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22 September 2021 - 15 January 2025
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31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023
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31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023
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01 March 2021 - 04 May 2021
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01 March 2021 - 04 May 2021
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01 March 2021 - 04 May 2021
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01 March 2021 - 04 May 2021
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08 June 2016 - 04 May 2021
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25 May 2016 - 02 September 2020
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28 June 2016 - 09 January 2018
Substitute Member
25 May 2016 - 19 December 2017
Scottish Labour
25 May 2016 - 19 December 2017
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06 January 2015 - 23 March 2016
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24 August 2015 - 23 March 2016
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24 August 2015 - 23 March 2016
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24 August 2015 - 23 March 2016
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24 August 2015 - 23 March 2016
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24 August 2015 - 23 March 2016
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24 August 2015 - 23 March 2016
Scottish Labour
15 September 2015 - 23 March 2016
Deputy Convener
23 June 2011 - 23 March 2016
Substitute Member
02 September 2015 - 23 March 2016
Substitute Member
08 January 2015 - 15 September 2015
Member
03 September 2013 - 02 September 2015
Substitute Member
06 January 2015 - 24 August 2015
Scottish Labour
03 September 2013 - 08 January 2015
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10 July 2013 - 16 December 2014
Scottish Labour
12 June 2013 - 21 January 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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01 June 2011 - 21 December 2011
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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 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: 22 May 2025
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "What the Government has brought before us is not a plan for ending the housing emergency, but, as Shelter says, “a programme for homelessness”…
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 20 May 2025
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "I share your concerns about the impact on SME developers in particular, and that we are potentially pricing them out of the appeals system…
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 20 May 2025
Mark Griffin: "As I said in my previous comments, it would be helpful to receive a response from the minister in charge."
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 20 May 2025
Mark Griffin: "Amendment 565, in my name, exempts mid-market rent properties from the rental increase frequency proposals. I appreciate that the Government has a consultation on exemptions…
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 14 May 2025
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "I keep sticking up a digital hand and not remembering to lower it."
Find out how Mark Griffin has voted recently.
Submitted by: Dr Sandesh Gulhane, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Result 49 for, 66 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP not voted
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats. Date lodged: Thursday, May 22, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Result 96 for, 18 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP not voted
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Supported by: Graeme Dey, Natalie Don-Innes
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Result 64 for, 49 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP not voted
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Maree Todd, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Supported by: Neil Gray, Jenni Minto
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Result 65 for, 49 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP not voted
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats. Date lodged: Thursday, May 22, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Result 89 for, 23 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP not voted
Vote Passed
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: 2 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many property factors have applied to join the Scottish Property Factor Register in each year since 2011."
Answered by Paul McLennan on 15 May 2025
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 2 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many property factors in total are currently on the Scottish Property Factor Register."
Answered by Paul McLennan on 15 May 2025
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 1 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent staff it has employed in its More Homes division in each of the last five financial years."
Answered by Paul McLennan on 14 May 2025
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 29 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many property factors have been removed from the property factor register as a result of contraventions of the Code of Conduct for Property Factors in each year since 2011."
Answered by Paul McLennan on 13 May 2025
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 28 April 2025
"To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reports of local authorities suspending council housing allocations."
Taken in the Chamber on 1 May 2025
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 31 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government when the out-turn report for the Affordable Housing Supply Programme between 2022 and 2024 will be published."
Answered by Paul McLennan on 22 April 2025
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 31 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to publish in full the report of the review of the Affordable Housing Supply Programme; if (a) so, when and (b) not, whether it plans to publish the review’s conclusions, and, if so, when."
Answered by Paul McLennan on 22 April 2025
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 27 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided to the Scottish Assembly, which supports people with learning difficulties to access services, in each of the last five years."
Answered by Maree Todd on 22 April 2025
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 27 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it anticipates will be made available from the Learning Disability Support Fund to the Scottish Assembly over the next three years."
Answered by Maree Todd on 22 April 2025
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 27 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any changes to the funding criteria for the Learning Disability Support Fund, which will operate from October 2025, for organisations such as the Scottish Assembly and the leadership framework that it operates."
Answered by Maree Todd on 22 April 2025