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04 September 2024 - 15 January 2025
Member
25 April 2023 - 06 November 2024
Substitute Member
22 June 2021 - 25 April 2023
Deputy Convener
22 September 2021 - 25 April 2023
Substitute Member
31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023
Scottish Labour
10 April 2023 - 10 April 2023
Scottish Labour
17 June 2021 - 22 June 2021
Member
01 March 2021 - 04 May 2021
Scottish Labour
11 September 2019 - 04 May 2021
Deputy Convener
20 November 2019 - 03 December 2020
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10 September 2019 - 11 September 2019
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18 June 2019 - 09 September 2019
Substitute Member
09 January 2018 - 08 September 2019
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17 January 2018 - 08 September 2019
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19 December 2017 - 28 May 2019
Scottish Labour
08 June 2016 - 09 January 2018
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29 September 2016 - 09 January 2018
Substitute Member
23 November 2017 - 09 January 2018
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25 May 2016 - 19 December 2017
Scottish Labour
08 June 2016 - 28 November 2017
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28 June 2016 - 29 September 2016
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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 Daniel Johnson. The date of their initial statement was 27 May 2021.
No registrable interests
On 12 August 2024 I received travel and accommodation in connection with my participation in a recording of the Holyrood Sources podcast in Lerwick. Travel and accommodation was provided by Shortbread Media Ltd (the producer of the podcast of 16a Ballifeary Road, Inverness, Scotland, IV3 5PJ) . The total cost of travel and accommodation was approximately £600. [Registered 30 September 2024]
On 30 September 2024 I was provided with a one year subscription to Energy Voice, a trade publication for the energy industry. The subscription is worth approximately £2000 and was provided by D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd (a media company of Albert Square, Dundee, DD1 9QJ). [Registered 25 October 2024]
On 24 November 2024 I attended the Scotland v Australia Rugby match at Murrayfield Stadium as a guest of Vodafone Limited (of The Speechmark, 114 Great Suffolk Street, London, SE1 0BE). The value of the ticket and hospitality was £550. [Registered 20 December 2024]
From 8 to 13 October 2017, I visited Taiwan as a guest of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan). The trip was arranged by the Taipei Representative Office (Edinburgh office) in the UK, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) (of 1 Melville Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7PE). I met a number of Government departments, as well as trade and cultural organisations. The total cost of the flight, hotel and ancillary expenses was £6400. These costs were entirely met by the Taiwanese Government as detailed above.
No registrable interests
No registrable interests
I own 100% of the issued share capital of Stripe Retail Ltd, a company providing retail consulting and advisory services. These are ordinary shares with a market value of £280,000. The company is a privately owned limited company therefore market value is difficult to determine. The value given is the net asset value based on the latest accounts filed with Companies House. [Amended interest 20 December 2024]
I am an associate member of the Labour Women’s Network.
I am a member of USDAW and Community trade unions.
On 26 November 2024 I attended the Scottish Investment Conference. The value of the notional non-member ticket I received is £195. [Registered 5 November 2024]
I am a member of Amnesty International.
I am a member of the Fabian Society.
Until 12 December 2024 I was a trustee and Vice Chair of the board of the ADHD Foundation, a charity registered in England and Wales, Registered Charity Number 1120898. [Amended interest 12 December 2024]
I am a member of Labour movement for Europe.
I am a member of the Cooperative Party.
I am a member of the Federation of Small Businesses.
I am currently a non-working director of Stripe Retail Ltd but receive no remuneration or benefits in kind from this company. I am, as declared, a shareholder in this company and therefore receive dividends from it.
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: 15 January 2025
Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab): "The cabinet secretary referenced her appearance at the Economy and Fair Work Committee last week. At that meeting, she said: “I want distributable funding in the economy portfolio. I do not want just to create public service jobs”…
Economy and Fair Work Committee meeting date: 15 January 2025
Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab): "I do not know what the parliamentary protocol is here in relation to declaring interests. Maybe we should just promise to have a conversation that goes beyond the wonders of south Edinburgh…
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee meeting date: 14 January 2025
Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab): "I will push Jonnie Hall and Lloyd Austin on a couple of the points that they raised. I understand the point about flexibility, but you have discussed the need for consultation and scrutiny…
Chamber meeting date: 9 January 2025
Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab): "Yesterday, the National Autistic Society Scotland and Autistic Knowledge Development published a report on the embrace autism programme, which examines the benefits of having post-diagnostic support for people who receive the assessment of having autism. The results of the programme were extremely positive. For example, the number of people…
Chamber meeting date: 9 January 2025
Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab): "I, too, thank Ash Regan for lodging the motion. It is incredibly important, and I was pleased to be one of the signatories to it, because it makes points that need to be made in the chamber more often…
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Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Result 46 for, 70 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Result 88 for, 29 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Angela Constance, Almond Valley, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 13, 2025
Supported by: Siobhian Brown
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Result 116 for, 0 against, 1 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Neil Bibby, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, January 13, 2025
Supported by: Michael Marra, Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Result 24 for, 64 against, 28 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Angus Robertson, Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 13, 2025
Supported by: Jamie Hepburn
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Result 69 for, 23 against, 26 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Daniel Johnson has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 9 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many grants it has awarded to Tesla Inc in each year since 2016; what the total value of any such grants is, and whether it will provide details of each project funded by any such grants."
Answer expected on 23 January 2025
Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 12 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what methodology it used to calculate the increase of around 1% in real terms to the 2025-26 block grant settlement compared with the latest 2024-25 allocation, as set out in its draft Budget 2025-26, including the (a) figures and (b) sources of figures used in this calculation, and, following that methodology,…
Answered by Shona Robison on 9 January 2025
Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 18 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to make a decision on the future of the Scottish Industrial Energy Transformation Fund."
Answered by Alasdair Allan on 7 January 2025
Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 10 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-31715 by Alasdair Allan on 9 December 2024, what the total size of the Scottish Industrial Energy Transformation Fund is, and whether the additional funding received as a result of the UK Government's £185 million investment has been incorporated into the fund."
Answered by Alasdair Allan on 6 January 2025
Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 10 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-31715 by Alasdair Allan on 9 December 2024, what individual projects have been funded in each year that the fund has been in operation."
Answered by Alasdair Allan on 6 January 2025
Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 9 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the proposal in its draft Budget 2025-26 that hospitality firms liable for the basic property rate will be eligible for 40% non-domestic rates relief, how much it would cost to extend this to retail sector businesses liable for the (a) basic, (b) intermediate and (c) higher property rate."
Answered by Shona Robison on 6 January 2025
Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 18 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how many people it has helped back into the labour market from being economically inactive in each of the last five years, and to which programmes this was attributable."
Answered by Tom Arthur on 30 December 2024
Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 18 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what recent analysis it has undertaken of people who are currently economically inactive and the reasons for their economic inactivity."
Answered by Tom Arthur on 30 December 2024
Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 18 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of people who are economically inactive want to work."
Answered by Tom Arthur on 30 December 2024
Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 18 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to grow Scotland's arts, culture and creative sector."
Taken in the Chamber on 8 January 2025
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