Scottish Labour
MSP for Central Scotland (Region) 2011 - present day
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31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023
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02 September 2015 - 23 March 2016
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03 September 2013 - 02 September 2015
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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: 26 June 2025
7. Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government what health policies it has in place to support the neurodevelopment of children born prematurely through their early years and adolescence. (S6O-04856)"
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 24 June 2025
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "Before I ask the minister a couple of questions on the adoption of local development plans, I have a supplementary question about his comment that 164,000 homes across Scotland have planning permission but have not yet been built…
Chamber meeting date: 19 June 2025
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "The local government workforce has reduced by 30,000 full-time-equivalent posts, while central Government payroll has increased by 73 per cent during the Government’s time in office…
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 17 June 2025
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "Good morning. Pamela Clifford, how has the introduction of the new minimum all-tenure housing land requirement—MATHLR—figures in NPF4 impacted on the identification of land for housing?"
Social Justice and Social Security Committee meeting date: 12 June 2025
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "I apologise for missing the earlier part of the session…
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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 abstained
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 for
Agreed
Find out what motions Mark Griffin has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:2 May 2025
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 15 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many property factors in total are currently on the Scottish Property Factor Register."
Asked by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:2 May 2025
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 15 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many property factors have applied to join the Scottish Property Factor Register in each year since 2011."
Asked by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:1 May 2025
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 14 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent staff it has employed in its More Homes division in each of the last five financial years."
Asked by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:29 April 2025
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 13 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many property factors have been removed from the property factor register as a result of contraventions of the Code of Conduct for Property Factors in each year since 2011."
Asked by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:28 April 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 May 2025
"To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reports of local authorities suspending council housing allocations."
Asked by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:27 March 2025
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 22 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it anticipates will be made available from the Learning Disability Support Fund to the Scottish Assembly over the next three years."
Asked by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:31 March 2025
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 22 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to publish in full the report of the review of the Affordable Housing Supply Programme; if (a) so, when and (b) not, whether it plans to publish the review’s conclusions, and, if so, when."
Asked by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:31 March 2025
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 22 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government when the out-turn report for the Affordable Housing Supply Programme between 2022 and 2024 will be published."
Asked by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:27 March 2025
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 22 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided to the Scottish Assembly, which supports people with learning difficulties to access services, in each of the last five years."
Asked by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:27 March 2025
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 22 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any changes to the funding criteria for the Learning Disability Support Fund, which will operate from October 2025, for organisations such as the Scottish Assembly and the leadership framework that it operates."