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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Richard Leonard

Scottish Labour

MSP for Central Scotland (Region) 2016 - present day

About Richard Leonard

Contact details

Contact online

Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 6465
Text relay calls welcome.

Committees

Richard is a member of 1 committee

Cross-party groups

Richard is a member of 4 cross-party groups

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Industrial Communities

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Nuclear Disarmament

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Older People, Age and Ageing

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on WASPI

Member

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Richard has 2 parliamentary and government roles

Conveners Group

Member

Scottish Commission For Public Audit

Member

Party Roles

Richard does not have any party roles

Previous roles

Richard has had 7 previous roles

Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.

17 June 2021 - 23 June 2021

Public Audit Committee

Member

04 October 2018 - 01 March 2021

Party Spokesperson on Economy

Scottish Labour

02 September 2019 - 01 March 2021

Party Spokesperson on Jobs and Fair Work

Scottish Labour

18 November 2017 - 14 January 2021

Party Leader

Scottish Labour

28 June 2016 - 09 January 2018

Social Security Committee

Substitute Member

25 May 2016 - 19 December 2017

Deputy Party Spokesperson on the Economy

Scottish Labour

08 June 2016 - 23 November 2017

Economy Jobs and Fair Work Committee

Member

Register of interests

Richard's register of interests

MSPs must provide details of their financial interests in the Register of Interests. They make an initial statement on becoming or being returned as an MSP. This is then updated with any changes they provide.

Here is the register for Richard Leonard. The date of their initial statement was 08 June 2021.

Remuneration and related undertaking

No registrable interests

Gifts

No registrable interests

Overseas visits

No registrable interests

Controlled transactions

No registrable interests

Heritable property

No registrable interests

Interest in shares

No registrable interests

Voluntary

On Sunday 1 May 2022 I attended the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) annual awards ceremony as a guest of the PFA. The value of the hospitality was £50. [Registered 16 July 2022]

On Saturday 26 November 2022 I attended and spoke at a conference on Community Wealth Building in Preston. This event was sponsored by the Communication Workers Union (a trade union) which provided bed and breakfast accommodation in the Holiday Inn Preston on Friday 25 November 2022. The value of the hospitality was £120. [Registered 16 January 2023, Amended interest 20 January 2023]

Expenses incurred in the constituency campaign for the Scottish Parliament Election of 6 May 2021 were met by Airdrie and Shotts Constituency Labour Party (A&S CLP). To assist in this campaign A&S CLP received, from permissible sources, the following donations: £2,000 from Unite the Union, a trade union (of John Smith House, 145/165 West Regent Street, Glasgow G2 4RZ). £1,000 from CWU, a trade union (of 150 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1RX). £250 from ASLEF, a trade union (of 77 St John Street, Clerkenwell, London EC1M 4NN). £450 from UNISON Scotland a trade union (of 14 West Campbell Street, Glasgow G2 6RX). £100 from TSSA, a trade union (of 2nd floor, 17 Devonshire Square, London EC2M 4SQ). £500 from the RMT, a trade union (of Unity House. 39 Chalton Street. London NW1 1JD).

I am a member of Friends of the Earth Scotland.

I am a member of the GMB Union.

I am Convenor of the PFA Scotland Parliamentary Interest Group. [Registered 11 November 2021]

I am a member of the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

On Sunday 5 May 2024 I attended the Professional Footballers Association Scotland (PFAS) annual awards ceremony as a guest of the PFAS. The value of the hospitality was £60. [Registered 10 May 2024]

I am a member of the Co-operative Party.

I am a member of the William Morris Society.

I am a member of the Scottish Labour History Society.

On 14th of May 2023 I attended the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) Scotland Annual Dinner as a guest of the PFA. The value of the dinner was £50. [Registered 27 July 2023]

I am a friend of the Grassic Gibbon Centre. [Registered 4 October 2024]

I am a member of the Keir Hardie Society.

I am a member of Unite the Union.

I am the Convener of the RMT Scottish Parliamentary Group. [Registered 22 June 2021]

On 15 February 2024 I accepted two tickets by invitation from Scottish Opera for a performance of Marx In London! at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow. The value of the tickets and associated hospitality was £203. [Registered 23 February 2024]

Recent Activity

What was said

What Richard Leonard has said in Parliament

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

Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab): "Hear, hear."

Public Audit Committee meeting date: 31 October 2024

Tackling Digital Exclusion

The Convener: "Our main item is a further consideration of the joint report by the Auditor General for Scotland and the Accounts Commission “Tackling digital exclusion”…

Public Audit Committee meeting date: 31 October 2024

Decision on Taking Business in Private

The Convener (Richard Leonard): "Good morning and welcome to the 26th meeting in 2024 of the Public Audit Committee. Our first agenda item is to consider whether to take items 3 and 4 in private. Is that agreed? Members indicated agreement."

Chamber meeting date: 30 October 2024

Closure of Grangemouth Oil Refinery (Update)

6. Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the potential closure of the Grangemouth oil refinery and any economic impact that this may have…

Chamber meeting date: 9 October 2024

Bus Travel (Asylum Seekers)

Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab): "I begin with the words of the great poet Tom Leonard, who wrote: “I am a human being and I exist a human being and a citizen of the world responsible to that world —and responsible for that world”…

Votes

How Richard Leonard has voted in Parliament

Find out how Richard Leonard has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6M-15086.3

Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape

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

Motion ref. S6M-15086.2

Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape

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

Motion ref. S6M-15086

Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape

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

Motion ref. S6M-15088

Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill - UK Legislation

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

Motion ref. S6M-15078

Consideration of SSI

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

Motions

Questions

Questions Richard Leonard has asked

These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.

Question ref. S6T-02170

Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 4 November 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of any potential implications for accessibility, equality and safety for passengers and the public, whether it will permit the reduction in opening hours of ticket offices by ScotRail."

Taken in the Chamber on 5 November 2024

Question ref. S6W-30996

Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 31 October 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what translation and interpretation support is provided to agricultural wages inspectors when they make visits to workplaces."

Answer expected on 14 November 2024

Question ref. S6W-30995

Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 31 October 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government how many agricultural wages inspectors are (a) directly employed by it and (b) independent contractors."

Answer expected on 14 November 2024

Question ref. S6W-30997

Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 31 October 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government how many enforcement notices have been issued by the Agricultural Wages Enforcement Team in each of the last five years."

Answer expected on 14 November 2024

Question ref. S6W-30991

Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 31 October 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) employers and (b) workplaces are monitored by the Agricultural Wages Enforcement Team."

Answer expected on 14 November 2024

Question ref. S6W-30992

Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 31 October 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government how many employers make deductions at (a) the maximum and (b) less than the maximum permitted level for accommodation other than a house from workers on the Seasonal Worker Visa scheme."

Answer expected on 14 November 2024

Question ref. S6W-30998

Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 31 October 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what housing standards (a) caravans and (b) static homes that are provided by employers to workers employed on the Seasonal Worker Visa scheme are subject to."

Answer expected on 14 November 2024

Question ref. S6W-30994

Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 31 October 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent staffed posts there have been in the Agricultural Wages Enforcement Team in each of the last five years."

Answer expected on 14 November 2024

Question ref. S6O-03850

Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 23 October 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the potential closure of the Grangemouth oil refinery and any economic impact that this may have."

Taken in the Chamber on 30 October 2024

Question ref. S6W-30280

Asked by: Leonard, Richard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 1 October 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of section 315(2) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, which local authorities have (a) applied to the Scottish Ministers for the dispensation of the making of byelaws with respect to accommodation for seasonal workers and (b) been (i) granted and (ii) denied such a dispensation, in each year since 1999;…

Answered by Paul McLennan on 23 October 2024

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