Jackson Carlaw
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for Eastwood (Constituency) 2016 - present day
Former MSP for West Scotland (Region) 2011 - 2016
Former MSP for West of Scotland (Region) 2007 - 2011
About Jackson Carlaw
Contact details
Contact online
Email: [email protected]
Website: jacksoncarlaw.org.uk
X (previously known as Twitter): @Jackson_Carlaw
Facebook: Jackson's facebook
Contact at the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 6800
Text relay calls welcome.
Contact at local office
Spiersbridge House
1 Spiersbridge Way
Thornliebank
G46 8NG
Phone: 0141 465 6611
Text relay calls welcome.
Find out when the MSP's surgery times are on their website.
Committees
Jackson is a member of 1 committee
Cross-party groups
Jackson is a member of 8 cross-party groups
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Armed Forces and Veterans Community
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Building Bridges with Israel
Convener
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Chronic Pain
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on End of Life Choices
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Gardening and Horticulture
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on India
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Scottish Showmen's Guild
Deputy Convener
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Taiwan
Member
Parliamentary and Government Roles
Jackson has 2 parliamentary and government roles
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
Appointed Member
Conveners Group
Member
Party Roles
Jackson does not have any party roles
Previous roles
Jackson has had 20 previous roles
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
17 June 2021 - 23 June 2021
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Member
19 August 2020 - 20 May 2021
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
Appointed Member
29 August 2017 - 04 May 2021
Presiding Officer's Advisory Group
Member
15 November 2016 - 04 September 2019
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
Appointed Member
29 September 2016 - 17 May 2018
Culture Tourism Europe and External Relations Committee
Member
08 June 2016 - 29 September 2016
European and External Relations Committee
Member
27 June 2012 - 23 March 2016
Health and Sport Committee
Substitute Member
27 June 2012 - 23 March 2016
Public Petitions Committee
Member
01 February 2012 - 23 March 2016
Finance Committee
Substitute Member
06 June 2013 - 11 December 2014
Standards Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Substitute Member
18 June 2013 - 21 January 2014
Burrell Collection Lending and Borrowing Scotland Bill Committee
Deputy Convener
12 June 2013 - 18 June 2013
Burrell Collection Lending and Borrowing Scotland Bill Committee
Member
16 November 2011 - 02 May 2012
Health and Sport Committee
Member
01 June 2011 - 16 November 2011
Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee
Member
27 June 2007 - 22 March 2011
European and External Relations Committee
Substitute Member
26 May 2010 - 22 March 2011
Transport Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee
Member
03 February 2010 - 20 January 2011
Forth Crossing Bill Committee
Convener
13 November 2008 - 19 July 2010
Review of SPCB Supported Bodies Committee
Member
13 June 2007 - 26 May 2010
Subordinate Legislation Committee
Member
27 January 2010 - 03 February 2010
Forth Crossing Bill Committee
Member
Register of interests
Jackson's register of interests
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 Jackson Carlaw. The date of their initial statement was 14 May 2021.
Remuneration and related undertaking
No registrable interests
Gifts
On 15 January 2020 I received a donation of £5,000 to my leadership campaign from Mr Alan Massie, a private individual. I established that the donation was from a permissible donor and accepted it on 15 January 2020.
On 15 January 2020 I received a donation of £5,000 to my leadership campaign from Mr James Stewart, a private individual. I established that the donation was from a permissible donor and accepted it on 15 January 2020.
On 15 January 2020 I received a donation of £10,000 to my leadership campaign from Peak Scientific (Company number SC175368), a manufacturer of electric motors, generators and transformers (of Inchinnan Bus Park, Renfrew, PA4 9RE). I established that the donation was from a permissible donor and accepted it on 15 January 2020.
Overseas visits
From 12 August to 17 August 2018 I participated in a visit, by the Cross-Party Group Building Bridges with Israel, to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. During the course of the visit the CPG travelled extensively across Israel and in addition visited the Occupied Palestinian Territories. I met with many organisations and individuals to hear and discuss issues of concern and areas for possible future engagement. The costs of my visit were met by the Embassy of Israel in the United Kingdom (MFA) (of 2 Palace Green, Kensington, London W8 4QB) and in respect of my travel, accommodation and hospitality are estimated to be of the value of £2,200.
From 4 July to 8 July 2022 I visited Munich and Berlin, Germany, as part of a cross-Party delegation from the Scottish Parliament, meeting Parliamentarians, public officials and business representatives, as a guest of the Hanns Seidel Foundation. The costs of the visit, including travel, accommodation, meals and translation services amounted to £1460 and were paid by the Hanns Seidel Foundation (a political research foundation of Munich, Germany). [Registered 3 August 2022]
Controlled transactions
No registrable interests
Heritable property
No registrable interests
Interest in shares
No registrable interests
Voluntary
From 8 to 10 April 2018 I visited the European Parliament in Brussels. During this visit I met with MEPs, members of UKREP and others in connection with the ongoing Brexit negotiations and other matters of interest. Contributory support towards costs arising from travel, accommodation and hospitality in respect of this visit were made by the ECR (European Conservative and Reformists) within the European Parliament to a value of £500.
On 26 August 2022, my wife and I were guests of Air Vice Marshall Ross Thomson and the RAF (Royal Air Force, 25 Learmonth Terrace, Edinburgh EH4 1NZ) at a performance of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. The estimated value of the hospitality received was £773. [Registered 20 September 2022]
Recent Activity
What was said
What Jackson Carlaw has said in Parliament
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: 5 March 2024
Scotland’s Place in the World
Jackson Carlaw (Eastwood) (Con): "On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I hear what you say, Presiding Officer, but if the minister is pointing at other members and deliberately provoking them, it is hardly a surprise that members feel it necessary to react."
Chamber meeting date: 22 February 2024
Henry Wuga
Jackson Carlaw (Eastwood) (Con): "Will the First Minister join me in offering congratulations to my constituent Henry Wuga? Henry escaped the Nazi Holocaust, travelling from Nuremberg to Glasgow in 1939 at the age of 15…
Chamber meeting date: 22 February 2024
Palestine and Israel
Jackson Carlaw (Eastwood) (Con): "Thank you, Presiding Officer. I note the opportunity that is afforded by Ivan McKee, in lodging his motion, for members to discuss further this really troubling and horrendous international situation…
Chamber meeting date: 21 February 2024
Mesh Survivors (Financial Redress)
Jackson Carlaw (Eastwood) (Con): "In all fairness, the United Kingdom Government has not yet responded to the report, so we do not know what its view will be…
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee meeting date: 21 February 2024
Decision on Taking Business in Private
The Convener (Jackson Carlaw): "Good morning, and welcome to the third meeting in 2024 of the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee. Our first agenda item is simply to agree to take in private agenda item 4, which relates to evidence that we will hear this morning…
Votes
How Jackson Carlaw has voted in Parliament
Find out how Jackson Carlaw has voted recently.
Approval of SSI
Submitted by: George Adam, Paisley, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Result 80 for, 0 against, 32 abstained, 17 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Passed
Approval of SSI
Submitted by: George Adam, Paisley, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Result 80 for, 0 against, 32 abstained, 17 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Passed
Growing Scotland’s Economy
Submitted by: Màiri McAllan, Clydesdale, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Supported by: Patrick Harvie, Richard Lochhead, Gillian Martin, Lorna Slater
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Result 63 for, 50 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Bringing Down NHS Waiting Lists
Submitted by: Neil Gray, Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Supported by: Jenni Minto
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Result 63 for, 51 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Bringing Down NHS Waiting Lists
Submitted by: Jackie Baillie, Dumbarton, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, March 11, 2024
Supported by: Carol Mochan, Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Result 63 for, 51 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Motions
Motions made by Jackson Carlaw in Parliament
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Questions
Questions Jackson Carlaw has asked
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Carlaw, Jackson, Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 15 March 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what the total number of radiology training places has been in financial year (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22, (d) 2022-23 and (e) 2023-24."
Answer expected on 15 April 2024
Asked by: Carlaw, Jackson, Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 29 February 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the 21 recommendations set out in the Transvaginal Mesh Case Record Review by Professor Alison Britton are now fully embedded within healthcare services in Scotland."
Answered by Jenni Minto on 13 March 2024
Asked by: Carlaw, Jackson, Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 29 February 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how many mesh removal procedures in total have been carried out in Glasgow through referral to the National Complex Mesh Surgical Service since the centre was established, and how many of these procedures are considered to have been (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful."
Answered by Jenni Minto on 13 March 2024
Asked by: Carlaw, Jackson, Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 29 February 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-11632 by Humza Yousaf on 14 November 2022, what recording procedures are in place to ensure that, after referral to the specialist mesh service in Glasgow, all women are informed of the options to seek treatment at an NHS England specialist centre, the Spire Hospital in Bristol,…
Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 March 2024
Asked by: Carlaw, Jackson, Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 29 February 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Part H of its publication, Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010: guidance - updated, published on 23 December 2020, in particular the paragraph titled "Local Authority bye-laws", what its position is on the possible introduction by local authorities of bye-laws to ban XL Bully-type dogs from public places,…
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 11 March 2024
Asked by: Carlaw, Jackson, Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 14 February 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether the entirety of the £1 million mesh fund was needed to deliver the one-off, £1,000 financial support awards to mesh survivors, and if this is not the case, whether it will set out how much of the allocated budget was required to make payments to all successful applicants."
Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 March 2024
Asked by: Carlaw, Jackson, Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 8 March 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it can confirm whether the parents of adults with learning disabilities may be required to meet costs of around £720 to successfully renew guardianship orders."
Answer expected on 22 March 2024
Asked by: Carlaw, Jackson, Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 8 March 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether financial support, in the form of legal aid, can be awarded to families to help meet the costs associated with the renewal of guardianship orders for parents of adult children with learning disabilities."
Answer expected on 22 March 2024
Asked by: Carlaw, Jackson, Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 8 March 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in the event that a person is unable to meet the financial costs of renewing a guardianship order for a family member, what support is available to safeguard the welfare and financial interests of the family member."
Answer expected on 22 March 2024
Asked by: Carlaw, Jackson, Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 8 March 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how many applications were made to renew guardianship orders in financial year (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22, (d) 2022-23 and (e) 2023-24 to date; of these, how many (i) were successful, (ii) were unsuccessful and (iii) are still to be decided, and whether it can provide a breakdown of these figures in…
Answer expected on 22 March 2024
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