Alba Party
MSP for Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency) 2023 - present day
Scottish National Party
Former MSP for Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency) 2016 - 2023
Email: [email protected]
X (previously known as Twitter): @AshReganALBA
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The Scottish Parliament
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Member
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
09 November 2022 - 30 October 2023
Member
29 June 2023 - 30 October 2023
Member
18 April 2023 - 14 July 2023
Substitute Member
19 May 2021 - 27 October 2022
Scottish Government
28 June 2018 - 19 May 2021
Scottish Government
21 November 2017 - 28 June 2018
Deputy Convener
29 September 2016 - 28 June 2018
Member
14 June 2016 - 23 April 2018
Scottish Government
16 November 2017 - 21 November 2017
Member
08 June 2016 - 16 November 2017
Member
08 June 2016 - 29 September 2016
Member
29 June 2016 - 06 September 2016
Member
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: 4 December 2024
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "The Scottish Government’s stated position in the equally safe strategy is that prostitution is violence against women…
Chamber meeting date: 4 December 2024
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "I will start by sounding a cautious note of consensus with the Government. I believe that this budget is a step in the right direction…
Chamber meeting date: 27 November 2024
5. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to ensure that critical rural food production economic activity is viable, sustainable and attractive to the next generation of farmers, crofters and fishers. (S6O-04009)"
Chamber meeting date: 21 November 2024
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "It is beginning to look as though the First Minister has accepted defeat with regard to Scotland’s ever becoming an independent country, because, under his watch, Scotland will become the only top-25 oil-producing nation that has no refining capacity…
Chamber meeting date: 20 November 2024
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "“Make work pay,” Labour says while making employing people cost much more…
Find out how Ash Regan has voted recently.
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Result 55 for, 59 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP not voted
Vote Defeated
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Result 89 for, 26 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, December 2, 2024
Supported by: Paul McLennan, Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Result 117 for, 0 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Result 27 for, 88 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Result 51 for, 60 against, 7 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
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: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 4 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has a policy of a presumption against new oil and gas licences."
Taken in the Chamber on 12 December 2024
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 19 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what it estimates the additional cost will be to each NHS board in Scotland as a result of the UK Government’s Budget decision to increase employer national insurance contributions."
Answered by Shona Robison on 25 November 2024
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 19 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what it estimates the additional cost will be to local authorities in Scotland as a result of the UK Government’s Budget decision to increase employer national insurance contributions."
Answered by Shona Robison on 25 November 2024
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 19 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what it estimates the additional cost will be to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service as a result of the UK Government’s Budget decision to increase employer national insurance contributions."
Answered by Shona Robison on 25 November 2024
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 19 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what it estimates the additional cost will be to Police Scotland as a result of the UK Government’s Budget decision to increase employer national insurance contributions."
Answered by Shona Robison on 25 November 2024
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 20 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to ensure that critical rural food production economic activity is viable, sustainable and attractive to the next generation of farmers, crofters and fishers."
Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2024
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 6 August 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recently reported decision by the UK Government to retract the £800 million of support for the University of Edinburgh exascale supercomputer, and whether it has had any recent discussions with the UK Government regarding this matter."
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 20 November 2024
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 3 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its position that prostitution is a form of violence against women and girls, as stated in its Equally Safe strategy, what work it is doing to eradicate violence against women and girls in every sector of society."
Answered by Kaukab Stewart on 29 October 2024
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 9 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the report, Prostitution and violence against women and girls - Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, whether it will commit to supporting the Nordic Model in the current parliamentary session, in order to tackle violence against…
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 22 October 2024
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 27 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reported concerns regarding the potential negative impact on the mental health of deer stalkers required to cull pregnant female deer, whether it has considered alternative measures to extending the female deer season until 31 March, and what its position is on whether the extension is appropriate, in…
Answered by Jim Fairlie on 8 October 2024