Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 2021 - present day
Former MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 2016 - 2017
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10 October 2024 - 30 October 2024
Member
06 May 2021 - 27 September 2024
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
19 May 2016 - 11 June 2017
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
08 June 2016 - 11 June 2017
Member
28 June 2016 - 11 June 2017
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These are the official transcripts of what was said by this MSP in the chamber and at committee meetings. You'll find the topic discussed and how many times this MSP has contributed to the discussion.
Chamber meeting date: 16 January 2026
1. Douglas Ross (Highlands and Islands) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it considers the percentage of students earning an A, B or C in Higher History fluctuated by 27.6% between 2023 and 2025. (S6O-05053)"
Chamber meeting date: 16 January 2026
1. Douglas Ross (Highlands and Islands) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it considers the percentage of students earning an A, B or C in Higher History fluctuated by 27.6% between 2023 and 2025. (S6O-05053)"
Chamber meeting date: 16 January 2026
1. Douglas Ross (Highlands and Islands) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it considers the percentage of students earning an A, B or C in Higher History fluctuated by 27.6% between 2023 and 2025. (S6O-05053)"
Chamber meeting date: 16 January 2026
1. Douglas Ross (Highlands and Islands) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it considers the percentage of students earning an A, B or C in Higher History fluctuated by 27.6% between 2023 and 2025. (S6O-05053)"
Chamber meeting date: 15 January 2026
1. Douglas Ross (Highlands and Islands) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed the purchase of Ardrossan harbour with Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd. (S6O-05343)"
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Motion ref. S6M-16789
Submitted by: Liz Smith, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, March 27, 2025
Result 64 for, 1 against, 53 abstained, 10 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Motion ref. S6M-16892
Submitted by: Mairi Gougeon, Angus North and Mearns, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, March 24, 2025
Supported by: Jim Fairlie
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Result 91 for, 29 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Motion ref. S6M-16960
Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Result 90 for, 30 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Motion ref. S6M-16942
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Result 70 for, 0 against, 50 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP abstained
Agreed
Motion ref. S6M-16923
Submitted by: Angus Robertson, Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, March 24, 2025
Supported by: Jamie Hepburn
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Result 108 for, 7 against, 1 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
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These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 27 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the evidence given by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs to the Education, Children and Young People Committee on 17 December 2025, for what reason she answered “I do not think so…
Asked by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 27 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what response or feedback was provided to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs after she submitted a note of her private call with Professor Alexis Jay, in light of it subsequently being found to have breached the Ministerial Code."
Asked by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 27 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how any inability to abstract water from the River Spey impacted the production of Scotch whisky in 2025, and how many litres of whisky production were lost as a result."
Asked by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 27 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs (a) wrote-up the note of her private call with Professor Alexis Jay, and when the note was (b) submitted to her Private Office and (c) shared with (i) special advisers and (ii) other civil servants."
Asked by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 27 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the volume of whisky production that has been lost due to an inability to abstract water from the River Spey in each of the last five years."
Asked by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 12 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 20 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any implications for health and wellbeing, what steps it can take to ensure that viewers in Scotland are not disadvantaged by any future shift from terrestrial to internet-based television delivery."
Asked by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 12 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 20 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any implications for health and wellbeing, what (a) its position is on extending guarantees for digital terrestrial television to at least 2040 and (b) engagement it has had with the UK Government on the matter."
Asked by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 12 January 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 January 2026
"To ask the First Minister for what reason the Scottish Government is going to court to continue to allow it to house male prisoners in the female prison estate, in light of any projections it has made of the cost to taxpayers in Scotland of challenging the Supreme Court ruling in this way."
Asked by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 15 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 12 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any potential impact on household costs if access to public service broadcasting were to require a broadband subscription."
Asked by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 15 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 12 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any potential impact on rural and island communities in Scotland of any reduction in digital terrestrial television coverage."