotland and Fife) However, despite all the bluster from Anas Sarwar at First Minister’s question time today, when I asked - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
71 speeches (41,550 words) Thursday 6th February 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) Indeed, Anas Sarwar stood beside me in an STV debate and made that very promise, and it has not been - Link to Speech |
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Budget (Scotland) (No 4) Bill: Stage 1
169 speeches (150,125 words) Tuesday 4th February 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Hoy, Craig (Con - South Scotland) Anas Sarwar will spinelessly let the budget pass without securing a single concession from the SNP. - Link to Speech 2: Brown, Keith (SNP - Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) I read today that Anas Sarwar is willing to work with Nigel Farage on a case-by-case basis. - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
65 speeches (40,578 words) Thursday 30th January 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) Jackie Baillie and Anas Sarwar are once again saying— [Interruption.] - Link to Speech 2: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) There was not a single solution offered by Anas Sarwar—not one. [Interruption.] - Link to Speech 3: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) There was not a single solution offered by Anas Sarwar in all of that long diatribe to Parliament, because - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
76 speeches (41,699 words) Thursday 23rd January 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) We find out that Anas Sarwar is completely and utterly hopeless and powerless in the face of a UK Government - Link to Speech 2: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) If Jackie Baillie had been paying as much attention to my press output as Anas Sarwar has, she would - Link to Speech |
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Women’s State Pensions (Compensation)
109 speeches (129,564 words) Tuesday 21st January 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Gallacher, Meghan (Con - Central Scotland) However, that will not wash, because, no matter what Anas Sarwar says or what any of his colleagues say - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
61 speeches (41,572 words) Thursday 16th January 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) I hear the slogan from Anas Sarwar every week, but I point out to Parliament that there was not a single - Link to Speech |
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Parliamentary Bureau Motions
14 speeches (9,677 words) Wednesday 15th January 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Hoy, Craig (Con - South Scotland) Anas Sarwar appears to be spineless when it comes to standing up to the Scottish Government on the Scottish - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
69 speeches (40,815 words) Thursday 9th January 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Findlay, Russell (Con - West Scotland) Labour Party, so I ask John Swinney: what sweeteners did he have to give Labour in exchange, or did Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Child Poverty
88 speeches (123,210 words) Tuesday 7th January 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Findlay, Russell (Con - West Scotland) John Swinney and Anas Sarwar, who is not in the chamber today, believe in the big state approach: high - Link to Speech 2: Findlay, Russell (Con - West Scotland) and industrious people of Scotland are capable of that, if given the opportunity.John Swinney, Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 3: Haughey, Clare (SNP - Rutherglen) for her and her young son, allowing them to live with more dignity and self-respect.Yesterday, Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 4: Marra, Michael (Lab - North East Scotland) say that he very much echoed much of the language of the speech that was made by Labour leader Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
69 speeches (41,481 words) Thursday 12th December 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) There was only one member who did not vote for that motion last night, and that was Anas Sarwar. - Link to Speech 2: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) The only people who voted against the motion were the Conservatives and Anas Sarwar. - Link to Speech 3: Haughey, Clare (SNP - Rutherglen) I am sure that the First Minister shared my surprise that, last night, Anas Sarwar voted with the Conservatives - Link to Speech 4: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) Of all the things that I have ever thought about Anas Sarwar, I have never had him down as a rebel, but - Link to Speech |
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Topical Question Time
21 speeches (11,427 words) Tuesday 10th December 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) in the way of allowing Scotland to scrap the cap, it is perhaps ironic that Scottish Labour and Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
81 speeches (41,853 words) Thursday 5th December 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) Anas Sarwar has my commitment that the Government will do that.I am interested in Mr Sarwar’s language - Link to Speech |
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Budget 2025-26
101 speeches (76,563 words) Wednesday 4th December 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Stewart, Kevin (SNP - Aberdeen Central) described the two-child cap as the “wrong position”, Pam Duncan-Glancy said that it was “horrific” and Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
71 speeches (41,283 words) Thursday 28th November 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) As I set out in my answer to Anas Sarwar earlier on, in the face of 14 years of Conservative austerity - Link to Speech |
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Topical Question Time
23 speeches (15,575 words) Tuesday 26th November 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Brown, Keith (SNP - Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) Has the minister had any more success than I had when I asked Anas Sarwar how many people in Scotland - Link to Speech |
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National Insurance Increase (Impact on Public Services)
126 speeches (103,860 words) Wednesday 20th November 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Gulhane, Sandesh (Con - Glasgow) In fact, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has praised charities in parliamentary motions, recognising - Link to Speech |
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Rural Economy (Impact of United Kingdom Government Budget)
99 speeches (138,745 words) Tuesday 19th November 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Ross, Douglas (Con - Highlands and Islands) I hope that Colin Smyth, Anas Sarwar and other Labour representatives do not hide away that day. - Link to Speech 2: Hamilton, Rachael (Con - Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) Why does Scottish Labour not tell Anas Sarwar to say that this policy should be overturned? - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
71 speeches (41,703 words) Thursday 14th November 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) I am not sure whether I misheard Anas Sarwar, but I think that he said that the national care service - Link to Speech |
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Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs (Farms)
71 speeches (64,931 words) Wednesday 13th November 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Hamilton, Rachael (Con - Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) Anas Sarwar must be so embarrassed by the budget. - Link to Speech 2: Hamilton, Rachael (Con - Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) economy is the fastest-growing economy in the G7 and it has the highest employment.Furthermore, Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Brexit (Impact on Rural Economy)
134 speeches (121,485 words) Thursday 7th November 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) fact that Alex Rowley is open-minded to a Scottish visa system, and I encourage him to impress on Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Fiscal Sustainability
113 speeches (157,895 words) Tuesday 29th October 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Haughey, Clare (SNP - Rutherglen) harsh light of fiscal reality”,and made it clear that the budget will be“painful”.The words of Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 2: Stewart, Kevin (SNP - Aberdeen Central) As Clare Haughey intimated, Anas Sarwar said:“Read my lips: no austerity under Labour.”I hope that we - Link to Speech 3: Stevenson, Collette (SNP - East Kilbride) Before the election, Anas Sarwar famously said:“Read my lips: no austerity under Labour.”However, Keir - Link to Speech |
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Challenge Poverty Week
178 speeches (151,889 words) Tuesday 8th October 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) Will Anas Sarwar take an intervention? - Link to Speech 2: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) Will Anas Sarwar take an intervention? - Link to Speech 3: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) I am grateful to Anas Sarwar for giving way. - Link to Speech 4: McMillan, Stuart (SNP - Greenock and Inverclyde) Anas Sarwar has to answer for that. - Link to Speech 5: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) Last week, it was by Anas Sarwar, and I am delighted that Michael Marra has joined in today. - Link to Speech |
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Decision Time
15 speeches (16,805 words) Tuesday 8th October 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) The next question is, that amendment S6M-14820.3, in the name of Anas Sarwar, which seeks to amend motion - Link to Speech |
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Housing Emergency
168 speeches (133,355 words) Wednesday 2nd October 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-14719, in the name of Anas Sarwar, on the housing - Link to Speech 2: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) I would like to clarify something with Anas Sarwar—would he agree with me that the £90 million that we - Link to Speech 3: Briggs, Miles (Con - Lothian) As Anas Sarwar said, these are our friends, our neighbours and, in some cases, our family members.On - Link to Speech 4: Brown, Keith (SNP - Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) I think that it was Anas Sarwar who said that it was “pathetic, inept and shameful.” - Link to Speech 5: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) Let us start with Anas Sarwar. - Link to Speech |
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Decision Time
10 speeches (14,196 words) Wednesday 2nd October 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) S6M-14719.4, in the name of Paul McLennan, which seeks to amend motion S6M-14719, in the name of Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 2: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) The next question is, that motion S6M-14719, in the name of Anas Sarwar, on the housing emergency, as - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
64 speeches (43,229 words) Thursday 26th September 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) I would just point out to the Parliament that, as usual, when Anas Sarwar is faced with facts that rebut - Link to Speech |
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UK Budget (Scotland’s Priorities)
126 speeches (124,777 words) Tuesday 24th September 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Stewart, Kevin (SNP - Aberdeen Central) We had the Labour leader in this Parliament, Anas Sarwar, saying during the course of that election:“ - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
77 speeches (42,822 words) Thursday 19th September 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) I very much regret the circumstances that Anas Sarwar puts to me about Karen Campbell’s case, because - Link to Speech 2: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) Clare Haughey’s question reminded me of the commitment that Anas Sarwar gave to the people of Scotland—he - Link to Speech |
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Creating a Modern, Diverse and Dynamic Scotland
139 speeches (122,218 words) Wednesday 18th September 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) I call Anas Sarwar to speak to and move amendment S6M-14524.5. - Link to Speech 2: Slater, Lorna (Green - Lothian) not have a single argument in defence of the union and had nothing positive to say, and nor did Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 3: Bibby, Neil (Lab - West Scotland) requires ambition; competence; an impatience for change; a focus on the future, not the past, as Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 4: Forbes, Kate (SNP - Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) and wise choices than I ever would have had in successive UK Prime Ministers.That brings me to Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech |
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Decision Time
28 speeches (38,970 words) Wednesday 18th September 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) that, if the amendment in the name of Douglas Ross is agreed to, the amendments in the names of Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech 2: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) I remind members that, if the amendment in the name of Anas Sarwar is agreed to, the amendment in the - Link to Speech |
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Thursday 18th December 2025 noon First Minister’s Questions - Main Chamber Russell Findlay (S6F-04534) Question to be taken in Chamber. Anas Sarwar (S6F-04535) Question to be taken in Chamber. Ross Greer (S6F-04536) Question to be taken in Chamber. David Torrance (S6F-04553) To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is taking to support households with the cost of living this winter. Tim Eagle (S6F-04537) To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the partial collapse of the Spey Viaduct, including what support it can offer to Moray Council in responding to the immediate consequences and the next steps for the local community. Monica Lennon (S6F-04540) To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the recent EIS findings that young people with additional support needs are being let down, and teachers are experiencing stress due to inadequate resourcing, in light of the reported reduction of nearly 20% in specialist ASN staff since 2010, despite a rise of over 710% in the number of pupils requiring such support since 2007. Beatrice Wishart (S6F-04543) To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s position is on local authorities, which host renewable energy infrastructure, receiving Scottish Crown Estate revenue allocations, such as a share of the income from ScotWind projects. Watch on Scottish Parliament TV View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 9th October 2025 noon First Minister's Questions - Main Chamber Russell Findlay (S6F-04366) Question to be taken in Chamber. Anas Sarwar (S6F-04367) Question to be taken in Chamber. Alex Cole-Hamilton (S6F-04368) Question to be taken in Chamber. Clare Adamson (S6F-04378) To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of any implications for its work to mitigate the two-child benefit cap of the UK Government's reported proposals to replace the cap with a tapered system. Brian Whittle (S6F-04374) To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reports that the mental health budget has been reduced in the 2025-26 Autumn Budget Revision. Michael Matheson (S6F-04377) To ask the First Minister, following Scotland’s Global Investment Summit 2025, whether he will provide an update on the Scottish Government’s work to attract international investment into Scotland’s economy. Watch on Scottish Parliament TV View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 2nd October 2025 noon First Minister's Questions - Main Chamber Russell Findlay (S6F-04341) Question to be taken in Chamber. Anas Sarwar (S6F-04342) Question to be taken in Chamber. Ross Greer (S6F-04343) Question to be taken in Chamber. Gordon MacDonald (S6F-04356) To ask the First Minister, regarding the potential impact on marginalised communities and public services in Scotland, what the Scottish Government’s response is to UK Government proposals to introduce a mandatory digital ID scheme. Liz Smith (S6F-04345) To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s position is on whether NHS Tayside should exempt legal claims by former patients of Professor Sam Eljamel from the three-year time-bar which is currently in place. Jackie Baillie (S6F-04352) To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to reported comments from the chair of the British Medical Association in Scotland, that Scotland's NHS is "dying before our eyes". Watch on Scottish Parliament TV View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 25th September 2025 noon First Minister's Questions - Main Chamber Russell Findlay (S6F-04318) Question to be taken in Chamber. Anas Sarwar (S6F-04319) Question to be taken in Chamber. Ross Greer (S6F-04320) Question to be taken in Chamber. Elena Whitham (S6F-04335) To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of any implications for its work to address poverty amongst older people of recent findings by the Living Wage Foundation that a majority of people on a low-income pension in the UK are unable to cover basic living costs. Brian Whittle (S6F-04327) To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reports that proposed changes to the counting method for NHS waiting lists will result in numbers falling despite no more patients being seen. Foysol Choudhury (S6F-04336) To ask the First Minister what urgent action the Scottish Government is taking in light of Public Health Scotland's estimate that dementia in Scotland is set to rise by more than 50% by 2044. Watch on Scottish Parliament TV View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 18th September 2025 noon First Minister's Questions - Main Chamber Russell Findlay (S6F-04293) Question to be taken in Chamber. Anas Sarwar (S6F-04294) Question to be taken in Chamber. Alex Cole-Hamilton (S6F-04295) Question to be taken in Chamber. Gordon MacDonald (S6F-04313) To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of the potential impact on households in Scotland of the forecasts from the Food and Drink Federation that food and drink inflation could reach 5.7% by December. Murdo Fraser (S6F-04296) To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government will support town and city centres as retail destinations. Maggie Chapman (S6F-04300) To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to protect renters in the private sector from homelessness. Watch on Scottish Parliament TV View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 11th September 2025 noon First Minister's Questions - Main Chamber Russell Findlay (S6F-04273) Question to be taken in Chamber. Anas Sarwar (S6F-04274) Question to be taken in Chamber. Ross Greer (S6F-04275) Question to be taken in Chamber. Ruth Maguire (S6F-04281) To ask the First Minister, in light of reports of the rising rate of poverty for families with a baby under one and new evidence from Save the Children that increasing Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods payments could significantly reduce the child poverty rate for this priority group, whether the Scottish Government will consider increasing these payments. Brian Whittle (S6F-04284) To ask the First Minister what urgent steps the Scottish Government is taking in response to reports that nursing and midwifery vacancies have risen by 60% in six months. Paul Sweeney (S6F-04287) To ask the First Minister what additional support the Scottish Government is giving to the Public Dental Service, in light of reports that there has been a 10% rise in spending over the last two years due to increased demand. Jamie Greene (S6F-04291) To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will review its policy on public sector settlement agreements, in light of reports that £4 million of public money was spent on public sector pay-offs in 2023-24. Watch on Scottish Parliament TV View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 4th September 2025 noon First Minister's Questions - Main Chamber Russell Findlay (S6F-04255) Question to be taken in Chamber. Anas Sarwar (S6F-04256) Question to be taken in Chamber. Ross Greer (S6F-04257) Question to be taken in Chamber. Evelyn Tweed (S6F-04246) To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to reduce the number of road traffic incidents on the trunk road network, in light of reports of a number of serious accidents over the summer. Tess White (S6F-04252) To ask the First Minister whether he will provide an update on the steps that the Scottish Government is taking as a result of the Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers. Alex Rowley (S6F-04244) To ask the First Minister, in light of SEPA's warnings of water scarcity over the summer and the introduction of restrictions on water abstraction last week in some areas, including North Fife, what action the Scottish Government is taking to secure water supply in Scotland in the face of changing climate conditions. Watch on Scottish Parliament TV View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 2nd September 2025 Scottish Government Debate: Priorities for Scotland - Main Chamber John Swinney (S6M-18671) That the Parliament welcomes the Scottish Government’s continued focus on its four key priorities of eradicating child poverty, tackling the climate emergency, growing the economy, and ensuring high-quality and sustainable public services; recognises that the delivery of these priorities is within the significant constraints of a constitutional settlement that hampers achieving those priorities due to the policy decisions of UK Conservative and Labour administrations, and recognises that it is only by choosing independence that Scotland can get the fresh start that its people need and deserve. Further details available for S6M-18671 Russell Findlay (S6M-18671.4) As an amendment to motion S6M-18671 in the name of John Swinney (Priorities for Scotland), leave out from "welcomes" to end and insert "recognises that the Scottish Government has failed to take action on the priorities of taxpayers, like cutting NHS waiting lists, fixing crumbling roads and stimulating economic growth; acknowledges that, despite repeatedly raising taxes, public services have not improved in Scotland; laments that, increasingly, the Scottish Government has focused on its obsession with independence, as well as fringe issues like gender reform and subjects wholly outside its remit like foreign affairs; notes with concern that Scotland continues to have a bloated public sector, with a huge number of quangos that often have overlapping functions and remits; argues that public money would be better spent being diverted to frontline services rather than on the bureaucratic state, and calls for the Scottish Ministers to prioritise economic growth and improving public services rather than yet another push for an independence referendum." Further details available for S6M-18671.4 Anas Sarwar (S6M-18671.2) As an amendment to motion S6M-18671 in the name of John Swinney (Priorities for Scotland), leave out from "welcomes" to end and insert "notes that the Scottish National Party (SNP) administration has overseen the development of a housing emergency, allowed NHS waiting lists to soar, leading to a two-tier system with those who can afford to pay going private, been forced to scrap its legal climate change targets due to its own inaction, wasted billions of pounds of public money through incompetence and bureaucracy, and stood by while school standards declined; recognises that SNP incompetence means that people in Scotland are not feeling the benefits of the £5.2 billion in additional funding delivered by the UK Labour administration, which is working to restore public services and kickstart economic growth, and believes that Scotland is a country that is full of potential but that it is being failed by the SNP administration, and that, at the election in 2026, people in Scotland can choose a new administration that shares their ambitions and works to deliver the services that they deserve." Further details available for S6M-18671.2 Ross Greer (S6M-18671.3) As an amendment to motion S6M-18671 in the name of John Swinney (Priorities for Scotland), insert at end "; is concerned that Scottish Government action to tackle the climate emergency has been scaled back, that targets for reducing child poverty have been missed and that the wealthiest 2% of households in Scotland hold more wealth than the bottom 50%; recognises that tackling the climate emergency, eradicating child poverty and ensuring high-quality and sustainable public services will require further redistribution of wealth, and calls, therefore, on the Scottish Government to make bold use of its existing tax-raising powers, including the creation of new revenue-raising mechanisms for local government." Further details available for S6M-18671.3 Alex Cole-Hamilton (S6M-18671.1) As an amendment to motion S6M-18671 in the name of John Swinney (Priorities for Scotland), leave out from “welcomes” to end and insert “recognises that people feel let down and frustrated, and considers that Scotland deserves better than the current Scottish National Party administration; calls for first-rate healthcare, help with the cost of living, more support for pupils to help get Scottish education back to its best, and an end to the ferries fiasco, and believes that Scotland needs change with fairness at its heart." Further details available for S6M-18671.1 Watch on Scottish Parliament TV View calendar - Add to calendar |
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No Department None 1. Questions to the First Minister <p>I noticed you didn't answer the question. I asked you whether you thought that Rachel Reeves should resign for misleading the public. The Chancellor told direct lies. Rachel Reeves was told back in September by the Office for Budget Responsibility that public finances were clearly in better shape than she went on to claim was the case. She clearly cannot be trusted, and if she doesn't have the decency to resign, then the Prime Minister should sack her. That is the reality.</p> |