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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Daniel Johnson

Scottish Labour

MSP for Edinburgh Southern (Constituency) 2016 - present day

About Daniel Johnson

Contact details

Contact online

Contact at local office

134 Comiston Road
Edinburgh
EH10 5QN

Phone: 0131 541 2145
Text relay calls welcome.

Committees

Daniel is a member of 1 committee

Cross-party groups

Daniel is a member of 6 cross-party groups

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Deputy Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Autism

Deputy Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Aviation

Co-Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Independent Convenience Stores

Deputy Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Outdoor Education

Deputy Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on USA

Convener

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Daniel has 1 parliamentary and government role

Scottish Commission For Public Audit

Member

Party Roles

Daniel has 3 party roles

Party Spokesperson on Business

Scottish Labour

Party Spokesperson on Fair Work

Scottish Labour

Party Spokesperson on the Economy

Scottish Labour

Previous roles

Daniel has had 20 previous roles

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

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

Party Spokesperson on Finance

Scottish Labour

10 April 2023 - 10 April 2023

Party Spokesperson on Economy

Scottish Labour

17 June 2021 - 22 June 2021

Member

01 March 2021 - 04 May 2021

Party Spokesperson on Finance

Scottish Labour

11 September 2019 - 04 May 2021

Education and Skills Committee

Deputy Convener

20 November 2019 - 03 December 2020

Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland Amendment Bill Committee

Member

10 September 2019 - 11 September 2019

Education and Skills Committee

Member

18 June 2019 - 09 September 2019

Education and Skills Committee

Substitute Member

09 January 2018 - 08 September 2019

Justice Committee

Member

17 January 2018 - 08 September 2019

Justice SubCommittee on Policing

Member

19 December 2017 - 28 May 2019

Party Spokesperson on Justice

Scottish Labour

08 June 2016 - 09 January 2018

Education and Skills Committee

Member

29 September 2016 - 09 January 2018

Culture Tourism Europe and External Relations Committee

Substitute Member

23 November 2017 - 09 January 2018

Economy Jobs and Fair Work Committee

Member

25 May 2016 - 19 December 2017

Deputy Party Spokesperson on Education and Young People

Scottish Labour

08 June 2016 - 28 November 2017

Standards Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Member

28 June 2016 - 29 September 2016

European and External Relations Committee

Substitute Member

Register of interests

Daniel'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 Daniel Johnson. The date of their initial statement was 27 May 2021.

Remuneration and related undertaking

No registrable interests

Gifts

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 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]

Overseas visits

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.

Controlled transactions

No registrable interests

Heritable property

No registrable interests

Interest in shares

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 £249,230. 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.

Voluntary

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.

I am a member of Labour movement for Europe.

I am a member of the Cooperative Party.

I am a member of Amnesty International.

I am a member of the Fabian Society.

I am an associate member of the Labour Women’s Network.

I am a member of the Federation of Small Businesses.

I am a member of USDAW and Community trade unions.

I am Vice Chair of the board of the ADHD Foundation, a charity registered in England and Wales, Registered Charity Number 1120898.

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]

Recent Activity

What was said

What Daniel Johnson 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: 19 December 2024

Violence Against Retail Workers

Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab): "I remind the chamber of my entry in the register of members’ interests, which states that I am the director of a company with retail interests and am a member of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers…

Chamber meeting date: 17 December 2024

Martins Review

Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab): "I begin by apologising for my previous comments. I associate myself with Jamie Greene’s point of order and Sandesh Gulhane’s question about the ministerial code. It is certainly a question…

Chamber meeting date: 17 December 2024

Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill: Stage 3

Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab): "Graham Simpson has set out a very good case in relation to precedent elsewhere, but why has he limited the scope of his amendments to the House of Commons and the House of Lords and not looked at people with dual mandates in this legislature and other devolved legislatures or bodies such as the Greater London Assembly?"

Chamber meeting date: 11 December 2024

Economic Productivity

Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab): "Productivity is vital, but the cabinet secretary must recognise that we need to take a broader set of measures and time slices…

Chamber meeting date: 11 December 2024

Budget 2025-26

Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab): "Does the member not at least acknowledge that the UK Government has raised money through fiscal measures and extended an additional £5 billion through Barnett consequentials…

Votes

How Daniel Johnson has voted in Parliament

Find out how Daniel Johnson has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6M-15876

Education (Scotland) Bill

Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, December 16, 2024

Supported by: Graeme Dey, Natalie Don-Innes
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Result 96 for, 0 against, 21 abstained, 12 did not vote

MSP abstained

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-15875

Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill

Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, December 16, 2024

Supported by: John Swinney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Result 111 for, 0 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-15792.3

Delivering a Common Sense Budget for Scotland

Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Supported by: Ivan McKee
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Result 73 for, 28 against, 21 abstained, 7 did not vote

MSP abstained

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-15792

Delivering a Common Sense Budget for Scotland

Submitted by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, December 9, 2024

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Result 94 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-15809

Approval of SSI

Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Result 73 for, 49 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Passed

Motions

Questions

Questions Daniel Johnson has asked

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

Question ref. S6W-32460

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."

Answer expected on 15 January 2025

Question ref. S6W-32462

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."

Answer expected on 15 January 2025

Question ref. S6W-32461

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."

Answer expected on 15 January 2025

Question ref. S6W-32446

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."

Answer expected on 15 January 2025

Question ref. S6O-04156

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

Question ref. S6W-32235

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,…

Answer expected on 9 January 2025

Question ref. S6W-32100

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."

Answer expected on 7 January 2025

Question ref. S6W-32099

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."

Answer expected on 7 January 2025

Question ref. S6W-31833

Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 28 November 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review the 29-day waiting period by which couples must give notice to the registrar of where they plan to get married."

Answered by Siobhian Brown on 10 December 2024

Question ref. S6W-31834

Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 28 November 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered removing the requirement for a formal wedding ceremony in order for couples to get married."

Answered by Siobhian Brown on 10 December 2024

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