Scottish National Party
MSP for Falkirk East (Constituency) 2021 - present day
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Website: michellethomson.scot
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18 June 2024 - 26 June 2024
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29 June 2023 - 17 June 2024
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17 June 2021 - 29 June 2023
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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 Michelle Thomson. The date of their initial statement was 04 June 2021.
I am a Director of Senza Rit Ltd, a property management company (C/o Cunningham Grant Chartered Accountants, Unit G6, The Granary Business Centre, Coal Road, Cupar , Fife KY15 5YQ). I expect to receive remuneration of between £1,001 and £2,000 per annum in the form of life cover. I do not play an active role in running the business.
I am a sole trader of Thomson Holdings, a property investment company (C/o Cunningham Grant Chartered Accountants, Unit G6, The Granary Business Centre, Coal Road, Cupar , Fife KY15 5YQ). I expect to receive remuneration of between £10,001 and £15,000 per annum and will spend 1 hour per month in the role. This remuneration represents a net sum that is also recorded in the heritable property category.
No registrable interests.
No registrable interests.
No registrable interests.
I own a house in Edinburgh with a market value of between £150,001 and £200,000 which generates a gross income of up to £5,000 per annum.
I own a flat in West Lothian with a market value of between £50,001 and £100,000 which generates a gross income of up to £5,000 per annum.
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 22 January 2024]
I own a flat in Edinburgh with a market value of between £200,001 and £250,000 which generates a gross income of up to £5,000 per annum.
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 14 February 2023]
[Ceased Interest removed from entry: 29 August 2023]
I own ordinary shares in Senza Rit Ltd, a property management company, representing 60% of the issued share capital, with a market value of £16,500.
[Ceased interest removed from entry: 17 February 2023]
On 22 April, I was appointed an Ambassador of the Transparency Taskforce, a social enterprise concerned with the promotion of ongoing reform of the financial sector. This is an unremunerated role. [Registered 22 April 2022]
I am a director of Revive, a Community Interest Company which promotes the understanding of issues arising from explosive devices. I receive no income, benefit, or gifts for this role.
I am an Ambassador of the Westminster All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Fair Business Banking. I receive no income, benefit, or gifts for this role.
From 4 to 5 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 £753.41 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). [Registered 3 October 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: 19 November 2024
Michelle Thomson (Falkirk East) (SNP): "The member is obviously enjoying iterating the budget settlement for the Scottish Government, but could he specifically address how this disaster of a budget will address the black hole in the UK economy…
Chamber meeting date: 13 November 2024
6. Michelle Thomson (Falkirk East) (SNP): "To ask the Scottish Government what it anticipates the impact of the recent United Kingdom budget will be on funding for Creative Scotland. (S6O-03946)"
Economy and Fair Work Committee meeting date: 13 November 2024
The Deputy Convener (Michelle Thomson): "Good morning, and welcome to the 29th meeting in 2024 of the Economy and Fair Work Committee. We have received apologies from Willie Coffey…
Economy and Fair Work Committee meeting date: 13 November 2024
The Deputy Convener: "Our next item of business is to choose a new convener. As explained in paper 1, the Parliament has agreed that only members of the Labour Party in Scotland are eligible to be chosen as convener of the committee, and I invite a nomination."
Economy and Fair Work Committee meeting date: 13 November 2024
Michelle Thomson (Falkirk East) (SNP): "My colleague Kevin Stewart asked about taking things up a level. The act of Parliament that underpins Consumer Scotland has five key areas of focus. For the record, the top two are reducing harm to consumers and increasing consumer confidence…
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Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Result 92 for, 31 against, 0 abstained, 6 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Result 29 for, 90 against, 3 abstained, 7 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Neil Gray, Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, November 18, 2024
Supported by: Ivan McKee, Jenni Minto, Maree Todd
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Result 73 for, 50 against, 0 abstained, 6 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, November 18, 2024
Supported by: Siobhian Brown, Angela Constance, John Swinney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Result 67 for, 50 against, 4 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jackie Baillie, Dumbarton, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Result 21 for, 102 against, 0 abstained, 6 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Find out what motions Michelle Thomson has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 20 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to ensure equality of access for adults to the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD or ASD, in light of the finding in a National Autism Implementation Team report in 2021 that the current thresholds for mental health services do not meet the needs of those who have been referred."
Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2024
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 18 November 2024
"To ask the First Minister when the Scottish Government last met with Ineos or Petroineos to discuss the refinery at Grangemouth."
Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2024
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 6 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what it anticipates the impact of the recent UK Budget will be on funding for Creative Scotland."
Taken in the Chamber on 13 November 2024
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 30 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how it has applied its international trade principles and when it plans to publish the next Vision for Trade Annual Report."
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 31 October 2024
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 1 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the reported calls from the Scottish Retail Consortium and Scottish Tourism Alliance for the UK Government, in the upcoming Autumn Budget, to restore tax-free shopping for overseas visitors as a means of supporting Scotland’s retail, tourism and hospitality sectors."
Answered by Shona Robison on 28 October 2024
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 23 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to sustain the economic value of the chemical production sector based around Grangemouth."
Taken in the Chamber on 30 October 2024
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 2 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what further support and guidance it can provide to secondary education establishments regarding the balancing of the right to education of both a victim of sexual assault and the alleged perpetrator."
Taken in the Chamber on 10 October 2024
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 10 June 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of reports that Scottish universities' budgets have been impacted by £100 million due to a 20% drop in applications from international students in the last academic year as a result of new UK Government immigration rules."
Taken in the Chamber on 11 June 2024
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 29 May 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to address any issues regarding the implementation of the presumption of mainstreaming, as set out in the recent Education, Children and Young People Committee report on its inquiry into additional support for learning."
Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2024
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 22 May 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what place human ecology, specifically a focus on the relationship between the natural environment and the social environment, has in its rural affairs policy development."
Taken in the Chamber on 29 May 2024
See all of Michelle Thomson's questions submitted in Parliament