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Here is the register for Mark Griffin. The date of their initial statement was 18 May 2021.
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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: 31 October 2024
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "After years of talking, the Government finally managed to introduce a bill on rent control, but somehow it did not include any actual detail on rent control…
Chamber meeting date: 30 October 2024
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "For the Conservative Party in 2024 to bring to the chamber a motion to criticise financial policy is, in civil service speak, a bold move…
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 8 October 2024
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "Good morning. I had a question about prevention, but as that subject has been covered, I will, for the sake of time, move on and ask about the fiscal framework…
Chamber meeting date: 2 October 2024
7. Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish revised modelling to show any impact of delays to the opening of the remaining national treatment centres on bringing down waiting lists, as outlined in its national health service recovery plan…
Chamber meeting date: 2 October 2024
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Will you alert members as to how to correct the record? Mr Brown has repeatedly said that Labour built only six council houses during eight years in office. It was hundreds of council houses—"
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Submitted by: Ivan McKee, Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Supported by: Shona Robison
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 31, 2024
Result 84 for, 25 against, 7 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Sarah Boyack, Lothian, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 31, 2024
Result 24 for, 92 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Kenneth Gibson, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Supported by: Ross Greer, Michael Marra, Michelle Thomson
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 31, 2024
Result 92 for, 24 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Fiona Hyslop, Linlithgow, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Supported by: Jim Fairlie
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 31, 2024
Result 87 for, 26 against, 4 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Alexander Burnett, Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Result 62 for, 62 against, 0 abstained, 5 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
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: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 4 November 2024
"To ask the First Minister what plans the Scottish Government has to end the reported increase in families in the Central Belt living in temporary accommodation, in light of reports of almost 2,000 children in Glasgow living in unsuitable bed and breakfast accommodation in 2024 and more than 4,600 households in Edinburgh projected to be living in…
Taken in the Chamber on 7 November 2024
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 10 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to ensure that the data provided in its annual and bi-annual homelessness statistics is accurate, in light of reported concerns regarding any undercounting of breaches of legal duties on the unsuitable accommodation order and duty to provide temporary accommodation."
Answered by Paul McLennan on 30 October 2024
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 1 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement in its Programme for Government 2024-25 of £100 million of investment to support the construction of mid-market rent homes, when it expects that the first mid-market rent home being built using this funding will begin construction."
Answered by Paul McLennan on 11 October 2024
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 1 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether the announcement in its Programme for Government 2024-25 of £100 million of investment to support the construction of mid-market rent homes will result in £100 million being invested within the current financial year."
Answered by Paul McLennan on 11 October 2024
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 1 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government where the money for the £100 million of investment to support the construction of mid-market rent homes, as announced in its Programme for Government 2024-25, will come from."
Answered by Paul McLennan on 11 October 2024
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 26 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-29992 by Paul McLennan on 24 September 2024, whether it will provide a breakdown by local authority area of its allocations of spending on the National Acquisition Programme in 2022-23."
Answered by Paul McLennan on 8 October 2024
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 25 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish revised modelling to show any impact of delays to the opening of the remaining National Treatment Centres on bringing down waiting lists, as outlined in its NHS Recovery Plan."
Taken in the Chamber on 2 October 2024
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 17 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government when its planning hub will start operating"
Answered by Ivan McKee on 25 September 2024
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 17 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will set out details of its plans to extend services offered by the planning hub to support housing developments."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 25 September 2024
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 17 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent officers will work in its planning hub, and, of those, how many officers will concentrate on extending the hub's work from speeding up hydrogen consenting to housing development."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 25 September 2024