Scottish Green Party
MSP for North East Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
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21 May 2021 - 01 July 2024
Scottish Green Party
29 November 2023 - 26 June 2024
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29 November 2023 - 26 June 2024
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08 September 2021 - 18 June 2024
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17 June 2021 - 23 June 2021
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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 Maggie Chapman. The date of their initial statement was 08 June 2021.
Until April 2019 I was Chief Executive Officer of the Scottish Council for Visual Impairment (SCOVI), a charitable organisation which serves as an umbrella body for organisations concerned with visual impairment (of C/o 50 Gillespie Crescent, Edinburgh, EH10 4JB). I spent 21 hours per week in the role and received between £20,001 and £25,000.
Until 30 June 2021 I was the Chief Operating Officer of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre, a charitable organisation supporting survivors of sexual violence (of 17 Claremont Crescent, Edinburgh, EH7 4 HX). I spent 28 hours per week in the role and received between £25,001 and £30,000 per annum. [Amended interest, 26 August 2022]
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I am a member of the National Executive of Democratic Left Scotland, a political organisation that focusses on the left / radical politics of Scotland. This is a voluntary role, for which I receive no remuneration.
I am a member of the editorial committee of the Scottish Left Review, which produces a bi-monthly magazine on left politics. This is a voluntary role, for which I receive no remuneration.
I am a member of Unite the Union. [Registered 22 November 2022]
I am a Board member of the North East Scotland Climate Action Network, a hub organisation that supports and encourages communities in the North East to take local action to tackle to climate emergency. This is a voluntary role, for which I receive no remuneration. [Registered 22 November 2022]
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 22 November 2023]
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: 14 November 2024
6. Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reported concerns that its proposed formula for calculating rent controls in the Housing (Scotland) Bill will require above-inflation rent rises for hundreds of thousands of renters, thus not tackling unaffordable rents. (S6F-03527)"
Chamber meeting date: 14 November 2024
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "I thank Ruth Maguire for her important motion and Jackie Dunbar for ensuring that the debate could take place today…
Chamber meeting date: 13 November 2024
4. Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "To ask the Scottish Government what conversations it has had with its international development partners regarding building resilience to increasing humanitarian crises. (S6O-03944)"
Chamber meeting date: 13 November 2024
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "Scottish Greens believe that access to safe, warm and affordable housing is a fundamental human right that is essential to our health, happiness and ability to fulfil our potential as human beings…
Chamber meeting date: 13 November 2024
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "Will the minister take an intervention?"
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Submitted by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Result 48 for, 70 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Martin Whitfield, South Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Supported by: Jackie Baillie, Neil Bibby, Katy Clark, Rhoda Grant, Mark Griffin, Daniel Johnson, Michael Marra, Pauline McNeill, Paul O'Kane, Colin Smyth
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Result 51 for, 67 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Meghan Gallacher, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, November 11, 2024
Supported by: Tess White
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Result 66 for, 52 against, 1 abstained, 10 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Result 61 for, 0 against, 57 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Supported by: Paul McLennan, Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Result 60 for, 57 against, 1 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Maggie Chapman has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 13 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government to what extent its economic development activities and infrastructure project decisions in the North East Scotland region are aligned with the regional economic strategy."
Taken in the Chamber on 20 November 2024
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 11 November 2024
"To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to reported concerns that its proposed formula for calculating rent controls in the Housing (Scotland) Bill will require above-inflation rent rises for hundreds of thousands of renters, thus not tackling unaffordable rents."
Taken in the Chamber on 14 November 2024
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 6 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what conversations it has had with its international development partners regarding building resilience to increasing humanitarian crises."
Taken in the Chamber on 13 November 2024
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 3 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has produced an action plan on achieving compliance with Article 9(4) of the UN Aarhus Convention to ensure that access to justice is "fair, timely, equitable, and not prohibitively expensive"."
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 17 October 2024
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 7 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported comment by the Fire Brigades Union Scotland that the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is in a “deadly cycle of decline”."
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 9 October 2024
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 2 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent report by Audit Scotland on Scotland’s colleges, which states that “colleges need more clarity from the Scottish Government on the aspects of their role to prioritise,” and that colleges are “making fundamental decisions about their future services without…
Taken in the Chamber on 10 October 2024
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 18 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings of the Fair Work Convention’s inquiry into Fair Work in the Hospitality Industry."
Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2024
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 18 July 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the publication of the Scottish Civil Justice Council’s review of court rules, and, to comply with the access to justice requirements of the Aarhus Convention, how it will ensure that any reforms will be enacted before the deadline of 1 October 2024."
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 2 August 2024
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 19 June 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is undertaking to tackle racism in justice and community safety-related public bodies."
Taken in the Chamber on 26 June 2024
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 5 June 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how its recently published public sector pay policy will support public sector workers to cope with the cost of living."
Taken in the Chamber on 12 June 2024
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