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Alba Party
Former MSP for Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency) 2023 - 2025
Scottish National Party
Former MSP for Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency) 2016 - 2023
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05 December 2024 - 30 September 2025
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29 June 2023 - 30 October 2023
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09 November 2022 - 30 October 2023
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18 April 2023 - 14 July 2023
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19 May 2021 - 27 October 2022
Scottish Government
28 June 2018 - 19 May 2021
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21 November 2017 - 28 June 2018
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29 September 2016 - 28 June 2018
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14 June 2016 - 23 April 2018
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16 November 2017 - 21 November 2017
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08 June 2016 - 16 November 2017
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08 June 2016 - 29 September 2016
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29 June 2016 - 06 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 Ash Regan. The date of their initial statement was 01 June 2021.
On 11 July 2023, I received £600 for writing three columns for the Reach Plc, Sunday Mail (of One Canada Square Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP). I undertook this work in February and March 2023 and it took me six hours to prepare the articles. [Registered 11 September 2023]
No registrable interests
From 4 to 6 September 2023, I attended and gave a talk at the Promoting International Cooperation, Cultural Understanding & Peace Conference in Skopje, North Macedonia. The costs of the travel and accommodation amounted to £825.50 and were met, along with hospitality costs, by the Institute of Cultural Diplomacy (an international, not-for-profit, non-governmental organization with headquarters in the USA and in Germany; ICD House of Arts & Culture, Soltauer Str. 18-22, 13509 Berlin, Germany). [Registered 7 November 2023]
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In March 2024 I received a one-off payment of £175 from Ethel Writes Ltd (editors) of the book "The women who wouldn't wheest" for my contribution to the book. [Registered 5 August 2024]
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: 18 February 2026
8. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Ind): "To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken since 2007 to address prostitution, including legislative measures aimed at tackling demand for paid sex as a means of preventing harm to vulnerable women and girls, and the provision of exit support services for recovery from any complex trauma resulting from prostitution. (S6O-05530)"
Chamber meeting date: 18 February 2026
8. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Ind): "To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken since 2007 to address prostitution, including legislative measures aimed at tackling demand for paid sex as a means of preventing harm to vulnerable women and girls, and the provision of exit support services for recovery from any complex trauma resulting from prostitution. (S6O-05530)"
Chamber meeting date: 18 February 2026
8. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Ind): "To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken since 2007 to address prostitution, including legislative measures aimed at tackling demand for paid sex as a means of preventing harm to vulnerable women and girls, and the provision of exit support services for recovery from any complex trauma resulting from prostitution. (S6O-05530)"
Chamber meeting date: 18 February 2026
8. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Ind): "To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken since 2007 to address prostitution, including legislative measures aimed at tackling demand for paid sex as a means of preventing harm to vulnerable women and girls, and the provision of exit support services for recovery from any complex trauma resulting from prostitution. (S6O-05530)"
Chamber meeting date: 18 February 2026
8. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Ind): "To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken since 2007 to address prostitution, including legislative measures aimed at tackling demand for paid sex as a means of preventing harm to vulnerable women and girls, and the provision of exit support services for recovery from any complex trauma resulting from prostitution. (S6O-05530)"
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Motion ref. S6M-20844
Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Supported by: Ivan McKee
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, February 19, 2026
Result 93 for, 29 against, 1 abstained, 6 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Motion ref. S6M-20826.1
Submitted by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Supported by: Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Jackson Carlaw, Finlay Carson, Sharon Dowey, Tim Eagle, Russell Findlay, Murdo Fraser, Meghan Gallacher, Maurice Golden, Dr Pam Gosal MBE, Dr Sandesh Gulhane, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Rachael Hamilton, Craig Hoy, Liam Kerr, Stephen Kerr, Douglas Lumsden, Roz McCall, Edward Mountain, Oliver Mundell, Liz Smith, Alexander Stewart, Sue Webber, Annie Wells, Tess White, Brian Whittle
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Result 51 for, 71 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Motion ref. S6M-20827
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Result 112 for, 7 against, 1 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP not voted
Agreed
Motion ref. S6M-20820.2
Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Supported by: Alex Rowley, Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Result 93 for, 28 against, 1 abstained, 7 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Motion ref. S6M-20819.3
Submitted by: Angus Robertson, Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Supported by: Graeme Dey
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Result 89 for, 7 against, 27 abstained, 6 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Find out what motions Ash Regan has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: 18 February 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact that withdrawing funding for Wave Energy Scotland from March 2026 will have on Scotland’s ability to leverage investment, including through Horizon Europe, and on confidence in the marine energy sector."
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: 16 February 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what measurable improvements in patient outcomes and service delivery have been observed since the recommendations of the Independent Review of Audiology Services in Scotland report were accepted, particularly in areas flagged as urgent, including paediatric diagnostic safety, waiting times and equitable access to…
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: 16 February 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what mechanisms are in place to monitor, escalate and publicly report on the ongoing delivery of the 55 recommendations of the Independent Review of Audiology Services in Scotland report, and how it ensures that workforce shortages, variability between NHS boards and incomplete quality assurance systems do not prevent…
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: 16 February 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Independent Review of Audiology Services in Scotland report making 55 recommendations to improve services, whether it will provide (a) a breakdown of the number of recommendations that (i) have been fully implemented to date, (ii) are in operational work plans and (iii) remain dependent on linked…
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: 16 February 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the 55 recommendations in the Independent Review of Audiology Services in Scotland that it accepted, whether it will confirm if the draft Budget 2026-27 will dedicate funding to ensure full delivery of these audiology services reforms across all NHS boards."
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: 11 February 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken since 2007 to address prostitution, including legislative measures aimed at tackling demand for paid sex as a means of preventing harm to vulnerable women and girls, and the provision of exit support services for recovery from any complex trauma resulting from prostitution."
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: 28 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 5 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of testimony from survivors of grooming gangs, frontline service organisations and justice agencies that child sexual exploitation (CSE) and grooming are core pathways through which vulnerable children are drawn into the commercial sexual exploitation of prostitution, both in childhood and later in…
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: 13 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 28 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that university funding is meaningfully linked to best practice in healthy workplaces, specifically in relation to workload management and other drivers of work-related stress."
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: 13 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 28 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the announcement of the review into a sustainable future funding model for universities, what support or assurances it will provide to any university staff who have lost their jobs or are currently at risk of redundancy."
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: 13 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 28 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to ensure that higher education better meets the needs of Scotland and of future generations."