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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
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
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
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


Parliamentary Debates
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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 Power
185 speeches (18,299 words)
Tuesday 17th January 2023 - Commons Chamber
Scotland Office
Mentions:
1: Ian Murray (LAB - Edinburgh South) The leader of the UK Labour party has made his position perfectly clear, and Anas Sarwar, the leader - Link to Speech

Scottish Independence
17 speeches (1,656 words)
Wednesday 7th December 2022 - Lords Chamber
Scotland Office
Mentions:
1: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (LAB - Life peer) Does the Minister not think the Labour leader in Scotland, Anas Sarwar, makes a very strong point when - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
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

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



Parliamentary Research
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

The Secretary of State's veto and the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill - CBP-9705
Jan. 25 2023

Found: sit in our chamber, he didn ’t have a vote and he didn ’t follow the evidence like we did.107 Anas Sarwar

The Accession of King Charles III - CBP-9621
Sep. 21 2022

Found: Scottish people.132 Douglas Ross, the leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party , Anas Sarwar



Tweets
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

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Peter Grant (Scottish National Party - Glenrothes) - @PeterGrantMP
9 Mar 2023, 8:07 p.m.

I kinda agree with George that Anas Sarwar performs best in debates when he doesn't take part. https://t.co/UFmAnnT0D9

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Martin Docherty-Hughes (Scottish National Party - West Dunbartonshire) - @MartinJDocherty
2 Mar 2023, 3:06 p.m.

Since Labour took control of West Dunbartonshire Council we've had fleeting visits from Keir Starmer & Anas Sarwar for photo ops. Last night their Labour councillors voted through devastating cuts to community groups, local facilities & public services. https://t.co/qezBMBwcJo

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Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South) - @StewartMcDonald
23 Feb 2023, 6:21 p.m.

Anas Sarwar has been a great pains to present himself as leading a Labour Party that’s serious about governance - they’re no such thing. Last week in Glasgow, and now this week in Edinburgh, they’ve shown themselves to be the farce they truly are. https://t.co/C5Ryjmzm1v

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Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) - @GavNewlandsSNP
19 Feb 2023, 11:46 a.m.

Curious that Anas Sarwar was saying that opposing is the easy part of politics & that you must set out your own plans for Gov't. Presumably, that memo didn't get through to the Glasgow Council Labour group? Also, his answer on his tax plans was disingenuous waffle. #BBCSundayShow

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Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South) - @StewartMcDonald
16 Feb 2023, 2:34 p.m.

As councillors set the city budget within tough financial constraints, rather than present political alternatives and make the case for their own priorities, Labour councillors - amazingly, with the blessing of Anas Sarwar - failed to turn up. Amateur, gesture politics. https://t.co/MPF3W8FugU

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Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) - @GavNewlandsSNP
15 Feb 2023, 11:02 p.m.

I have to say Anas Sarwar managed to oppose what the SNP has done under Nicola whilst staying very respectful about Nicola and her service. Could Douglas Ross match this? Absolutely not. Classless. Sinking to the moment, as per. #Newsnight

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Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central) - @ChrisLawSNP
27 Jan 2023, 9:16 a.m.

Fools wander where angels fear to tread. …Anas Sarwar: UK Labour right not to oppose Tory block on Scottish gender reforms https://t.co/z36ipZFz5H

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Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South) - @StewartMcDonald
18 Jan 2023, 12:31 p.m.

What pusillanimous word soup. Whoever eventually put 50p in Anas Sarwar should ask for it back. https://t.co/zXjWE08Loc

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Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party - Perth and Kinross-shire) - @PeteWishart
SNP Deputy Westminster Leader
12 Jan 2023, 6:42 p.m.

@PWMartin_Leith @markmcgeoghegan @OtherChrises @MhairiHunter @PeterArnottGlas That only applies when there is only ‘one’ candidate. 2 or more and it’s a simple majority. All the unionists need to do is to ensure that there is a contest. They will know enough about standing orders to do that. It will be FM Douglas Ross or Anas Sarwar.

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Anas Sarwar mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Committee Publications
Thursday 23rd May 2024
Report - Complaint against Michael Matheson MSP

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Found: state unlike both you and Mr Matheson, inform you I have copied this letter into Douglas Ross, Anas Sarwar

Friday 10th May 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy, 10 May 2024
Scottish Government programme of work on climate change

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Found: Party (DR) • Elliot Roy, Political Director, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (ES) • Anas Sarwar



Scottish Cross Party Group Publications
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



Scottish Government Publications
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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tuesday 17th September 2024
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Source Page: Breaches of the Ministerial Code: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400401399 - Information released - ANNEX A (PDF)

Found: The letter was addressed to the Presiding Officer, business managers, Anas Sarwar, Liam Kerr, myself

Tuesday 17th September 2024
External Affairs Directorate
Source Page: Former First Minister meetings with international leaders concerning human rights: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400394434 - Information released - Attachments 1 - 3 (PDF)

Found: During his visit to Scotland, the High Commissioner will meet the presiding officer, Anas Sarwar, Douglas

Tuesday 10th September 2024
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Source Page: The Minister for Housing appearance on The Sunday Show on 05/11/23: FOI Review
Document: FOI 202300388177 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: The First Minister I will again try to clarify some of the issues that Anas Sarwar has raised.

Monday 9th September 2024
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Source Page: First Minister Green Prosperity Funding claim: EIR Review
Document: EIR 202300382550 - Information released - Annex A (PDF)

Found: Speaking alongside Anas Sarwar, Keir Starmer will set how Labour will succeed where the SNP and Conservatives

Thursday 5th September 2024
Financial Management Directorate
Source Page: Spending to generate positive Barnett consequentials: FOI release
Document: Spending to generate positive Barnett consequentials: FOI release (webpage)

Found: FMQs on 13th June 2024, John Swinney said this:“What we have here is a classic example of what Anas Sarwar

Thursday 5th September 2024
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Source Page: AirBnB spend, oil and gas exploration in the North Sea and Ministerial correspondence: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400404762 - Information released - Attachments (PDF)

Found: [Redacted] Who - Douglas Ross MSP, Party Leader, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Anas Sarwar

Wednesday 4th September 2024
International Trade and Investment Directorate
Source Page: Key terms in records of all Holyrood Ministers: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400401817 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: Appendix 1 provides a brief update of the work done to date supported by Anas Sarwar MSP , Graeme Dey

Friday 30th August 2024
Constitution Directorate
Source Page: Constitutional futures, Independence and Scottish Child Payment: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400402341 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: Scotland) 9 Labour peer rebuked for tweet on first minister's wife The Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Thursday 29th August 2024
External Affairs Directorate
Source Page: Swimming pool fund, Belarusian politicians and the Budget 2024/25: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400401180 - Information released - Annex A - H (PDF)

Found: Party (DR) • Elliot Roy, Political Director, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (ES) • Anas Sarwar

Tuesday 13th August 2024
Culture and Major Events Directorate
Source Page: Youth Music Initiative, Education, Young People and Children Committee and Creative Scotland funding: FOI release
Document: FOI 202300380858 - Information released - Annex C (PDF)

Found: impacts as a result” 5 Sep: UKGov announce Autumn Statement will be on 22 November. 31 Aug: Anas Sarwar

Wednesday 5th June 2024
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Source Page: First Minister attending the memorial service for the late Alistair Darling: FOI release
Document: FOI 202300390476 - Information Released - Documents (PDF)

Found: Labour are aware, I’ve been in touch with [REDACTED] who works for Anas Sarwar, and he has liaised

Thursday 16th May 2024
Culture and Major Events Directorate
Source Page: Correspondence regarding public energy company and other various topics: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400391851 - Information Released - Annex 1 (PDF)

Found: Speaking alongside Anas Sarwar, Keir Starmer will set how Labour will succeed where the SNP and Conservatives

Tuesday 7th May 2024

Source Page: John Swinney MSP accepts nomination as First Minister of Scotland
Document: John Swinney MSP accepts nomination as First Minister of Scotland (webpage)

Found: Presiding Officer, I am very grateful to Douglas Ross, Alex Cole-Hamilton, Anas Sarwar and Lorna Slater

Tuesday 20th February 2024
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Source Page: Jason Leitch WhatsApp messages: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400394859 - Information Released- Supplementary information (PDF)

Found: Under questioning from Anas Sarwar in June, Mr Yousaf pledged that t he Scottish Government had fully



Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
Scottish Parliament Statistics 2023-2024
Tuesday 25th March 2025
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Found: Carol Mochan South Scotland (R) Paul O'Kane West Scotland (R) Alex Rowley Mid Scotland and Fife (R) Anas Sarwar

Scottish Parliament Statistics 2023-2024
Tuesday 25th February 2025
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Found: Carol Mochan South Scotland (R) Paul O'Kane West Scotland (R) Alex Rowley Mid Scotland and Fife (R) Anas Sarwar

Scottish Parliament Statistics 2022-2023
Thursday 19th December 2024

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Found: Carol Mochan South Scotland (R) Paul O'Kane West Scotland (R) Alex Rowley Mid Scotland and Fife (R) Anas Sarwar



Scottish Parliamentary Debates
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Free School Meals (Primary Pupils)
54 speeches (64,820 words)
Wednesday 11th September 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Grahame, Christine (SNP - Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) I think that the member has just walked into a bear trap: the great big promise from Anas Sarwar was - Link to Speech

Programme for Government 2024-25 (Eradicating Child Poverty)
73 speeches (122,438 words)
Thursday 5th September 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) That now infamous line from Anas Sarwar—“Read my lips: no austerity under Labour”—will continue to haunt - Link to Speech
2: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) We have to wonder whether that is the change that Anas Sarwar was talking about yesterday. - Link to Speech

Programme for Government
103 speeches (93,591 words)
Wednesday 4th September 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) We will listen with some respect to the person who has the floor and, at the moment, that is Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech
2: Gibson, Kenneth (SNP - Cunninghame North) According to Anas Sarwar, Labour will“put Scotland at the heart of Government”.That includes the Secretary - Link to Speech
3: Harper, Emma (SNP - South Scotland) “give pensioners security in retirement.”In June, Anas Sarwar said:“Read my lips: no austerity under - Link to Speech
4: Baillie, Jackie (Lab - Dumbarton) Anas Sarwar was right: it is clear that the SNP Government has lost its way, and its incompetence is - Link to Speech
5: Forbes, Kate (SNP - Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) I agree with Anas Sarwar that we have only eight weeks to go on, but the sad thing for the Labour Party - Link to Speech

First Minister’s Question Time
75 speeches (41,791 words)
Thursday 27th June 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) I invite Anas Sarwar to do the maths. - Link to Speech

Palestine
17 speeches (54,284 words)
Wednesday 26th June 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: McNeill, Pauline (Lab - Glasgow) inalienable and “long-overdue right” that is not in the gift of the neighbour, who is the occupier.As Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech

First Minister’s Question Time
76 speeches (41,950 words)
Thursday 20th June 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) means that there has been a missed opportunity to address the very issues that Jackie Baillie and Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech

Women’s State Pension Age (Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Report)
22 speeches (42,504 words)
Wednesday 19th June 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Haughey, Clare (SNP - Rutherglen) Labour’s manifesto about the WASPI campaign, and we have heard nothing from Sir Keir Starmer or from Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech

First Minister’s Question Time
67 speeches (43,092 words)
Thursday 13th June 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) ensure that people get treatment at an earlier time than is the case just now.I have to say to Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech
2: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) That will undermine the investment in our national health service, which is why Anas Sarwar has not a - Link to Speech

Oil and Gas Industry
116 speeches (72,967 words)
Wednesday 5th June 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: White, Tess (Con - North East Scotland) I would normally take an intervention.During this week’s STV debate, John Swinney and Anas Sarwar both - Link to Speech
2: Kerr, Stephen (Con - Central Scotland) We all saw John Swinney and Anas Sarwar struggling to answer the very pointed questions that were put - Link to Speech
3: Harvie, Patrick (Green - Glasgow) In May, Anas Sarwar said that it would be a“publicly-owned energy generating company”.Just four days - Link to Speech
4: Kerr, Liam (Con - North East Scotland) In the leaders debate, Anas Sarwar said that he wants oil and gas companies to invest, then in the same - Link to Speech

First Minister’s Question Time
69 speeches (43,429 words)
Thursday 23rd May 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) When Anas Sarwar comes to the Parliament and wants to challenge me about the record of the SNP Government - Link to Speech

Point of Order
2 speeches (1,171 words)
Thursday 16th May 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: McMillan, Stuart (SNP - Greenock and Inverclyde) At First Minister’s question time today, Anas Sarwar said that Inverclyde’s out-of-hours general practitioner - Link to Speech

First Minister’s Question Time
66 speeches (44,151 words)
Thursday 16th May 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) It is a bit rich for Anas Sarwar to come to the chamber and criticise me for decisions that I have taken - Link to Speech

First Minister’s Question Time
63 speeches (42,722 words)
Thursday 9th May 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) I have good news for Anas Sarwar: that fresh leadership has just arrived—[Interruption.] - Link to Speech

First Minister
24 speeches (52,075 words)
Tuesday 7th May 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) They are Alex Cole-Hamilton, Douglas Ross, Anas Sarwar and John Swinney. - Link to Speech
2: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) The vote is closed.The next vote is for Anas Sarwar. - Link to Speech
3: Cole-Hamilton, Alex (LD - Edinburgh Western) of the UK and Scottish Covid inquiries has been made harder by the deletion of evidence, which Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech

First Minister’s Question Time
87 speeches (44,276 words)
Thursday 2nd May 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) Anas Sarwar once stood on a platform of progressive taxation, but that, like all his other principles - Link to Speech
2: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) Anas Sarwar talks about a leadership stitch-up. He should know about that. - Link to Speech
3: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) Anas Sarwar says that continuity will not cut it. - Link to Speech

Motion of No Confidence
27 speeches (34,594 words)
Wednesday 1st May 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-13005, in the name of Anas Sarwar, on a motion of - Link to Speech
2: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) When it comes to attacking my colleagues John Swinney and Kate Forbes, I remind Anas Sarwar that, when - Link to Speech
3: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) We come to the vote on motion S6M-13005, in the name of Anas Sarwar. - Link to Speech

First Minister’s Question Time
76 speeches (42,964 words)
Thursday 25th April 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) Anas Sarwar asked me about a whole range of climate change-related questions. - Link to Speech
2: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) This year, Anas Sarwar talks about ditching principles—[Interruption.] - Link to Speech
3: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) Let me remind Anas Sarwar about his record when it comes to his principles. - Link to Speech
4: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) Anas Sarwar on Labour’s front bench is getting extremely agitated by that question—and no wonder. - Link to Speech

Two-child Benefit Cap
48 speeches (50,118 words)
Tuesday 23rd April 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Haughey, Clare (SNP - Rutherglen) Will they take the one that Anas Sarwar sets, or the one that Keir Starmer seems to be setting? - Link to Speech

First Minister’s Question Time
70 speeches (46,397 words)
Thursday 18th April 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) details of an accelerated package of climate action.Time and time again, all that we have heard from Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech
2: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) Anas Sarwar started his second question by saying that the Labour Party backed the targets. - Link to Speech
3: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) undoubtedly match Labour’s brass neck.Let us cut through the soundbites and lack of substance from Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech

Points of Order
12 speeches (6,577 words)
Thursday 18th April 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Gosal, Pam (Con - West Scotland) attendance.I was disappointed that I had to find out first from community links that Humza Yousaf and Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech

Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021
122 speeches (127,875 words)
Wednesday 17th April 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Findlay, Russell (Con - West Scotland) As usual, Anas Sarwar sided with the SNP—not for the first or the last time. - Link to Speech

First Minister’s Question Time
59 speeches (45,460 words)
Thursday 28th March 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) again, have trusted the Scottish National Party to be the Government of Scotland and have rejected Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech
2: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) When it comes to vision, let me remind Anas Sarwar that it was just last week that his colleagues in - Link to Speech
3: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) Anas Sarwar and Jackie Baillie are laughing at the damage that has been done to the food and drink sector - Link to Speech

Topical Question Time
46 speeches (21,052 words)
Tuesday 26th March 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) Last year, in Paisley, Anas Sarwar walked behind a WASPI banner. - Link to Speech

First Minister’s Question Time
69 speeches (44,551 words)
Thursday 21st March 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) It would be helpful to know from Anas Sarwar whether, if there is an incoming Labour Government, it would - Link to Speech
2: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) I am more than happy to look at Cody’s case and, indeed, any other case that Anas Sarwar raises. - Link to Speech
3: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) No, I do not agree with that.I thought that I asked a pretty reasonable question, which Anas Sarwar is - Link to Speech

First Minister’s Question Time
54 speeches (44,996 words)
Thursday 14th March 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) extremely challenging issue and to say that we continue to listen and to act.That is why I say to Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech
2: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) There is an increase in residential rehab beds, and I will come back to the specific point that Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech
3: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) Anas Sarwar and Douglas Ross were both right to say that levels of drug deaths in Scotland are unacceptable - Link to Speech

National Health Service Waiting Lists
46 speeches (63,216 words)
Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Gray, Neil (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) At the very least, if we follow the course that Anas Sarwar set out before his conference, it would reduce - Link to Speech

Scotland’s Economy
56 speeches (74,827 words)
Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: McKee, Ivan (SNP - Glasgow Provan) Many of them are of Anas Sarwar and Keir Starmer staring wistfully into the middle distance. - Link to Speech

First Minister’s Question Time
90 speeches (48,657 words)
Thursday 7th March 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) impact on our health service across the UK.I go back to the point that I made to Douglas Ross and to Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech
2: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) do not want a single person waiting a day longer—a minute longer—than they have to do.However, Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech
3: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) theatres up and down the country.I go back to a point that I have made before to Douglas Ross and Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech
4: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) have made improvements in child and adolescent mental health services, which was referenced by Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech

First Minister’s Question Time
46 speeches (42,308 words)
Thursday 29th February 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) Much like Douglas Ross, Anas Sarwar makes some very important points on this issue. - Link to Speech
2: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) I thank Anas Sarwar for reading out Margaret Caldwell’s words—they are incredibly powerful. - Link to Speech

Palestine and Israel
25 speeches (54,269 words)
Thursday 22nd February 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Bibby, Neil (Lab - West Scotland) it, with safe borders and, ultimately, recognition for that Palestinian state—a state that, as Anas Sarwar - Link to Speech

Portfolio Question Time
41 speeches (22,876 words)
Thursday 22nd February 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Tweed, Evelyn (SNP - Stirling) Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar was recently quoted in the New Statesman as saying that Holyrood had - Link to Speech

Scottish Income Tax Rate Resolution 2024-25
49 speeches (37,958 words)
Thursday 22nd February 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Greer, Ross (Green - West Scotland) It is abundantly clear to all of us that Keir Starmer—not Anas Sarwar or Michael Marra—sets Scottish - Link to Speech

First Minister’s Question Time
78 speeches (42,304 words)
Thursday 22nd February 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) How does Anas Sarwar think that, in the midst of a cost of living crisis, throwing 100,000 workers on - Link to Speech
2: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) Labour is now the party of the few, not the party of the many.It is astonishing that Anas Sarwar has - Link to Speech
3: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) When Anas Sarwar says that he will cut taxes for the highest earners, he needs to be honest about what - Link to Speech