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MSP for West Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
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22 September 2021 - 25 April 2023
Substitute Member
22 June 2021 - 25 April 2023
Deputy Convener
31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023
Scottish Labour
31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023
Scottish Labour
17 June 2021 - 22 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 Paul O'Kane. The date of their initial statement was 07 June 2021.
Until 10 June 2021, I will be Chair of the Transport and Mechanical Advisory Group Association of Public Sector Excellence (APSE) (a not for profit unincorporated association of 300 Councils across the UK promoting excellence in public services of Scottish Office, Brandon House, 23-25 Brandon Street, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, ML3 6DA). I work 4 hours per month and receive remuneration of between £1,001 and £2,000 per annum. I resigned from this role with effect from 10 June 2021.
Until 4 May 2022, I was a councillor for East Renfrewshire Council (of Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, G46 6UH) and additionally, until 10 June 2021, I was Depute Leader of the Council and Convener for Education and Equalities. I worked approximately 21 hours per week and, until 10 June 2021, received remuneration of between £20,001 and £25,000 per annum. I had resigned as Depute Leader of the Council and Convener for Education and Equalities with effect from 10 June 2021 but remained as a councillor. From 10 June 2021 to 4 May 2022, I received remuneration of between £15,001 to £20,000 per annum. My councillor salary was donated to local community groups in my Ward. [Amended interest 5 October 2022]
Until 10 May 2021, I was a Policy and Participation Manager at ENABLE Scotland (a Learning Disability Charity and Social Care Provider of Inspire House, 3 Renshaw Place, Eurocentral, North Lanarkshire, ML14UF). I worked 21 hours per week and the remuneration I received was between £30,001 and £35,000 (pro-rata) per annum.
On 18th September 2022, I received two Group D Finals tickets for my husband and I for the Davis Cup in Glasgow from the Lawn Tennis Association (National Tennis Centre, 100 Priory Lane, Roehampton, London, SW15 5JQ). The value of these tickets was £492. [Registered 3 October 2022]
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I am a member of the Scottish Co-operative Party.
I am a patron of LGBT Labour.
I am the Chair of Trustees of Neilston War Memorial Association.
I am a member of ENABLE Scotland.
I am a member of GMB Union.
I am a member of LGBT Labour Scotland.
I am a member of Community Union.
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.
Social Justice and Social Security Committee meeting date: 27 June 2024
Paul O’Kane (West Scotland) (Lab): "Good morning…
Chamber meeting date: 25 June 2024
Paul O’Kane (West Scotland) (Lab): "I join colleagues in offering thanks to all the emergency services that attended the fire. As we have heard, the plume of smoke could be seen from some miles away, and it drifted several miles northwards…
Chamber meeting date: 20 June 2024
2. Paul O’Kane (West Scotland) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its on-going work with local authorities, Police Scotland and other partners to tackle the reported increasing antisocial behaviour in town centres. (S6O-03614)"
Chamber meeting date: 20 June 2024
Paul O’Kane (West Scotland) (Lab): "The scale of the challenge that we face in Scotland is serious…
Chamber meeting date: 20 June 2024
Paul O’Kane (West Scotland) (Lab): "I am pleased to open the debate on behalf of Scottish Labour. I do not intend to speak for too long, but I want to offer some remarks…
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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 for
Vote Defeated
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 not voted
Vote Passed
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 not voted
Vote Passed
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
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 not voted
Vote Defeated
Find out what motions Paul O'Kane has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 16 August 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it is committed to continued support through Transport Scotland of SUSTRANS’ Places for Everyone programme, as part of its commitment to supporting active travel."
Answer expected on 16 September 2024
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 16 August 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government when ministers last met Transport Scotland to discuss the Places for Everyone programme administered by SUSTRANS and its associated funding."
Answer expected on 16 September 2024
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 16 August 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government when it anticipates that decisions regarding funding for SUSTRANS’ Places for Everyone programme for 2024-25 will be made by Transport Scotland."
Answer expected on 16 September 2024
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 16 August 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government when (a) ministers and (b) representatives of Transport Scotland last met (i) SUSTRANS and (ii) other relevant stakeholders to discuss the Neilston and Uplawmoor Link active travel project."
Answer expected on 16 September 2024
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 15 August 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to revisit and expand the review of the public sector equality duty, in light of the letter to stakeholders on 4 October 2023 from the then Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees."
Answer expected on 12 September 2024
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 15 August 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that lessons from the implementation of the public sector equality duty are taken into account in the development of its proposed Human Rights Bill."
Answer expected on 12 September 2024
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 15 August 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that the public sector equality duty and any new human rights framework are compatible and adequately linked."
Answer expected on 12 September 2024
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 15 August 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the review of the public sector equality duty, what progress has been made on the proposal to use regulation 11 of the Scottish specific duties to make more effective use of intersectional equality data in policy making and increasing consideration of equality data in policy making."
Answer expected on 12 September 2024
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 15 August 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on establishing an advisory group of equalities experts to co-produce new regulations for the public sector equality duty, as committed to by the then Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees in response to a letter from 26 equalities organisations in April 2022."
Answer expected on 12 September 2024
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 15 August 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with relevant stakeholders to discuss its ongoing review of the public sector equality duty."
Answer expected on 12 September 2024