Gillian Mackay
Scottish Green Party
MSP for Central Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
About Gillian Mackay
Contact details
Contact online
Email: [email protected]
Contact at the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 6341
Text relay calls welcome.
Committees
Gillian is a member of 3 committees
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Substitute Member
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Substitute Member
Cross-party groups
Gillian is a member of 8 cross-party groups
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Carers
Co-Convener
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Disability
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Funerals and Bereavement
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Heart and Circulatory Diseases
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Learning Disability
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Nuclear Disarmament
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Shared Parenting
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Stroke
Convener
Parliamentary and Government Roles
Gillian has 1 parliamentary and government role
Parliamentary Bureau
Member
Party Roles
Gillian has 1 party role
Party Spokesperson on Health and Social Care
Scottish Green Party
Previous roles
Gillian had 1 previous role
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
29 November 2023 - 22 May 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Substitute Member
Register of interests
Gillian'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 Gillian Mackay. The date of their initial statement was 08 June 2021.
Remuneration and related undertaking
Prior to my return to Parliament, I worked full time as a parliamentary assistant to Andy Wightman MSP at the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP. I worked 37.5 hours per week and my remuneration was between £25,001 and £30,000. I left the post on 6th May 2021 and received a final salary payment at the end of May 2021.
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
I am a charity fundraiser with the Rebel Legion UK.
Recent Activity
What was said
What Gillian Mackay 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: 27 June 2024
Minister and Junior Minister
Gillian Mackay (Central Scotland) (Green): "I start by welcoming Gillian Martin and Alasdair Allan to their new roles. Those roles are essential to tackling the climate crisis and accelerating our path to net zero…
Chamber meeting date: 27 June 2024
Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill: Stage 1
Gillian Mackay (Central Scotland) (Green): "Sometimes dramatic, sometimes mundane and always interesting to those of us who are involved, elections offer us an incredible opportunity to voice our say about what values we want to guide the decisions that shape our country…
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee meeting date: 25 June 2024
Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 (Post-legislative Scrutiny)
Gillian Mackay (Central Scotland) (Green): "Self-directed support has, understandably, been implemented alongside other pressing issues. Some believe that that has affected its prioritisation…
Chamber meeting date: 25 June 2024
Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Gillian Mackay (Central Scotland) (Green): "I acknowledge the work that the Scottish Government has done to date to highlight the health and environmental harms of single-use vapes and the commitment to work on a four-nations basis on a ban…
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee meeting date: 18 June 2024
Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 (Post-legislative Scrutiny)
Gillian Mackay (Central Scotland) (Green): "Good morning, panel. I have a couple of questions for James Mahon first, then probably one for the whole panel. What benchmarking was available to you, as researchers, at the start of your evaluation of implementation of SDS…
Votes
How Gillian Mackay has voted in Parliament
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Scottish Government Priorities: Tackling the Climate Emergency
Submitted by: Douglas Lumsden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Result 50 for, 68 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill
Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, June 24, 2024
Supported by: Màiri McAllan
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Result 116 for, 0 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Scottish Government Priorities: Tackling the Climate Emergency
Submitted by: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Supported by: Mark Ruskell
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Result 8 for, 108 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Scottish Government Priorities: Tackling the Climate Emergency
Submitted by: Sarah Boyack, Lothian, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Result 58 for, 59 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Approval of SSI
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Result 68 for, 0 against, 46 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Motions
Motions made by Gillian Mackay in Parliament
Find out what motions Gillian Mackay has submitted recently.
Questions
Questions Gillian Mackay has asked
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 22 May 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what steps it is taking to address child poverty."
Taken in the Chamber on 30 May 2024
Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 3 May 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on the two FAST (Face, Arms, Speech, Time) stroke awareness commitments in the Stroke Improvement Plan 2023, and when it plans to run a FAST media campaign."
Answered by Jenni Minto on 20 May 2024
Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 10 May 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-26372 by Siobhan Brown on 16 April 2024, which local authorities have (a) applied for funding from the Scottish Government relating to the implementation of firework control zones and (b) opened the application process for firework control zones so that they are in place by…
Answer expected on 28 May 2024
Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 8 May 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update ahead of the introduction of the proposed Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Bill, including in relation to the potential overturning of any wrongful convictions of postmasters in Scotland that were based on evidence from the Post Office’s Horizon computer system."
Taken in the Chamber on 15 May 2024
Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 11 March 2024
"To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the current 40 Days for Life protests."
Taken in the Chamber on 14 March 2024
Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 28 February 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what public health measures are being taken to minimise harm from vaping, prior to the introduction of the proposed ban on single-use vapes."
Taken in the Chamber on 7 March 2024
Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 26 January 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the action that it will take to tackle the environmental impact of single-use vapes, following the closure of the four nations consultation, Creating a Smokefree Generation and Tackling Youth Vaping."
Answered by Lorna Slater on 29 January 2024
Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 11 December 2023
"To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of any social benefit of extending free bus travel to all under 22s."
Taken in the Chamber on 14 December 2023
Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 13 November 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to (a) the Barnardo’s report, The Missing Link: Social Prescribing for Children and Young People, and (b) its recommendations for how social prescribing should be applied in Scotland."
Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 November 2023
Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 13 November 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider the expansion of community link workers for children and young people, as recommended in the Barnardo’s report, The Missing Link: Social Prescribing for Children and Young People."
Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 November 2023
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