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22 September 2021 - 15 January 2025
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31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023
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28 June 2016 - 09 January 2018
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25 May 2016 - 19 December 2017
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24 August 2015 - 23 March 2016
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23 June 2011 - 23 March 2016
Substitute Member
02 September 2015 - 23 March 2016
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08 January 2015 - 15 September 2015
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03 September 2013 - 02 September 2015
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06 January 2015 - 24 August 2015
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10 July 2013 - 16 December 2014
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19 September 2012 - 03 September 2013
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22 December 2011 - 03 September 2013
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Here is the register for Mark Griffin. The date of their initial statement was 18 May 2021.
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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: 26 June 2025
7. Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government what health policies it has in place to support the neurodevelopment of children born prematurely through their early years and adolescence. (S6O-04856)"
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 24 June 2025
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "Before I ask the minister a couple of questions on the adoption of local development plans, I have a supplementary question about his comment that 164,000 homes across Scotland have planning permission but have not yet been built…
Chamber meeting date: 19 June 2025
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "The local government workforce has reduced by 30,000 full-time-equivalent posts, while central Government payroll has increased by 73 per cent during the Government’s time in office…
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 17 June 2025
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "Good morning. Pamela Clifford, how has the introduction of the new minimum all-tenure housing land requirement—MATHLR—figures in NPF4 impacted on the identification of land for housing?"
Social Justice and Social Security Committee meeting date: 12 June 2025
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "I apologise for missing the earlier part of the session…
Find out how Mark Griffin has voted recently.
Submitted by: Natalie Don-Innes, Renfrewshire North and West, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Supported by: Graeme Dey, Jenny Gilruth
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025
Result 87 for, 0 against, 28 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Richard Lochhead, Moray, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, June 23, 2025
Supported by: Tom Arthur, Kate Forbes
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025
Result 88 for, 1 against, 27 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Kaukab Stewart, Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, June 23, 2025
Supported by: Shirley-Anne Somerville
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025
Result 86 for, 0 against, 28 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Richard Lochhead, Moray, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Supported by: Kate Forbes
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025
Result 80 for, 0 against, 34 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Result 47 for, 69 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Find out what motions Mark Griffin has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 19 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to further review the change in the Additional Dwelling Supplement rate following the completion of the current Land and Buildings Transaction Tax review."
Answer expected on 16 September 2025
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 19 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what stakeholders it has engaged with during its current review of Land and Buildings Transaction Tax."
Answer expected on 16 September 2025
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 19 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown by local authority of the number of times that Land and Buildings Transaction Tax first-time buyer relief has been used in each year from 2021 to 2024."
Answer expected on 16 September 2025
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 19 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on its review of Land and Buildings Transaction Tax, as committed to during consideration of the 2025-26 Scottish Budget, and when the findings of the review will be published."
Answer expected on 16 September 2025
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 19 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what data is available on the impact of the increase in the Additional Dwelling Supplement rate for Land and Buildings Transaction Tax from 6% to 8%."
Answer expected on 16 September 2025
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 31 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many homes have been approved by local authorities in each year since the period considered by the Competition and Markets Authority, which considered the number of approvals to be on average 29,000 per year to the end of 2022."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 15 August 2025
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 31 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Planning and the Housing Emergency - Delivery Plan does not mandate new methods to monitor planning approvals and build-out in relation to planning consents for new homes."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 14 August 2025
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 29 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what the methodology is for collecting the data included in its planning application statistics publications, and whether this process is (a) manual or (b) automated."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 14 August 2025
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 29 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the data collected for its planning application statistics is sufficient to detail the (a) number and (b) percentage of (i) housing developments and (ii) new homes approved in each reporting period."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 14 August 2025
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 29 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what management information systems and dashboards it uses to track the number of homes granted planning permission, including from external data providers."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 13 August 2025