Information between 17th May 2022 - 10th February 2025
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Grangemouth Oil Refinery: Energy Security
13 speeches (3,895 words) Tuesday 9th January 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Graham Stuart (Con - Beverley and Holderness) On 29 November, I met the Scottish Cabinet Secretary, Neil Gray, and we agreed that both our Governments - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
145 speeches (10,257 words) Wednesday 29th November 2023 - Commons Chamber Scotland Office Mentions: 1: Alister Jack (Con - Dumfries and Galloway) and Selkirk (John Lamont), and a Minister from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero met Neil Gray - Link to Speech |
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Energy Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)
82 speeches (11,930 words) Committee stage: 8th sitting Tuesday 13th June 2023 - Public Bill Committees Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Andrew Bowie (CON - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) I received a letter from the Energy Minister in the Scottish Government, Neil Gray, just last week—I - Link to Speech 2: Alan Brown (SNP - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) remember, but I have a feeling that clause 174 is not one of those referenced in the letter from Neil Gray - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
155 speeches (9,577 words) Tuesday 2nd May 2023 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Drew Hendry (SNP - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) Scottish Government Minister Neil Gray MSP along with the agencies Scottish Development International - Link to Speech |
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Scottish Independence and the Scottish Economy
417 speeches (56,565 words) Wednesday 2nd November 2022 - Commons Chamber Scotland Office Mentions: 1: Ian Blackford (SNP - Ross, Skye and Lochaber) We can be proud of what the Scottish Government have delivered, led by our former colleague Neil Gray - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
150 speeches (10,410 words) Monday 5th September 2022 - Commons Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Kevin Foster (CON - Torbay) We have also had constructive discussions with the Scottish Government—credit where it is due to Neil Gray - Link to Speech |
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Devolution
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer) Monday 2nd December 2024 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask His Majesty's Government what are the dates of meetings the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has had since 5 July with her counterparts in the Scottish Parliament, Senedd Cymru, and the Northern Ireland Assembly. Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport met with Angus Robertson MSP on 31 July and 20 August 2024. She has not yet met with her counterparts in Senedd Cymru and the Northern Ireland Assembly since 5 July. The Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth met with Maree Todd MSP on 9 September 2024; with Neil Gray MSP on 9 September and 16 September 2024; with Kate Forbes MSP on 19 November 2024; with Jack Sargeant MS on 16 September and 20 September 2024; and met with Gordon Lyons MLA on 8 October 2024. The Minister for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism met with Minister Gordon Lyons MLA on 3 September 2024. |
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Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Asked by: Tracy Gilbert (Labour - Edinburgh North and Leith) Thursday 25th July 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill. Answered by Andrew Gwynne My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has been discussing the new United Kingdom-wide Tobacco and Vapes Bill with Neil Gray, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care for Scotland, and will send formal correspondence prior to its introduction. As the bill covers the whole of the UK, the Department will stay in close contact with all our devolved government counterparts, throughout the passage of the bill. Department officials have engaged frequently with officials from Public Health Scotland, and the rest of the devolved governments, to help shape and develop proposals for new legislation. Each of the devolved governments, including the Scottish Government, are in support of a new and strengthened bill, and the benefits it will provide to the health of our nations. Once the bill has been introduced to the UK Parliament, the devolved governments will seek consent motions from their respective legislatures, including the Scottish Parliament. |
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John Nicolson (Scottish National Party - Ochil and South Perthshire) - @MrJohnNicolson
16 Feb 2023, 8:40 a.m. @BambooSaviour @meljomur The FM has to be available as an MSP at Holyrood to answer questions and there’s no Holyrood election coming up. (Though it’s quite possible to move from Westminster to Holyrood as Neil Gray showed.) Link to Original Tweet |
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Thursday 12th December 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Source Page: £100 million public-private health research boost Document: £100 million public-private health research boost (webpage) Found: Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care in the Scottish Government, Neil Gray said: I am thrilled |
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Monday 14th October 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Source Page: Landmark collaboration with largest pharmaceutical company Document: Landmark collaboration with largest pharmaceutical company (webpage) Found: Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Neil Gray, said: I welcome this long term strategic |
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Wednesday 28th August 2024
Department of Health and Social Care Source Page: UK secures £400 million investment to boost clinical trials Document: UK secures £400 million investment to boost clinical trials (webpage) Found: Neil Gray, the Scottish Government’s Health Secretary, said: It’s more crucial than ever that patients |
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Wednesday 16th October 2024
Department of Health and Social Care Source Page: Design for Life roadmap Document: (PDF) Found: Neil Gray Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care (Scotland) I welcome the Department of Health |
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Tuesday 23rd April 2024
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Source Page: Intergovernmental Relations Annual Report 2023 Document: (PDF) Found: International Development, the Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP , met with Scottish Government ministers Neil Gray |
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Thursday 30th March 2023
Cabinet Office Source Page: Intergovernmental Relations Review Annual Report for 2022 Document: Intergovernmental Relations Review Annual Report for 2022 (PDF) Found: Vaughan Gething MS, Scottish Government Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development, Neil Gray |
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Wednesday 1st June 2022
Cabinet Office Source Page: The Queen's Birthday Honours 2022 Document: Download CSV 279 KB (webpage) Found: Medallists of the Order of the British Empire Medal of the Order of the British Empire Jonathan Neil GRAY |
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Aug. 28 2024
Office for Life Sciences Source Page: UK secures £400 million investment to boost clinical trials Document: UK secures £400 million investment to boost clinical trials (webpage) News and Communications Found: Neil Gray, the Scottish Government’s Health Secretary, said: It’s more crucial than ever that patients |
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Apr. 23 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Source Page: Intergovernmental Relations Annual Report 2023 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: International Development, the Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP , met with Scottish Government ministers Neil Gray |
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Dec. 13 2022
Migration Advisory Committee Source Page: Migration Advisory Committee: annual report, 2022 Document: Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) annual governance report, 2022 (PDF) Transparency Found: Members 09/06/2022 Westminster Forum Prof Brian Bell (Chair) 11 09/06/2022 Meeting with Neil Gray |
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Wednesday 22nd May 2024
Scotland Office Source Page: I. Eighth Annual Report on the Implementation of the Scotland Act 2016. 32p. II. Letter dated 20/05/2024 from Alister Jack MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding a document for deposit in the House libraries. 1p. Document: Scot_Gov_8th_Annual_Report_on_Implementation_of_Scotland_Act_2016.pdf (PDF) Found: On the 10 August 2023, Cabinet Secretary Neil Gray approved the further implementation of No One Left |
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Minute of the Meeting of 11 December 2024
(PDF) Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Deafness Published: 11th Dec 2024 Found: reach out to CPGD on Visual Impairment about a joint letter of concern to Ministers (Maree Todd, Neil Gray |
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Minute of the meeting on 11 December 2024
(PDF) Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Deafness Published: 11th Dec 2024 Found: reach out to CPGD on Visual Impairment about a joint letter of concern to Ministers (Maree Todd, Neil Gray |
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S6W-34041
Asked by: Lumsden, Douglas (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - North East Scotland) Thursday 30th January 2025 Question To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to questions S6W-33478 and S6W-33530 by Neil Gray on 22 January 2025, whether it will contact the chief executive of NHS Grampian to request the information asked for in the questions. Answered by Gray, Neil - Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care This is a matter for NHS Grampian. The information requested is not held centrally. |
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S6W-33664
Asked by: Lumsden, Douglas (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - North East Scotland) Wednesday 29th January 2025 Question To ask the Scottish Government how it is working with NHS boards to enhance access to mobile diagnostic units in rural areas, and what progress has been made in the last five years. Answered by Gray, Neil - Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care Neil Gray: Since 2021, we have provided three permanent CT scanners to support core diagnostic imaging capacity within Boards, including a mobile CT pod which is deployed flexibly to Boards that require additional capacity. In addition, one further mobile CT and seven mobile MRI scanners are being used across multiple NHS Boards to provide additional capacity. In the last 2 years, the Scottish Government has supported the North Imaging Alliance to:
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Significant additional activity is already underway following the allocation of £30 million funding to target reductions to the national backlogs that built up throughout the pandemic. This includes over 40,000 extra diagnostic procedures. |
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S6W-33394
Asked by: Lumsden, Douglas (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - North East Scotland) Tuesday 28th January 2025 Question To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-32702 by Neil Gray on 9 January 2025, whether it will review its coding practices to allow for the identification and recording of incidents involving e-bikes, and, if so, what the timeframe is for implementing this change. Answered by Gray, Neil - Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care Scotland uses the ICD-10 classification for coding diagnoses. Public Health Scotland understand that no changes or updates for any codes in ICD-10 are planned, as work is currently focused on implementation of ICD-11, which in Scotland is likely to be around 2029-2030. It is also understood that there is currently no reference to e-bikes in ICD-11. |
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S6W-32389
Asked by: Golden, Maurice (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - North East Scotland) Wednesday 18th December 2024 Question To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-31784 by Neil Gray on 9 December 2024, whether it will provide an overview of how the Scottish Ambulance Service Special Operations Response Team (SORT) capabilities will be delivered across Scotland following the most recent review, including (a) geographic coverage and (b) resource distribution. Answered by Gray, Neil - Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) are currently reviewing its operational delivery model for SORT. The findings of the review will be discussed with the Scottish Government to ensure any changes in operational delivery meet with the expectations set out in the service level agreement, and that SAS is able to provide a safe and sustainable response to potentially hazardous and significant incidents. |
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S6W-31917
Asked by: Eagle, Tim (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - Highlands and Islands) Friday 13th December 2024 Question To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-31416 by Neil Gray on 28 November 2024, how many of the 30 remaining Scottish Graduate Entry Medicine (ScotGEM) graduates who chose not to take up GPST 1 posts (a) took up and (b) did not take up other roles in the NHS. Answered by Gray, Neil - Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care Further to the published answer to question S6W-31416 there were 35 students who had not taken up a GPST post in Scotland (including three still in foundation training). The data below indicates the destination of these students:
The destination of the remaining seven is currently unknown. |
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S6W-31918
Asked by: Eagle, Tim (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - Highlands and Islands) Friday 13th December 2024 Question To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-31416 by Neil Gray on 28 November 2024, within which NHS boards the remaining eight individuals that chose to take up GPST 1 posts are placed. Answered by Gray, Neil - Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care Further to the published answer to question S6W-31416 the remaining 8 individuals referred to have taken up GPST 1 posts as follows:
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S6W-31528
Asked by: Wishart, Beatrice (Scottish Liberal Democrats - Shetland Islands) Thursday 5th December 2024 Question To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-31099 by Neil Gray on 15 November 2024, how much of its £30 million investment in planned care was allocated to NHS Grampian to support additional orthopaedic activity at Woodend Hospital. Answered by Gray, Neil - Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care As set out in my response to S6W-31527 on 2 December 2024, approximately £1.36 million was initially allocated to NHS Grampian to support 980 additional orthopaedic joint procedures at Woodend Hospital over a 9 month period. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, NHS Grampian were unable to commence activity in the timeline originally anticipated and currently expect to deliver 95 additional joints at Woodend by end of March 2025. The remainder of the funding from the £1.36 million will be redirected to other priority areas, including orthopaedic capacity at the Golden Jubilee University National Hospital. We are working with Health Boards, including NHS Grampian, to develop detailed annual delivery plans for 2025/26 to support waiting list reductions and improve productivity, and orthopaedics will be a key priority area. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers |
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S6W-31527
Asked by: Wishart, Beatrice (Scottish Liberal Democrats - Shetland Islands) Monday 2nd December 2024 Question To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-31099 by Neil Gray on 15 November 2024, which states that activity levels at Woodend Hospital will increase over the coming months, how long it anticipates it will take for the waiting list for elective surgery at the hospital to clear. Answered by Gray, Neil - Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care Approximately £1.36 million was initially allocated to NHS Grampian to support 980 additional orthopaedic joint procedures at Woodend Hospital over a 9 month period. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, NHS Grampian were unable to commence activity in the timeline originally anticipated and currently expect to deliver 95 additional joints at Woodend by end of March 2025. The remainder of the funding from the £1.36 million will be redirected to other priority areas, including orthopaedic capacity at the Golden Jubilee University National Hospital. We are working with Health Boards, including NHS Grampian, to develop detailed annual delivery plans for 2025/26 to support waiting list reductions and improve productivity, and orthopaedics will be a key priority area. |
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Scottish Parliament Statistics 2022-2023
Thursday 19th December 2024 View source webpage Found: Gougeon Angus North and Mearns (C) Christine Grahame Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale (C) Neil Gray |
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Medication Assisted Treatment Standards
30 speeches (28,776 words) Wednesday 5th February 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) The next item of business is a statement by Neil Gray on implementing the medication assisted treatment - Link to Speech |
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Health and Social Care Workforce
95 speeches (131,978 words) Wednesday 29th January 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) I call Neil Gray to speak to and move amendment S6M-16252.1. - Link to Speech 2: Gulhane, Sandesh (Con - Glasgow) The blame does not end with Neil Gray. - Link to Speech 3: Ross, Douglas (Con - Highlands and Islands) Would Neil Gray like to set the record straight on that point today?Mr Gray will not. - Link to Speech |
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Decision Time
20 speeches (20,155 words) Wednesday 29th January 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) put as a result of today’s business.The first question is, that motion S6M-16252.1, in the name of Neil Gray - Link to Speech 2: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) We come to the vote on amendment S6M-16252.1, in the name of Neil Gray, which seeks to amend motion S6M - Link to Speech |
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Decision Time
21 speeches (30,586 words) Tuesday 28th January 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) amendment S6M-16237.2, in the name of Craig Hoy, which seeks to amend motion S6M-16237, in the name of Neil Gray - Link to Speech 2: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) S6M-16237.3, in the name of Michael Marra, which seeks to amend motion S6M-16237, in the name of Neil Gray - Link to Speech 3: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) S6M-16237.4, in the name of Gillian Mackay, which seeks to amend motion S6M-16237, in the name of Neil Gray - Link to Speech 4: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) 16237.1, in the name of Alex Cole-Hamilton, which seeks to amend motion S6M-16237, in the name of Neil Gray - Link to Speech 5: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) The final question is, that motion S6M-16237, in the name of Neil Gray, on investing in public services - Link to Speech |
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Investing in Public Services Through the Scottish Budget
111 speeches (132,785 words) Tuesday 28th January 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-16237, in the name of Neil Gray, on investing in - Link to Speech 2: Gulhane, Sandesh (Con - Glasgow) Just two days ago, First Minister John Swinney fatally undermined his health secretary, Neil Gray, by - Link to Speech |
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National Care Service
46 speeches (32,224 words) Thursday 23rd January 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Gulhane, Sandesh (Con - Glasgow) Will Neil Gray and Maree Todd do the right thing and accept responsibility for their monumental failure - 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: Findlay, Russell (Con - West Scotland) Our NHS is in a permanent state of turmoil, but Neil Gray is failing to do his job and is refusing to - Link to Speech 2: Findlay, Russell (Con - West Scotland) This afternoon, the planned national care service that Neil Gray is supposed to be in charge of will - Link to Speech 3: Findlay, Russell (Con - West Scotland) John Swinney is standing by Neil Gray, just as he backed Michael Matheson and Humza Yousaf. - Link to Speech 4: Sarwar, Anas (Lab - Glasgow) How have John Swinney and Neil Gray allowed the situation to get so bad? - Link to Speech |
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Urgent Question
13 speeches (7,501 words) Wednesday 22nd January 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Kerr, Stephen (Con - Central Scotland) To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether Neil Gray corrected the Official Report - Link to Speech 2: Kerr, Stephen (Con - Central Scotland) To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether Neil Gray corrected the Official Report - Link to Speech 3: Kerr, Stephen (Con - Central Scotland) The whole point of this urgent question is that the FOI response on 13 December shows that Neil Gray - Link to Speech 4: Kerr, Stephen (Con - Central Scotland) It is clear that Neil Gray has broken the ministerial code.This morning, John Swinney said that Neil - Link to Speech |
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Points of Order
4 speeches (3,815 words) Tuesday 21st January 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Bibby, Neil (Lab - West Scotland) On 14 November, I asked the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Neil Gray, to publish minutes - Link to Speech |
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Health and Social Care (Rural Scotland)
53 speeches (78,471 words) Thursday 16th January 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Ewing, Fergus (SNP - Inverness and Nairn) I have challenged Humza Yousaf, Michael Matheson, Neil Gray and the current and previous First Ministers - Link to Speech 2: Hamilton, Rachael (Con - Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) I am very grateful to Neil Gray for that response and will certainly write to him. - Link to Speech 3: Harper, Emma (SNP - South Scotland) I know that the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Neil Gray, is all over the issue with NHS - Link to Speech 4: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) With that, I call Neil Gray to conclude the debate. - Link to Speech |
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Health and Social Care Response to Winter
31 speeches (34,355 words) Tuesday 7th January 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) The next item of business is a statement by Neil Gray on the health and social care response to winter - Link to Speech |
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Healthcare in Remote and Rural Areas
90 speeches (115,652 words) Thursday 12th December 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) I call Neil Gray, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, to open on behalf of the Scottish - Link to Speech 2: Harper, Emma (SNP - South Scotland) I thank Neil Gray for highlighting that. - Link to Speech |
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Decision Time
19 speeches (31,493 words) Wednesday 27th November 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) I remind members that, if the amendment in the name of Neil Gray is agreed to, the amendment in the name - Link to Speech 2: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) I remind members that, if the amendment in the name of Neil Gray is agreed to, the amendment in the name - Link to Speech |
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Stroke Awareness
19 speeches (38,456 words) Thursday 21st November 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Kerr, Stephen (Con - Central Scotland) representatives from all parties elected in the 2021 elections.I also want to express my family’s gratitude to Neil Gray - Link to Speech |