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Seamus Logan

Scottish National Party - Aberdeenshire North and Moray East

942 (2.5%) majority - 2024 General Election

First elected: 4th July 2024


2 APPG memberships (as of 12 Feb 2025)
BBC, Fisheries
Seamus Logan has no previous appointments


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Seamus Logan has voted in 43 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament

Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.

Sparring Partners
Kirsty McNeill (Labour (Co-op))
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scotland Office)
(6 debate interactions)
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour)
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
(5 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Department for Work and Pensions
(16 debate contributions)
Scotland Office
(12 debate contributions)
Department of Health and Social Care
(9 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024-26
(840 words contributed)
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Aberdeenshire North and Moray East Petitions

e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.

If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.

If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).

Petitions with highest Aberdeenshire North and Moray East signature proportion
Petitions with most Aberdeenshire North and Moray East signatures
Seamus Logan has not participated in any petition debates

Latest EDMs signed by Seamus Logan

5th February 2025
Seamus Logan signed this EDM on Tuesday 11th February 2025

Proposals to forcibly displace and ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza

Tabled by: Richard Burgon (Labour - Leeds East)
That this House rejects the proposals for Gaza by President Trump on 4 February 2025; deplores the inhumanity and illegality of any efforts to forcibly displace and ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza; affirms the provisions of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, that individual or mass forcible transfers or …
53 signatures
(Most recent: 13 Feb 2025)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 29
Independent: 9
Scottish National Party: 7
Plaid Cymru: 4
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 2
Liberal Democrat: 2
Alliance: 1
Green Party: 1
30th January 2025
Seamus Logan signed this EDM as the primary signatory on Thursday 30th January 2025

Martin Kennedy as NFUS President

Tabled by: Seamus Logan (Scottish National Party - Aberdeenshire North and Moray East)
That this House celebrates Martin Kennedy’s success in his role as President of the National Farmers’ Union Scotland (NFUS); wishes him well following the end of his term as NFUS President on 7 February 2025; commends his work ethic, first becoming involved in the NFUS by representing the East Central …
7 signatures
(Most recent: 10 Feb 2025)
Signatures by party:
Scottish National Party: 5
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
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Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Seamus Logan, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.


Seamus Logan has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Seamus Logan has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

1 Bill introduced by Seamus Logan


A Bill to exclude requirements relating to National Health Services procurement, delivery or commissioning from international trade agreements; to require the consent of the House of Commons and the devolved legislatures to international trade agreements insofar as they relate to the National Health Services of England, Scotland and Wales and Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Tuesday 22nd October 2024
Next Event - 2nd Reading
Friday 7th March 2025
Order Paper number: 18
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)

Seamus Logan has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 15 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
5th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to (a) respond to the recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry and (b) involve people affected by infected blood.

The Government is working closely with DHSC and other relevant departments and organisations to give the recommendations full consideration. We will provide an update to Parliament on the progress we are making to respond to the Inquiry’s recommendations by the end of the year, as the Inquiry recommends. The Government will pay compensation to infected and affected victims of infected blood.

The Government asked Sir Robert Francis KC to hold an engagement exercise with the infected blood community to give recommendations on the composition of the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme. The Infected Blood Compensation Authority is committed to engaging with the infected and affected community in an open and transparent way so that it can deliver the compensation scheme as quickly as possible, and in a way that meets the needs of the community.

Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
10th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for (a) carbon capture, usage and storage projects and (b) track two processes.

This Government is committed to the delivery of CCUS, as demonstrated by our record investment of £21.7 billion in October and the signing of contracts to launch the first CCUS projects in the UK in December. CCUS requires significant resources, and it is right that it is considered within the Spending Review. My officials continue to engage with Track-2 clusters, and further decisions for future CCUS deployment will be taken in due course.

Sarah Jones
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
3rd Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support the landfill gas to energy sector.

Government recognises the benefits that Landfill Gas to Energy can offer, both as a form of baseload generation, and to capture and make use of methane in order to support our net zero goals. Government is aware that support under the Renewables Obligation Scheme, including for landfill gas generators, concludes from 2027 onwards.

Both DESNZ and DEFRA officials are speaking with key stakeholders to understand the impact that the conclusion of support will have on their future operations. This will inform any future decisions about whether further support for the sector is appropriate.

Michael Shanks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
12th Sep 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the European Union Entry/Exit System on seafood exports.

The Government recognises the importance of seafood exports to the economies of many coastal communities around the United Kingdom. We will tackle trade barriers through seeking to negotiate a veterinary/SPS agreement. We will continue to work closely with seafood exporters to ensure that they can continue to sell their world-class produce to markets around the world.

Daniel Zeichner
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
12th Sep 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has requested special arrangements for seafood consignments leaving the UK as part of the European Union Entry/Exit System.

The Government recognises the importance of seafood exports to the economies of many coastal communities around the United Kingdom. We will tackle trade barriers through seeking to negotiate a veterinary/SPS agreement. We will continue to work closely with seafood exporters to ensure that they can continue to sell their world-class produce to markets around the world.

Daniel Zeichner
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
5th Sep 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ensure continuity of Government support for farmers through a multi-annual ring-fenced funding commitment; and how much financial support will be allocated to farmers over the current Parliament.

The farming budget beyond this year will be part of the Government’s spending review.

This Government recognises that food security is national security. We said we would provide stability for farmers and we are delivering on this commitment and have confirmed that the first Sustainable Farming Incentive agreements are now live. We will confirm plans for rollout of schemes and our wider approach as soon as possible.

Daniel Zeichner
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
19th Dec 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an independent process to set benefit levels according to the cost of essential goods and services.

No such assessment has been made.

The Social Security Administration Act 1992 requires the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to review benefit and State Pension rates each year to see if they have retained their value in relation to the general level of prices or earnings. Where the relevant benefit or State Pension rates have not retained their value, legislation provides that the Secretary of State is required to, or in some instances may, up-rate their value.

Following this review, benefit and State Pension rates are increased in line with statutory minimum amounts and others are increased subject to Secretary of State’s discretion.

Following the Secretary of States’ up-rating decisions for 2025/26, DWP expenditure on state pensions and benefits will increase by £6.9 billion.

Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
19th Dec 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) introducing a protected minimum floor for Universal Credit and (b) limiting the benefit cap so it cannot reduce the Standard Allowance by more than 15%.

No such assessment has been made. As part of the Universal Credit (UC) review, at the Autumn Budget the Chancellor announced the Fair Repayment Rate will be introduced from April 2025, reducing the UC deductions overall cap from 25% to 15%. This measure will help approximately 1.2 million of the poorest households benefit by an average of £420 a year.

Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
19th Dec 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) the scope and (b) her planned timeline is for the upcoming review into Universal Credit; whether this review will make an assessment of whether Universal Credit enables claimants to afford essential goods and services; and what steps she is taking to reduce dependence on emergency food aid.

The Government is committed to reviewing Universal Credit to make sure it is doing the job we want it to, to make work pay and tackle poverty. We have already begun this work with the announcement of the Fair Repayment Rate in the Budget, giving 1.2 million of the poorest households an average of £420 per year.  I will lead the review work, engaging with people over the coming year and inviting views on how to improve UC. We will regularly update Parliament on findings and progress.

We know that good work can significantly reduce the chances of people falling into poverty. This will be the foundation of our approach to tackling poverty, including reducing dependence on emergency food parcels. The Get Britain Working White Paper has set out how the Government will seek to grow the economy, using work as a route out of poverty and to improve living standards.

Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
11th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Oral Statement of 19 December 2024 on Hospice Funding, Official Report, column 451, what the level of the Barnet consequentials will be for each of the devolved Administrations.

The Barnett formula applies to all increases or decreases to the Government’s departmental expenditure limits. As this £100 million in capital funding for adult and children’s hospices is being re-allocated from within existing budgets, there will be no additional Barnett consequentials. The Barnett formula has already been applied to funding previously allocated at Autumn Budget 2024. Given the devolved nature of healthcare funding and administration across the four nations, this capital funding is for adult and children’s hospices in England only.

Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
10th Jan 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes made to employer's National Insurance contributions at the Autumn Budget 2024 on bed provision in the private adult social care sector in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK.

We work collaboratively with the devolved governments to drive forward our objective of supporting people to lead more independent, healthier lives for longer. While health and social care are predominantly devolved, working together across the United Kingdom is ingrained in the values of our National Health Service and social care sector.

The devolved governments’ Phase 1 Spending Review settlements for 2025/26 are the largest in real terms of any settlements since devolution. The allocation of this settlement for Scotland is, of course, the responsibility of the Scottish Government. Devolved governments are receiving over £86 billion in 2025/26, including an additional £6.6 billion through the operation of the Barnett formula.

The Government considered the cost pressures facing adult social care as part of the wider consideration of local government spending in England within the Spending Review process. In response to the range of pressures facing local authorities, the Government is making available up to £3.7 billion of additional funding for social care authorities in England for 2025/26. Funding for the devolved governments is determined through the Barnett formula.

Local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the needs of their population, which is why, under the Care Act 2014, local authorities in England are tasked with the duty to shape their care market to meet the diverse needs of all local people. In performing that duty, a local authority must have regard to current and likely future demand for such services and consider how providers might meet that demand.

Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
10th Jan 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes made to employer's National Insurance contributions at the Autumn Budget 2024 on costs to the private adult social care sector in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK.

We work collaboratively with the devolved governments to drive forward our objective of supporting people to lead more independent, healthier lives for longer. While health and social care are predominantly devolved, working together across the United Kingdom is ingrained in the values of our National Health Service and social care sector.

The devolved governments’ Phase 1 Spending Review settlements for 2025/26 are the largest in real terms of any settlements since devolution. The allocation of this settlement for Scotland is, of course, the responsibility of the Scottish Government. Devolved governments are receiving over £86 billion in 2025/26, including an additional £6.6 billion through the operation of the Barnett formula.

The Government considered the cost pressures facing adult social care as part of the wider consideration of local government spending in England within the Spending Review process. In response to the range of pressures facing local authorities, the Government is making available up to £3.7 billion of additional funding for social care authorities in England for 2025/26. Funding for the devolved governments is determined through the Barnett formula.

Local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the needs of their population, which is why, under the Care Act 2014, local authorities in England are tasked with the duty to shape their care market to meet the diverse needs of all local people. In performing that duty, a local authority must have regard to current and likely future demand for such services and consider how providers might meet that demand.

Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
10th Oct 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to take steps to reduce the discrepancies in the UK’s health spending relative to other countries in North West Europe.

The Government is committed to properly funding the National Health Service. However, money alone will not be enough, and it must come with reform. As Lord Darzi’s report sets out, health system models in other countries where user charges, like social or private insurance, play a bigger role can be more expensive. That means it is important to look beyond simple international comparisons of funding. The budget later this month will finalise the funding position for the NHS in 2024/25 and 2025/26, with the 10-year plan and phase two of the Spending Review next year setting out the details of the reform needed in response to Lord Darzi’s report findings, as well as providing funding certainty.

Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
7th Jan 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 17 October 2024 from the hon. Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East, reference number MC2024/14787.

A response has been sent to the Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East regarding his correspondence of 18 October 2024 about VAT on private school fees.

James Murray
Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
28th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to alcohol duties on Scotch whisky at the Autumn Budget 2024 on the Government’s plans for Brand Scotland.

I am proud to champion Scotland’s products and services, including whisky, globally through Brand Scotland. I have just returned from a visit to South East Asia where I was pleased to support the Scotch Whisky industry at a range of meetings with industry and Government in this key market. 90% of Scotch Whisky is already exported and therefore pays no duty. Increases on duty are in line with inflation and under the previous Government, duty was increased by 10.1% following the duty review. This does not detract from my support of the industry and I will continue to work closely with it to maximise opportunities and growth through Brand Scotland.

Ian Murray
Secretary of State for Scotland