Scottish Green Party
MSP for Central Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
The Scottish Parliament
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05 July 2021 - 22 May 2025
Member
29 November 2023 - 21 May 2025
Substitute Member
17 June 2021 - 21 May 2025
Member
29 November 2023 - 22 May 2024
Substitute Member
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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: 21 May 2025
Gillian Mackay (Central Scotland) (Green): "If the building of the flood protection scheme in its current form is approved, it will take 10 years to deliver the entire project and 12 to 18 months to reach a planning decision…
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee meeting date: 20 May 2025
Gillian Mackay: "The bill would place significant decision-making responsibility on a single health professional, but current practice emphasises that a multidisciplinary approach, involving social work, care staff, ADPs and a load of other professionals, should be taken. Given the importance of multi-agency and multidisciplinary input in recovery care, how does…
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee meeting date: 20 May 2025
Gillian Mackay (Central Scotland) (Green): "Good morning, panel. I will try to stick some of my questions together, given that we are running short of time. Should any national negotiating body include staff who work in children’s social care services…
Chamber meeting date: 14 May 2025
Gillian Mackay (Central Scotland) (Green): "As well as preventing more migrant workers from coming here, the announcement this week will undoubtedly make those who are already here worry about the anti-migrant rhetoric that is rising across the UK…
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee meeting date: 13 May 2025
Gillian Mackay (Central Scotland) (Green): "Good morning to the witnesses. Does the bill adequately promote collaborative working among health, addiction and broader support services to ensure the holistic approach that it seeks to achieve?"
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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
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 for
Agreed
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 for
Agreed
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 voted for
Agreed
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 against
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: Gillian Mackay, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:16 May 2025
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 27 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what work it has undertaken on (a) each of the actions under priority 1 and (b) action 4.1 under priority 4 of the Mental Health and Capacity Reform Programme: Delivery Plan: October 2023 – April 2025."
Asked by: Gillian Mackay, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:13 May 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will write to the UK Government to seek clarity on what steps can be taken to expand access to tovorafenib."
Asked by: Gillian Mackay, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:13 May 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what evaluation it has made of whether tovorafenib can be made permanently available to patients in Scotland."
Asked by: Gillian Mackay, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:13 May 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what efforts it can make to ensure that access to tovorafenib can be widened in Scotland."
Asked by: Gillian Mackay, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:21 May 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will write to the UK Government to expedite the review being conducted by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on tovorafenib, to ensure that it can be made available to patients in Scotland as soon as possible."
Asked by: Gillian Mackay, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:15 April 2025
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 6 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to deliver a pilot of the minimum income guarantee for unpaid carers, as set out in the recent proposal by Carers Scotland and IPPR Scotland."
Asked by: Gillian Mackay, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:11 April 2025
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has undertaken of any impact of non-residential social care charges on the uptake of social care by people eligible or already in receipt of social care."
Asked by: Gillian Mackay, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:11 April 2025
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it remains committed to abolishing all non-residential social care charges in the current parliamentary session, and, if so, by what date all such charges will be abolished."
Asked by: Gillian Mackay, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:11 April 2025
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress on its work with COSLA in relation to abolishing non-residential social care charges in the current parliamentary session."
Asked by: Gillian Mackay, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:26 February 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider the merits of a national HIV testing week for Scotland."
See all of Gillian Mackay's questions submitted in Parliament