Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for Central Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
Post-d: Stephen.Kerr.msp@parliament.scot
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
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06 November 2024 - 26 June 2025
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29 June 2023 - 28 March 2024
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22 June 2022 - 29 June 2023
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22 September 2022 - 29 June 2023
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20 September 2022 - 28 June 2023
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23 June 2021 - 25 May 2022
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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
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con): "On the same theme, yesterday, Alan Wilson of Scotland’s electrical trade body, SELECT, warned that “Scotland absolutely must not be left behind when it comes to apprenticeship funding.” That is how he feels…
Chamber meeting date: 26 June 2025
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con): "Before us today is a legislative consent motion for a bill that epitomises a weak response from a weak Government. Is there a policy area that Keir Starmer has not reversed on…
Chamber meeting date: 26 June 2025
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con): "Part of the reason why they might be relaxed is that it is all just rhetoric and they are not in dynamic alignment with the European Union at all."
Chamber meeting date: 26 June 2025
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con): "With all respect to the new minister, I cannot see how he can be crystal clear about anything when, in his statement, he conceded that there is no national data. How can the Government make policy when no national data is published…
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee meeting date: 26 June 2025
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con): "Do you know how much of the nearly £1.5 million that the Scottish Government has given to trusted partners such as DEC and UNRWA, has been spent and what it has been spent on? Do they come back to you and give you a breakdown…
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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 against
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 against
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 Stephen Kerr has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:27 May 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how the NHS pay deal will affect NHS board budgets in each of the next two financial years."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:27 May 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has made to the UK Government regarding reported delays in Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority pay-outs for Police Scotland officers injured in the line of duty."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:27 May 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether the NHS pay deal will affect resource allocation to frontline services."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:27 May 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what risk assessments it has made of non-compliance with the Equality Act 2010 of its own policies and guidance."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:27 May 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what training courses have been delivered by Total Politics Group in each of its directorates in each of the last five years, and how much each of these cost."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:27 May 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of local authorities have completed a cyber risk audit within the past 12 months."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:27 May 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered the emergency procurement of private sector dental capacity to ease any paediatric dental waiting lists."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:27 May 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Human Rights Commission’s reported view that the treatment of autistic people resembles that of a “bygone era”."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:27 May 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of waiting times reportedly exceeding 447 days, how it is tackling any backlogs in children's dental extractions."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:27 May 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the number of potential job losses in the north east that could result from a possible “presumption against new exploration for oil and gas", as set out in its Draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan."