Alba Party
MSP for Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency) 2023 - present day
Scottish National Party
Former MSP for Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency) 2016 - 2023
Email: [email protected]
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The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
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Edinburgh
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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: 25 June 2025
1. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, what specific actions it is taking to strengthen Scotland’s democratic infrastructure, authority and state-building preparations to ensure that the Scottish Parliament could become the legislature of an independent Scotland. (S6O-04834)"
Criminal Justice Committee meeting date: 25 June 2025
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "Thank you for the opportunity to speak to the committee and discuss what is in the bill. As is probably evident from who has come with me to support me this morning, I have done this bill by myself, with my staff team…
Chamber meeting date: 17 June 2025
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "I do not believe that this was a mere administrative error. I believe—and I think that I have evidence to support this—that there is systemic data corruption, which has been driven by years of unlawful self-ID policy…
Chamber meeting date: 11 June 2025
5. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "To ask the Scottish Government, in light of recent reports regarding the Barnett formula, and its ministers stating a preference for full fiscal autonomy, what discussions it has had with the United Kingdom Government in relation to replacing the Barnett formula. (S6O-04780)"
Chamber meeting date: 10 June 2025
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba): "The reports in the press are, indeed, concerning. I am sure that the cabinet secretary is equally concerned by what she has read. However, I am not convinced by what she has said to us this afternoon…
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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 abstained
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 abstained
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 not voted
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: 15 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of whether the Scottish Ministers are currently not complying with any of their duties under the Children (Scotland) Act 2020; which duties, if any, it considers the Scottish Ministers are currently not complying with, and how many instances of failure to comply with their duties under the…
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 28 August 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 13 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether section 30(1) and (3) to (7) of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 came into force on 22 June 2025."
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 28 August 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 13 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will (a) provide an update on the implementation of the provisions of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 and (b) set out all provisions that have yet to be implemented, including the reasons why they have not been implemented to date."
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 28 August 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 13 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the duty of Scottish Ministers under section 21 of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 to ensure the availability of child advocacy services in contact and residence cases, whether it will (a) provide an update on its short-life working group on child welfare reporters and (b) confirm whether it is complying…
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 28 August 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 13 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the requirements of section 30 of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020, what measures have been put in place to ensure that a children’s hearing, pre-hearing panel, or court has regard to any risk of prejudice to the child’s welfare that a delay in proceedings would pose."
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 28 August 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 13 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how many children have been affected by the reported delayed implementation of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020."
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 28 August 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 27 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what role the finance secretary has in authorising any continued expenditure of public bodies that incur substantial legal costs, including those covered by the Clinical Negligence and Other Risks Indemnity Scheme."
Taken in the Chamber on 3 September 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 28 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided towards the construction of cycle lanes in each of the last five years."
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 25 August 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 28 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many train stations operated by ScotRail in Scotland are not step-free, and what action it is taking to ensure better accessibility to all train stations."
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 22 August 2025
Asked by: Regan, Ash, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date Lodged: 1 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, what its policy is on whether an independent Scotland would seek to join the Nuclear Energy Agency."
Answered by Angus Robertson on 20 August 2025