Scottish Green Party
MSP for West Scotland (Region) 2016 - present day
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The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
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21 May 2021 - 01 July 2024
Scottish Green Party
21 May 2021 - 01 July 2024
Scottish Green Party
29 November 2023 - 26 June 2024
Substitute Member
26 May 2016 - 04 May 2021
Scottish Green Party
26 May 2016 - 04 May 2021
Scottish Green Party
26 May 2016 - 04 May 2021
Scottish Green Party
26 May 2016 - 04 May 2021
Scottish Green Party
29 June 2016 - 04 May 2021
Substitute Member
29 June 2016 - 04 May 2021
Substitute Member
06 September 2018 - 04 May 2021
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08 June 2016 - 04 May 2021
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21 April 2020 - 16 September 2020
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29 September 2016 - 06 September 2018
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08 June 2016 - 29 September 2016
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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 Ross Greer. The date of their initial statement was 07 June 2021.
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Since 14th March 2023 I am a member of the re-established PCS union Parliamentary Group. [Registered 14 March 2023]
On 18th September 2022 I received two ‘1900 Club’ day tickets to 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 £205 each. [Registered 21 September 2022]
In June 2022 the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) provided me with overnight hotel accommodation at a value of £124 for the purpose of attending their Annual General Meeting in Dundee. [Registered 21 September 2022]
I am a member of Free Tibet.
On 19th November 2023 I was a guest of Screen Scotland at the BAFTA Scotland awards. The value of my seat at their table was approximately £258. [Registered 13 December 2023]
On Sunday 21st January 2024 I attended a recording of the Mark Radcliffe Show for Radio 2 at the BBC's Glasgow studios. Although I was invited to attend in my capacity as an MSP, tickets for the recording were free and also available to members of the public. [Registered 23 January 2024]
In April 2021 the Scottish Green Party received £500 from the RMT Union for the purpose of supporting my campaign.
I am a member of the RMT Parliamentary Group.
I am a member of the Church of Scotland.
I am a member of the Milngavie Business Improvement District as a result of my regional office being located within its boundaries. The office also receives relief from Non-Domestic Rates as a result of its rateable value falling within the Small Business Bonus Scheme. [Registered 29 May 2023]
I am a member of the National Union of Journalists.
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: 31 October 2024
Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green): "This is one of the most important committee debates that I can remember in my time in the Parliament; it is certainly the most important committee debate in which I have participated…
Chamber meeting date: 31 October 2024
Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green): "Ms Webber seems to be arguing that nationalisation is ideological, and therefore a bad thing. Surely privatisation was the ideological choice that was made in the first place."
Chamber meeting date: 30 October 2024
Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green): "I was proud of the £145 million that was included in the budget when the Greens joined the Government in 2021. It was the most significant request that we made in that first budget, but I am not suggesting that it was entirely down to us…
Education, Children and Young People Committee meeting date: 30 October 2024
Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green): "I will follow up on exactly that point. Your recommendation is to replace the current model of a high-stakes, end-of-term, national 5 exam with a continuous assessment model…
Chamber meeting date: 29 October 2024
Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green): "I am glad that we are here and that we have the opportunity for this debate, long overdue as it is—as was pointed out by Liz Smith…
Find out how Ross Greer has voted recently.
Submitted by: Ivan McKee, Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Supported by: Shona Robison
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 31, 2024
Result 84 for, 25 against, 7 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Sarah Boyack, Lothian, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 31, 2024
Result 24 for, 92 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Kenneth Gibson, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Supported by: Ross Greer, Michael Marra, Michelle Thomson
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 31, 2024
Result 92 for, 24 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Fiona Hyslop, Linlithgow, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Supported by: Jim Fairlie
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 31, 2024
Result 87 for, 26 against, 4 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Alexander Burnett, Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Result 62 for, 62 against, 0 abstained, 5 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Find out what motions Ross Greer has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 29 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will instruct all public bodies for which it is responsible to use an Open Government Licence, in line with the Scottish Government's own use of OGL v3.0."
Answer expected on 12 November 2024
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 2 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government with whom it has met to discuss a potential power of general competence for local government, and on how many occasions."
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 October 2024
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 8 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how many passenger stations on the rail network in Scotland have gated access or ticket barriers."
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 October 2024
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 3 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how many projects have received funding from the Nature Restoration Fund, and what the value is of that funding, broken down by local authority area."
Answered by Alasdair Allan on 28 October 2024
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 24 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what any underspend was on capital funding of flood protection schemes in each of the last five years."
Answer expected on 21 November 2024
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 24 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-17386, S6W-17387 and S6W-17875 by Mairi Gougeon on 5 May, 9 May and 24 May 2023, by what date it will publish its response to the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission paper, Report on the use of handheld remote-controlled training devices (e-collars) in dog training."
Answer expected on 21 November 2024
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 24 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the recommendation by the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission "that the use of e-collars for the training of animals in Scotland should be prohibited", as set out in its paper, Report on the use of handheld remote-controlled training devices (e-collars) in dog training."
Answer expected on 21 November 2024
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 11 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it issues to local authorities in relation to the application of discretionary reliefs for non-domestic rates."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 24 October 2024
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 11 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government by what date it plans to publish draft regulations in relation to the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 provisions on an infrastructure levy."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 24 October 2024
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 14 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government which (a) organisations and (b) individuals have been engaged as part of the review of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 24 October 2024