Alba Party
MSP for Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency) 2023 - present day
Scottish National Party
Former MSP for Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency) 2016 - 2023
Email: [email protected]
X (previously known as Twitter): @AshReganALBA
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Member
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
09 November 2022 - 30 October 2023
Member
29 June 2023 - 30 October 2023
Member
18 April 2023 - 14 July 2023
Substitute Member
19 May 2021 - 27 October 2022
Scottish Government
28 June 2018 - 19 May 2021
Scottish Government
21 November 2017 - 28 June 2018
Deputy Convener
29 September 2016 - 28 June 2018
Member
14 June 2016 - 23 April 2018
Scottish Government
16 November 2017 - 21 November 2017
Member
08 June 2016 - 16 November 2017
Member
08 June 2016 - 29 September 2016
Member
29 June 2016 - 06 September 2016
Member
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 Ash Regan. The date of their initial statement was 01 June 2021.
On 11 July 2023, I received £600 for writing three columns for the Reach Plc, Sunday Mail (of One Canada Square Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP). I undertook this work in February and March 2023 and it took me six hours to prepare the articles. [Registered 11 September 2023]
No registrable interests
From 4 to 6 September 2023, I attended and gave a talk at the Promoting International Cooperation, Cultural Understanding & Peace Conference in Skopje, North Macedonia. The costs of the travel and accommodation amounted to £825.50 and were met, along with hospitality costs, by the Institute of Cultural Diplomacy (an international, not-for-profit, non-governmental organization with headquarters in the USA and in Germany; ICD House of Arts & Culture, Soltauer Str. 18-22, 13509 Berlin, Germany). [Registered 7 November 2023]
No registrable interests
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In March 2024 I received a one-off payment of £175 from Ethel Writes Ltd (editors) of the book "The women who wouldn't wheest" for my contribution to the book. [Registered 5 August 2024]
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: 8 October 2024
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "Scotland is clearly an energy-rich nation that should not be facing the prospect of its pensioners freezing to death this winter due to the actions of a callous UK Government…
Chamber meeting date: 8 October 2024
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "Scotland is clearly an energy-rich nation that should not be facing the prospect of its pensioners freezing to death this winter due to the actions of a callous UK Government…
Chamber meeting date: 1 October 2024
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "How many Scottish pensioners are now excluded from receiving the winter fuel payment in 2024-25…
Chamber meeting date: 1 October 2024
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "I commend Tess White for securing the debate and for her excellent contribution…
Chamber meeting date: 18 September 2024
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "It is 10 years since the momentous day when real power shifted to the people of Scotland. On 18 September 2014, for 15 hours, Scotland’s future was truly in Scotland’s hands…
Find out how Ash Regan has voted recently.
Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Supported by: Alasdair Allan
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 10, 2024
Result 94 for, 0 against, 7 abstained, 28 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Monday, October 7, 2024
Supported by: Ariane Burgess, Ross Greer, Patrick Harvie, Gillian Mackay, Mark Ruskell, Lorna Slater, Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Result 68 for, 27 against, 20 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP not voted
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Ross Greer, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Monday, October 7, 2024
Supported by: Ariane Burgess, Maggie Chapman, Patrick Harvie, Gillian Mackay, Mark Ruskell, Lorna Slater
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Result 64 for, 52 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP not voted
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Supported by: Ivan McKee
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Result 65 for, 51 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Fiona Hyslop, Linlithgow, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Supported by: Ariane Burgess, Jim Fairlie
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Result 68 for, 48 against, 1 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Ash Regan has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 9 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the report, Prostitution and violence against women and girls - Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, whether it will commit to supporting the Nordic Model in the current parliamentary session, in order to tackle violence against…
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 22 October 2024
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 27 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reported concerns regarding the potential negative impact on the mental health of deer stalkers required to cull pregnant female deer, whether it has considered alternative measures to extending the female deer season until 31 March, and what its position is on whether the extension is appropriate, in…
Answered by Jim Fairlie on 8 October 2024
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 27 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether there are any plans to take action to reduce the number of traffic accidents involving deer across the Central Belt."
Answered by Jim Fairlie on 8 October 2024
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 27 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Deer Working Group did not contain any practitioners from the deer stalking community, in light of reports of their expressed interest in participating."
Answered by Jim Fairlie on 8 October 2024
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 27 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered recruiting additional staff to support the completion of deer culling by Christmas 2024, in light of the reported preference of cullers to complete culling within this timeframe and the availability of highly trained recreational deerstalkers to facilitate this."
Answered by Jim Fairlie on 8 October 2024
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 27 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the status of its proposed Natural Environment Bill and the anticipated timescale for its progress through the Parliament."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 8 October 2024
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 27 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported goal to cull an additional 50,000 deer annually, whether it has explored plans to implement infrastructure in the Central Belt and Lowlands, similar to that established in the Highlands, including community hubs."
Answered by Jim Fairlie on 8 October 2024
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 27 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has implemented any measures to ensure that any additional meat resulting from increased deer culling is not wasted, including distributing it through schools or other community initiatives."
Answered by Jim Fairlie on 8 October 2024
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 27 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the statutory duty on local authorities to implement deer management plans, and the reported increased importance of recording deer numbers to meet the target of an additional 50,000 culled deer annually, for what reason data is available for only five out of 32 local authorities, and whether it will…
Answered by Jim Fairlie on 8 October 2024
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 3 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its position that prostitution is a form of violence against women and girls, as stated in its Equally Safe strategy, what work it is doing to eradicate violence against women and girls in every sector of society."
Answer expected on 31 October 2024