Information between 20th January 2023 - 16th October 2025
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Rural Affairs
210 speeches (43,535 words) Monday 11th November 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Chris Kane (Lab - Stirling and Strathallan) Steven Paterson and Stephen Kerr bring us to my predecessor, Alyn Smith. - Link to Speech |
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Thursday 10th October 2024
Formal Minutes - Work and Pensions Committee - Formal Minutes 2017-19 (complete session) Work and Pensions Committee Found: Drew Hendry Stephen Kerr Peter Kyle Rachel Maclean Albert Owen Mark Pawsey Rachel Reeves Antoinette |
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Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2018-19 Found: Hobhouse MP Philip Hollobone MP John Howell MP The Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP Stephen Kerr |
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Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases APPG Document: APPG on Malaria & NTDs Annual Report 2018-19 Found: Health and Tropical Medicine Students 2019, copyright @ Oxford University/ Alice Norton L-R: Stephen Kerr |
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Minute of the Meeting on 10 September 2025
(PDF) Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Credit Unions Published: 10th Sep 2025 Found: :00-19:30 Location: Hybrid – MS Teams / Scottish Parliament Present MSP Group Members: - Stephen Kerr |
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Minute of the meeting held 18 June 2025
(PDF) Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Children and Young People Published: 18th Jun 2025 Found: 05 – 19:34 Location: Hybrid – MS Teams / Scottish Parliament Present MSP Group Members: - Stephen Kerr |
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Minute of the Meeting of 7 May 2025
(PDF) Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Wood Panel Industry Published: 7th May 2025 Found: Maurice Golden MSP - Registered Member Finlay Carson MSP - Registered Member Stephen Kerr |
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Minutes of the Meeting of 2 April 2025
(PDF) Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Credit Unions Published: 2nd Apr 2025 Found: Parliament Present MSP Group Members: - John Mason MSP - Paul Sweeney MSP – Deputy Convenor - Stephen Kerr |
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Minute of the meeting held on 4 March 2025
(PDF) Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Towns and Town Centres Published: 4th Mar 2025 Found: Constraints Tuesday 4th March 2025, 17:40-18:30 Minutes Present MSPs Meghan Gallacher MSP Stephen Kerr |
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Minute of the Meeting of 28 February 2025
(PDF) Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Skills Published: 28th Feb 2025 Found: Group on Skills Friday 28 February 2025 (0930-1030) Minute Present MSPs Pam Gosal MSP Stephen Kerr |
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Education (Scotland) Bill, Briefing Prior to Stage 3
Tuesday 17th June 2025 A briefing on the consideration of the Education (Scotland) Bill at Stages 1 and 2. View source webpage Found: Accreditation function Willie Rennie MSP, Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP and Stephen Kerr MSP lodged amendments |
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Scottish Parliament Statistics 2023-2024
Tuesday 25th March 2025 None View source webpage Found: , Roxburgh and Berwickshire (C) Craig Hoy South Scotland (R) Liam Kerr North East Scotland (R) Stephen Kerr |
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Scottish Parliament Statistics 2023-2024
Tuesday 25th February 2025 None View source webpage Found: , Roxburgh and Berwickshire (C) Craig Hoy South Scotland (R) Liam Kerr North East Scotland (R) Stephen Kerr |
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Breast Cancer Now Awareness Day 2025 and Wear It Pink Initiative
12 speeches (27,774 words) Thursday 9th October 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Minto, Jenni (SNP - Argyll and Bute) Stephen Kerr talked about what an effective way it is of raising awareness but also about the messages - Link to Speech 2: Brown, Keith (SNP - Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) campaigns to make it available elsewhere.The minister mentioned the wear it pink campaign, and Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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Transparency of Intergovernmental Activity
159 speeches (93,513 words) Thursday 2nd October 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Halcro Johnston, Jamie (Con - Highlands and Islands) Something that lays out a timeline in more detail would be helpful.Convener, I do not want to deny Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech 2: Brown, Keith (SNP - Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) manifestos in the coming election.I have two questions, but I still expect to take less time than Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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General Question Time
39 speeches (18,416 words) Thursday 2nd October 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: McKee, Ivan (SNP - Glasgow Provan) Stephen Kerr knows that my colleague Angus Robertson, the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External - Link to Speech |
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Scottish Government Priorities
137 speeches (81,684 words) Wednesday 1st October 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Forbes, Kate (SNP - Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) I will make one point that Stephen Kerr will know already: it is an industry-led investment summit. - Link to Speech 2: MacDonald, Gordon (SNP - Edinburgh Pentlands) My final question follows on from an earlier question from Stephen Kerr, who painted a pretty black picture - Link to Speech 3: Forbes, Kate (SNP - Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) compensate for actually understanding what drives productivity growth, which—as I outlined to Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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Mobile Phones in Schools
56 speeches (67,507 words) Wednesday 1st October 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Gilruth, Jenny (SNP - Mid Fife and Glenrothes) With his impassioned delivery, Stephen Kerr spoke about the importance of evidence, and I agree with - Link to Speech 2: Gilruth, Jenny (SNP - Mid Fife and Glenrothes) Stephen Kerr and I have discussed at length the impact that a such a ban might have on learning and teaching - Link to Speech 3: Whitfield, Martin (Lab - South Scotland) To be fair to Stephen Kerr, in relation to his intervention, I am not sure that the cabinet secretary - Link to Speech |
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Pre-budget Scrutiny 2026-27
561 speeches (191,278 words) Wednesday 1st October 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Macpherson, Ben (SNP - Edinburgh Northern and Leith) dialogue with Universities Scotland about the future—the member’s colleague Willie Rennie and Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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Organ Donation Week
14 speeches (26,596 words) Thursday 25th September 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Minto, Jenni (SNP - Argyll and Bute) [Applause.]Stephen Kerr spoke about comfort and selfless acts, and I thank him for being so personal - Link to Speech |
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Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2026-27
201 speeches (128,051 words) Thursday 25th September 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Brown, Keith (SNP - Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) In your first exchange with Stephen Kerr, you mentioned the extent to which the increased budget, which - Link to Speech |
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Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
105 speeches (118,720 words) Thursday 25th September 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: McLennan, Paul (SNP - East Lothian) the Bill offers to ensure apprenticeships in Scotland work for the country’s small businesses”.Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech 2: Mason, John (Ind - Glasgow Shettleston) aims, because it will somewhat simplify the public body landscape in Scotland even though, as Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech 3: Johnson, Daniel (Lab - Edinburgh Southern) Stephen Kerr rightly pointed out that the systems in Germany and Switzerland have exactly that. - Link to Speech 4: Macpherson, Ben (SNP - Edinburgh Northern and Leith) , that will help to build much better parity of esteem between career paths—which George Adam, Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech 5: Macpherson, Ben (SNP - Edinburgh Northern and Leith) , that will help to build much better parity of esteem between career paths—which George Adam, Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2026-27
168 speeches (58,964 words) Wednesday 24th September 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Johnson, Daniel (Lab - Edinburgh Southern) Stephen Kerr would like to come in with a supplementary. - Link to Speech |
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Portfolio Question Time
58 speeches (28,106 words) Thursday 18th September 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Dey, Graeme (SNP - Angus South) doubt for one moment that, if we were to increase that number, which we may well do in future, Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review
71 speeches (114,869 words) Thursday 18th September 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: McKee, Ivan (SNP - Glasgow Provan) Stephen Kerr is absolutely right. - Link to Speech 2: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) I call Stephen Kerr to close on behalf of the Scottish Conservatives. - Link to Speech 3: McKee, Ivan (SNP - Glasgow Provan) record, we will not support.We have heard Sue Webber make common cause with Lorna Slater, and Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech 4: McKee, Ivan (SNP - Glasgow Provan) As Stephen Kerr said, that makes the job of the executive easier to an extent, because such a constructive - Link to Speech |
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Nuclear Incidents
17 speeches (32,322 words) Wednesday 17th September 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: McMillan, Stuart (SNP - Greenock and Inverclyde) Does Stephen Kerr share the view of Bill Kidd and—I am sure—many other members that that is a serious - Link to Speech 2: Gougeon, Mairi (SNP - Angus North and Mearns) nuclear weapons—I appreciate that they are deeply held by many members across the chamber, including Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech 3: Gougeon, Mairi (SNP - Angus North and Mearns) nuclear weapons—I appreciate that they are deeply held by many members across the chamber, including Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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Pre-budget Scrutiny
274 speeches (139,652 words) Wednesday 17th September 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Coffey, Willie (SNP - Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) You have partly answered the question in answers to Stephen Kerr and Lorna Slater, but how do you see - Link to Speech |
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Pre-budget Scrutiny 2026-27
157 speeches (86,054 words) Thursday 11th September 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Halcro Johnston, Jamie (Con - Highlands and Islands) Stephen Kerr, I think that you wanted to come in, further to your questions to Anne Lyden about the fabric - Link to Speech |
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Exports
79 speeches (91,895 words) Thursday 11th September 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Forbes, Kate (SNP - Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) What Stephen Kerr does not take into account is the fact that Brexit had a particular impact on smaller - Link to Speech 2: Forbes, Kate (SNP - Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) Stephen Kerr mentions the business sector, so what would he say to the third of Scottish businesses that - Link to Speech 3: MacDonald, Gordon (SNP - Edinburgh Pentlands) Stephen Kerr has referred to Scotland’s trade with England. - Link to Speech 4: Sweeney, Paul (Lab - Glasgow) Does Stephen Kerr not find it rather odd that, despite the national shipbuilding strategy having been - Link to Speech 5: Gibson, Kenneth (SNP - Cunninghame North) Frankly, I recognise absolutely nothing of the nonsense that we have just heard from Stephen Kerr. - Link to Speech |
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Scotland’s Finances
78 speeches (65,409 words) Wednesday 10th September 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) I call Stephen Kerr to close on behalf of the Scottish Conservatives. - Link to Speech |
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Asylum Seeker Accommodation
76 speeches (66,372 words) Wednesday 10th September 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Lumsden, Douglas (Con - North East Scotland) Stephen Kerr is right. - Link to Speech |
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General Question Time
35 speeches (19,640 words) Thursday 4th September 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: McAllan, Màiri (SNP - Clydesdale) Stephen Kerr, not for the first time in this chamber, should be utterly ashamed of the contribution that - Link to Speech |
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Tourism
212 speeches (164,014 words) Wednesday 3rd September 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Johnson, Daniel (Lab - Edinburgh Southern) Stephen Kerr, do you want to ask questions? - Link to Speech |
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Interests
3 speeches (1,609 words) Wednesday 3rd September 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Johnson, Daniel (Lab - Edinburgh Southern) Stephen Kerr is a new member of the committee, and I invite him to declare any relevant interests. - Link to Speech 2: Johnson, Daniel (Lab - Edinburgh Southern) Thank you for your thoroughness on that, and welcome to the committee.As much as we welcome Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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Gaza
73 speeches (44,616 words) Thursday 26th June 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) Finland and Canada—operates in the same way when it comes to such questions.I do not want to deter Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech 2: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) Finland and Canada—operates in the same way when it comes to such questions.I do not want to deter Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech 3: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) I am not sure whether Stephen Kerr wanted to create an impression when he said that we do not know where - Link to Speech |
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UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Bill
75 speeches (24,442 words) Thursday 26th June 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Brown, Keith (SNP - Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) I go back to the questions that Stephen Kerr raised on ticket touting. - Link to Speech |
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Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2 speeches (1,435 words) Thursday 26th June 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) Alexander Stewart as a member of the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee;Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
18 speeches (21,876 words) Thursday 26th June 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Doris, Bob (SNP - Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) I wonder whether Stephen Kerr could say what the legal routes to seek refuge in the UK are. - Link to Speech 2: Whitfield, Martin (Lab - South Scotland) It is always a pleasure to follow Stephen Kerr, even when his oration—we might call it a salad of linguistic - Link to Speech 3: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) could repeal the entire Illegal Migration Act 2023—one day soon, I hope that we will.I note that Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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Young People’s Neurodivergence, Mental Health and Wellbeing
35 speeches (37,272 words) Thursday 26th June 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Arthur, Tom (SNP - Renfrewshire South) I hope that that answer has been of some use to Stephen Kerr. - Link to Speech |
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Decision Time
23 speeches (26,973 words) Thursday 26th June 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) Alexander Stewart as a member of the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee;Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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Education (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
320 speeches (388,464 words) Wednesday 25th June 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) I call Stephen Kerr to wind up, and to press or withdraw amendment 29. - Link to Speech 2: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) ]—and agreed to.Amendment 52 moved—[Stephen Kerr]. - Link to Speech 3: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) Stephen Kerr has indicated that he will not move amendments 55 to 73. - Link to Speech 4: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) Stephen Kerr has indicated that he will not move amendments 55 to 73. - Link to Speech 5: Hepburn, Jamie (SNP - Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) —[Jamie Hepburn]Motion agreed to.Amendment 258 moved—[Stephen Kerr]. - Link to Speech |
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Portfolio Question Time
107 speeches (53,647 words) Wednesday 25th June 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) Stephen Kerr will be well aware of my long-standing support for the provision of military and humanitarian - Link to Speech 2: Halcro Johnston, Jamie (Con - Highlands and Islands) As my colleague Stephen Kerr highlighted in his question, it was reported in The Times earlier this month - Link to Speech |
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Topical Question Time
23 speeches (14,216 words) Tuesday 24th June 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) However, Stephen Kerr will appreciate that it is a matter of public record that Prestwick airport is - Link to Speech |
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Education (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
412 speeches (462,339 words) Tuesday 24th June 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) I call Stephen Kerr to speak to amendment 147 and other amendments in the group. - Link to Speech 2: Gilruth, Jenny (SNP - Mid Fife and Glenrothes) Stephen Kerr has talked about unity. - Link to Speech 3: Ross, Douglas (Con - Highlands and Islands) As Stephen Kerr said, they complement many of the other amendments, whether lodged by Stephen Kerr, Pam - Link to Speech 4: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) Amendment 11, in the name of Stephen Kerr, is grouped with amendments 12, 13, 198, 14 to 16, 20 to 23 - Link to Speech 5: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) I call Stephen Kerr to wind up and to press or withdraw amendment 11. - Link to Speech |
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Alexander Dennis Ltd
34 speeches (29,616 words) Thursday 19th June 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Forbes, Kate (SNP - Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) Stephen Kerr might not want to believe what I have said, but perhaps he will believe what the company - Link to Speech |
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Defence Sector (Economic Contribution)
70 speeches (62,003 words) Wednesday 18th June 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Baillie, Jackie (Lab - Dumbarton) He has already been referenced by Stephen Kerr, but this is well worth repeating. - Link to Speech |
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Economic Performance (A Better Deal for Taxpayers)
100 speeches (67,735 words) Wednesday 18th June 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Robison, Shona (SNP - Dundee City East) I am sure that Stephen Kerr will be on the front bench tomorrow to hear Ivan McKee’s statement on public - Link to Speech |
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Gaza
27 speeches (59,881 words) Tuesday 17th June 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: McNeill, Pauline (Lab - Glasgow) Stephen Kerr said that Israel has a right to defend itself. - Link to Speech 2: Mochan, Carol (Lab - South Scotland) Does Stephen Kerr call for international journalists to be allowed into Palestine, as some of us do, - Link to Speech 3: Lennon, Monica (Lab - Central Scotland) who have highlighted the fact that journalists cannot get into Gaza to report in the way that Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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Care Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
269 speeches (234,637 words) Tuesday 10th June 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) Amendment 66, in the name of Stephen Kerr, is grouped with amendments 76, 77, 79 and 80. - Link to Speech 2: Whitfield, Martin (Lab - South Scotland) Stephen Kerr envisages an audit that is more than just a numbers game, in the form of a report that would - Link to Speech 3: Whitfield, Martin (Lab - South Scotland) My intervention on Stephen Kerr about his amendment 66 was specifically in relation to the challenge - Link to Speech 4: Todd, Maree (SNP - Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) I would ask Stephen Kerr not to press amendment 66, because that amendment duplicates existing law. - Link to Speech 5: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) I call Stephen Kerr to press or withdraw amendment 66. - Link to Speech |
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Empowering Entrepreneurs and Innovators
100 speeches (93,451 words) Wednesday 4th June 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Rennie, Willie (LD - North East Fife) certain sectors.However, we still face challenges in a number of areas, and universities, which Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech 2: Macpherson, Ben (SNP - Edinburgh Northern and Leith) north of England, so it is unfair to characterise the Scottish migration position in the way that Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech 3: Forbes, Kate (SNP - Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) In my opening remarks, I definitely made a lot of mention of education and Stephen Kerr will hear the - Link to Speech |
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Public Participation Inquiry
102 speeches (116,098 words) Tuesday 3rd June 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Macpherson, Ben (SNP - Edinburgh Northern and Leith) Stephen Kerr makes some important points, but scrutiny is a broad word and can be interpreted in different - Link to Speech 2: Whitfield, Martin (Lab - South Scotland) I am grateful to Stephen Kerr for taking the intervention, and I am very tempted to return the style - Link to Speech 3: Grahame, Christine (SNP - Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) sometimes, just around 25 per cent of those who are entitled to vote do so.In passing, I say to Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech 4: Rowley, Alex (Lab - Mid Scotland and Fife) However, as Stephen Kerr has said, we are talking about only having four panels over four years, so between - Link to Speech 5: Hepburn, Jamie (SNP - Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) As an aside—this speaks to our being accountable and responsive to Parliament, which Stephen Kerr is - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
78 speeches (41,108 words) Thursday 29th May 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) I think that Stephen Kerr needs to go to a play park to get rid of some of his excess energy. - Link to Speech |
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Neurodevelopmental Conditions
45 speeches (72,140 words) Wednesday 28th May 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Todd, Maree (SNP - Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) If Stephen Kerr will give me one moment; I have not finished responding to Ms Burgess.The Scottish Government - Link to Speech |
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Committee Effectiveness Inquiry
96 speeches (111,819 words) Thursday 22nd May 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Gibson, Kenneth (SNP - Cunninghame North) emphasise the importance of the convener setting the tone for consensual and impactful scrutiny, which Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech 2: Slater, Lorna (Green - Lothian) I am very grateful to Stephen Kerr for correcting me on that point, if, indeed, I have got that wrong - Link to Speech 3: Nicoll, Audrey (SNP - Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) On the point that Stephen Kerr has just made—Jackson Carlaw made a similar point—does he agree that conveners - Link to Speech 4: Regan, Ash (Alba - Edinburgh Eastern) Too often, the structure that Stephen Kerr pointed out undermines the purpose that we are here to carry - Link to Speech |
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Portfolio Question Time
101 speeches (44,820 words) Wednesday 21st May 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Robison, Shona (SNP - Dundee City East) Perhaps Stephen Kerr should occasionally listen to the answers—he may even learn something. - Link to Speech |
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Grangemouth’s Industrial Future
94 speeches (67,641 words) Wednesday 21st May 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Smyth, Colin (Lab - South Scotland) I bring in Stephen Kerr. - Link to Speech |
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Decision on Taking Business in Private
1 speech (561 words) Wednesday 21st May 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Smyth, Colin (Lab - South Scotland) I am also pleased to welcome Stephen Kerr to today’s meeting.Our first item of business is a decision - Link to Speech |
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Appointment of Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland
8 speeches (4,695 words) Thursday 15th May 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Gray, Neil (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) I reassure Stephen Kerr that very clear processes and pathways are available to people in the health - Link to Speech |
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Decision Time
11 speeches (17,595 words) Thursday 15th May 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) I remind members that, if the amendment in the name of Stephen Kerr is agreed to, the amendment in the - Link to Speech 2: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) We come to the vote on amendment S6M-17539.4, in the name of Stephen Kerr. - Link to Speech |
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Portfolio Question Time
62 speeches (30,014 words) Thursday 15th May 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Rennie, Willie (LD - North East Fife) Stephen Kerr is right that there is a significant challenge with the number of computing science teachers - Link to Speech |
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General Question Time
35 speeches (18,372 words) Thursday 15th May 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Minto, Jenni (SNP - Argyll and Bute) I recognise the work that Stephen Kerr has been doing with the Bundy family, whom I had the privilege - Link to Speech |
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Scotland in Today’s Europe
108 speeches (111,448 words) Thursday 15th May 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) I call Stephen Kerr to speak to and move amendment S6M-17539.4. - Link to Speech 2: Lumsden, Douglas (Con - North East Scotland) Does Stephen Kerr agree that the motion does not illustrate the SNP’s obsession with Europe; rather, - Link to Speech 3: Roddick, Emma (SNP - Highlands and Islands) I am not surprised that Stephen Kerr is getting tired of listening to the Scottish Government object - Link to Speech 4: Grahame, Christine (SNP - Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) I will begin with Brexit, but I am not lingering there, because Stephen Kerr is too easy a target and - Link to Speech 5: Adam, George (SNP - Paisley) One of the things about that character is that it is a caricature—it is hysterical, and Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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Additional Support for Learning
52 speeches (68,101 words) Wednesday 14th May 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Gilruth, Jenny (SNP - Mid Fife and Glenrothes) As Stephen Kerr, I think, pointed out in relation to my commentary on Friday at the SSTA congress, when - Link to Speech |
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Victory in Europe Day (80th Anniversary)
41 speeches (77,731 words) Thursday 8th May 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Ross, Douglas (Con - Highlands and Islands) with the motion in the First Minister’s name, with the moving speech that he gave today and, as Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
92 speeches (45,399 words) Thursday 8th May 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Brown, Keith (SNP - Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) I will go back to the point that Stephen Kerr raised. - Link to Speech |
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Programme for Government (Building the Best Future for Scotland)
100 speeches (130,016 words) Wednesday 7th May 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Whitfield, Martin (Lab - South Scotland) I am always grateful for an intervention from Stephen Kerr. - Link to Speech |
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Education (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
275 speeches (208,275 words) Wednesday 7th May 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Mason, John (Ind - Glasgow Shettleston) Stephen Kerr mentions the reality that the inspector might find. - Link to Speech 2: Rennie, Willie (LD - North East Fife) I do not want to encourage Stephen Kerr to speak any longer—[Laughter.] - Link to Speech 3: Webber, Sue (Con - Lothian) I thank Stephen Kerr for explaining the purpose of amendment 170. - Link to Speech 4: Ross, Douglas (Con - Highlands and Islands) I call Stephen Kerr to wind up and to press or withdraw amendment 319. - Link to Speech 5: Briggs, Miles (Con - Lothian) My colleague Stephen Kerr had a lot to say on this amendment. - Link to Speech |
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Topical Question Time
27 speeches (15,561 words) Tuesday 6th May 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Mochan, Carol (Lab - South Scotland) I thank Stephen Kerr for raising a really important issue. - Link to Speech 2: Minto, Jenni (SNP - Argyll and Bute) As I highlighted in one of my responses to Stephen Kerr, one key thing that the Scottish perinatal network - Link to Speech |
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Education (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
430 speeches (373,270 words) Wednesday 30th April 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Gilruth, Jenny (SNP - Mid Fife and Glenrothes) I am keen to work with Stephen Kerr and Pam Duncan-Glancy on those amendments ahead of stage 3, and I - Link to Speech 2: Ross, Douglas (Con - Highlands and Islands) I call Stephen Kerr to speak to amendment 270 and the other amendments in the group. - Link to Speech 3: Ross, Douglas (Con - Highlands and Islands) Amendment 290, in the name of Stephen Kerr, is grouped with amendments 293, 294 and 296. - Link to Speech 4: Duncan-Glancy, Pam (Lab - Glasgow) I encourage Miles Briggs not to press amendment 290 on behalf of Stephen Kerr. - Link to Speech 5: Briggs, Miles (Con - Lothian) I also have a 20-page speech from Stephen Kerr on the issue. - Link to Speech |
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Supporting Scottish Industry
100 speeches (135,977 words) Tuesday 29th April 2025 - Main Chamber |
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Business Motion
2 speeches (2,293 words) Tuesday 29th April 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Hepburn, Jamie (SNP - Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) at 11.33 am and then discussed at the Parliamentary Bureau at midday.It was disappointing that Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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Framework Legislation and Henry VIII Powers
137 speeches (119,293 words) Thursday 24th April 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Hepburn, Jamie (SNP - Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) a response from me, and I hope that it is useful.The capacity issue relates to the point that Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech 2: Hepburn, Jamie (SNP - Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) relate to the UK Parliament but, as members in this place are all too wont to point out—indeed, as Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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Education (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
219 speeches (231,615 words) Wednesday 23rd April 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Duncan-Glancy, Pam (Lab - Glasgow) cabinet secretary’s concerns about resourcing, I think that there are ways and means—as my colleague Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech 2: Mason, John (Ind - Glasgow Shettleston) Does Stephen Kerr accept that, although it is very easy to say that there is a problem—and we might all - Link to Speech 3: Rennie, Willie (LD - North East Fife) Other countries have managed it, as Stephen Kerr has pointed out, so why can Scotland not manage to do - Link to Speech |
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International Situation
105 speeches (113,685 words) Tuesday 22nd April 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Adam, Karen (SNP - Banffshire and Buchan Coast) Does Stephen Kerr not agree that the rise of right-wing politics across the world should absolutely be - Link to Speech 2: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) I tread delicately here in order to point out the total contradiction in the point that Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech 3: Cole-Hamilton, Alex (LD - Edinburgh Western) Unlike Stephen Kerr, I welcome the debate. - Link to Speech 4: Ross, Douglas (Con - Highlands and Islands) There were also some local issues that we wanted to discuss—I know that Stephen Kerr wanted to discuss - Link to Speech 5: Carlaw, Jackson (Con - Eastwood) very individual contributions.I note the contributions by my very good friends and colleagues, Mr Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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Topical Question Time
38 speeches (15,323 words) Tuesday 22nd April 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) will be attributed to a smaller number of individuals.The information that Mr Liam Kerr and Mr Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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Scottish Budget Process in Practice
212 speeches (142,333 words) Tuesday 22nd April 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Hoy, Craig (Con - South Scotland) My colleague Stephen Kerr said that a finance bill“would consolidate tax and spending proposals into - Link to Speech |
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United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Consultation and Review)
63 speeches (62,921 words) Thursday 3rd April 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Adamson, Clare (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) We move to questions from committee members, and the first question is from Stephen Kerr. - Link to Speech |
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United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Consultation and Review)
133 speeches (52,447 words) Thursday 27th March 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: None We would like to see more intergovernmental working, which Stephen Kerr referred to in a previous meeting - Link to Speech |
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Fair Trade
57 speeches (109,344 words) Tuesday 25th March 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Adam, George (SNP - Paisley) I agree with Stephen Kerr. - Link to Speech |
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Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Question Time
32 speeches (16,131 words) Thursday 20th March 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Baker, Claire (Lab - Mid Scotland and Fife) I recognise that Patrick Harvie and Stephen Kerr have different views on some important issues. - Link to Speech |
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Portfolio Question Time
55 speeches (28,923 words) Thursday 20th March 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) Stephen Kerr has requested a supplementary. - Link to Speech |
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Urgent Question
16 speeches (12,605 words) Thursday 20th March 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Forbes, Kate (SNP - Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) and the environment to make the projects attractive, and we must work with Petroineos, which, as Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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Cost of Living
133 speeches (144,780 words) Tuesday 11th March 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: O'Kane, Paul (Lab - West Scotland) I will give way to Stephen Kerr, then I will make some progress. - Link to Speech 2: O'Kane, Paul (Lab - West Scotland) that they can make in supporting people in Scotland.I have already mentioned in my exchange with Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech 3: O'Kane, Paul (Lab - West Scotland) Stephen Kerr mentioned Rishi Sunak. - Link to Speech 4: Martin, Gillian (SNP - Aberdeenshire East) Will Stephen Kerr recognise that the potential for creating jobs in Scotland when the oil and gas basin - Link to Speech |
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United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Consultation and Review)
226 speeches (119,358 words) Thursday 6th March 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Adamson, Clare (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) I know that Stephen Kerr wanted to come back in, so would the witnesses welcome a follow-up letter from - Link to Speech |
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Scotland’s Renewable Future
203 speeches (135,906 words) Tuesday 4th March 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Ewing, Fergus (SNP - Inverness and Nairn) members argue that that is not the case—it would take seven years to build them, according to Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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Ukraine
40 speeches (29,542 words) Thursday 27th February 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Brown, Keith (SNP - Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) the depute leader of the Scottish National Party, I endorse the comments that have been made by Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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Portfolio Question Time
98 speeches (47,381 words) Wednesday 26th February 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) There is a brief question from Stephen Kerr. - Link to Speech 2: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) I have already outlined the timescale for that, but I would be happy to write to Stephen Kerr on the - Link to Speech |
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Budget (Scotland) (No 4) Bill: Stage 3
11 speeches (6,428 words) Tuesday 25th February 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Thomson, Michelle (SNP - Falkirk East) I do not have concerns about how the money will be distributed; I agree with Stephen Kerr that the devil - Link to Speech |
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Budget (Scotland) (No 4) Bill
183 speeches (147,060 words) Tuesday 25th February 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Robison, Shona (SNP - Dundee City East) I am sure that Ivan McKee will be very happy to keep Stephen Kerr and others updated on the detail of - Link to Speech 2: Hoy, Craig (Con - South Scotland) more senior civil servants to the payroll and is announcing that it is spending £30 million—as Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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Portfolio Question Time
108 speeches (52,375 words) Wednesday 19th February 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Gray, Neil (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) The correspondence that Stephen Kerr refers to was responded to by officials, who gave guidance as to - Link to Speech |
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Powers of the Scottish Parliament
109 speeches (89,834 words) Wednesday 19th February 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Bibby, Neil (Lab - West Scotland) First and most important—I say this to Stephen Kerr—we no longer have a Conservative Government. - Link to Speech 2: Slater, Lorna (Green - Lothian) Will Stephen Kerr take an intervention? - Link to Speech 3: Slater, Lorna (Green - Lothian) Does Stephen Kerr recognise that the conditions of membership of the European Union are substantially - Link to Speech 4: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) unworkable internal market act.I will briefly address the points raised by members, including Stephen Kerr - Link to Speech |
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Thursday 2nd October 2025 11:40 a.m. General Questions - Main Chamber Clare Haughey (S6O-05010) To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the UK Government regarding the closure of any Jobcentres in Scotland. Maurice Golden (S6O-05011) To ask the Scottish Government what the current state of readiness is for the upcoming ban on biodegradable municipal waste to landfill. David Torrance (S6O-05012) To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that Scotland remains at the forefront of hydrogen development and deployment. Gordon MacDonald (S6O-05013) To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further details of the steps that it is taking to support innovation and entrepreneurship in Scotland. Liam McArthur (S6O-05014) To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to reintroducing the "shared cabin" policy as a condition of the next Northern Isles Ferry Services contract. Bob Doris (S6O-05015) To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the climate action secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding how to encourage homeowners to decarbonise their properties as part of Scotland’s ambition to achieve net zero by 2045. Stephen Kerr (S6O-05016) To ask the Scottish Government what measures it has in place to ensure that public body officials do not misuse their position for personal gain. Willie Rennie (S6O-05017) To ask the Scottish Government whether it will change the college and university funding frameworks to reflect the hybrid nature of Scotland's Rural College, which has both higher and further education provision. Watch on Scottish Parliament TV View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 24th September 2025 2 p.m. Portfolio Questions: Deputy First Minister Responsibilities, Economy and Gaelic: Finance and Local Government - Main Chamber Portfolio: Deputy First Minister Responsibilities, Economy and Gaelic Liam Kerr (S6O-04962) To ask the Scottish Government for what reason Scotland will see the slowest GVA growth of the devolved nations over the next three years, according to the EY UK Regional Economic Forecast 2025. Craig Hoy (S6O-04963) To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions the business minister has had with ministerial colleagues regarding the impact of the visitor levy on the hotel and tourism sectors. Davy Russell (S6O-04964) To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to redevelop town centres across Scotland. Pauline McNeill (S6O-04965) [Withdrawn] Fulton MacGregor (S6O-04966) To ask the Scottish Government what targeted support it is providing to small businesses in Coatbridge and Chryston to help them deal with inflation and rising costs. Annabelle Ewing (S6O-04967) To ask the Scottish Government what its current priorities are for international trading links. Monica Lennon (S6O-04968) To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the economy secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding how the Glasgow City Region Deal can support improvements to transport and connectivity across the region. Sue Webber (S6O-04969) To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that major projects funded through City Region Deals are delivered at pace through administrative hurdles, to avoid any rising costs or communities waiting unnecessarily for planned infrastructure. Portfolio: Finance and Local Government Alexander Burnett (S6O-04970) To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of the potential impact of the funding allocated in its Budget 2025-26 on Aberdeenshire Council’s ability to invest in local infrastructure and support economic development. Bill Kidd (S6O-04971) To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the Empowering Communities Programme, including the impact of the Investing in Communities Fund. Stephen Kerr (S6O-04972) To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with COSLA about increasing the transparency of senior officer pay and conditions alongside improved democratic oversight and accountability. Evelyn Tweed (S6O-04973) To ask the Scottish Government how much it has allocated in its Budget for the improvement of road safety on the A84 trunk road between Stirling and Lochearnhead. Maurice Golden (S6O-04974) To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has allocated from its Budget 2025-26 to support local authorities to improve waste management services, in line with its plan for a transition to a circular economy. Christine Grahame (S6O-04975) To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the finance secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding different funding models that may be available to finance the building of social housing, in light of the approach adopted by Falkirk Council which awarded Hearthstone Investments £30 million through its Local Government Pension Scheme Fund to invest in social and affordable housing in 2015. Alexander Stewart (S6O-04976) To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of whether its current above-inflation public sector pay deals have appropriate contingencies in place, in light of the recent rise in the Consumer Price Index and reported concerns regarding inflation. Stuart McMillan (S6O-04977) To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the next UK Budget, which will be delivered on 26 November. Watch on Scottish Parliament TV View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 4th September 2025 11:40 a.m. General Questions - Main Chamber Liam Kerr (S6O-04882) To ask the Scottish Government what alternatives are being piloted to enable older patients to be cared for outside of hospitals. Jackie Baillie (S6O-04883) To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it is reportedly downgrading fire station services across the country, including in Helensburgh. Martin Whitfield (S6O-04884) To ask the Scottish Government how it will deliver on its commitments in The Promise, in light of the publication, Education Outcomes for Looked After Children 2023/24, showing a decline in most key educational outcomes. Davy Russell (S6O-04885) To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its definition of what constitutes "substantial" damp and mould in a home, at what threshold such conditions are considered to require remedial action by social landlords. Karen Adam (S6O-04886) To ask the Scottish Government how it supports the food sector to export to international markets. Stephen Kerr (S6O-04887) To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with local authorities regarding solutions to the housing emergency. Fergus Ewing (S6O-04888) To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the future award of any grants or loans to arts or public performance venues, whether it or any public authority, including Creative Scotland, will require applicants to observe and respect freedom of expression under the law in order to be eligible for financial support, and that failing to do so will require any funding provided to be repaid. Emma Harper (S6O-04889) To ask the Scottish Government how it supports allied health professionals to balance the demands of responding to system pressures with the delivery of rehabilitation and early intervention. Watch on Scottish Parliament TV View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 3rd September 2025 9 a.m. 23rd Meeting, 2025 (Session 6) The committee will meet at 9:00am at T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room. 1. Choice of Convener: The Committee will choose a Convener. 2. Declaration of interests: Stephen Kerr will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 3. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private at this meeting and whether to consider its draft Stage 1 report on the Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill in private at the next meeting. 4. Scotland's Tourism Industry: The Committee will take evidence from— Marc Crothall, Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Tourism Alliance David Hope-Jones, Chief Executive, South of Scotland Destination Alliance Leon Thompson, Executive Director, UKHospitality Scotland Gordon Watson, Chief Executive Officer, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority and then from— Paul Lawrence, Chief Executive, City of Edinburgh Council Elin Williamson, Head of Business Growth and Inclusion, City of Edinburgh Council Malcolm Macleod, Assistant Chief Executive - Place, Highland Council Rob Dickson, Director of Industry & Events, VisitScotland Cat Leaver, Director of Strategy & Competitive Intelligence , VisitScotland 5. Scotland's Tourism Industry: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Anne Peat on 0131 348 5182 or at [email protected] View calendar - Add to calendar |