Scottish National Party
MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn (Constituency) 2016 - present day
Former MSP for Glasgow (Region) 2007 - 2016
Email: [email protected]
Website: bob-doris.scot
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Maryhill Burgh Halls
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Glasgow
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Phone: 0141 946 7700
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Convener
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Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
29 June 2023 - 07 September 2023
Member
22 June 2021 - 29 June 2023
Deputy Convener
17 June 2021 - 29 June 2023
Member
18 April 2023 - 29 June 2023
Substitute Member
17 June 2021 - 22 June 2021
Member
13 September 2018 - 04 May 2021
Convener
07 September 2016 - 04 May 2021
Substitute Member
13 September 2018 - 04 May 2021
Member
06 September 2018 - 13 September 2018
Member
15 June 2016 - 06 September 2018
Convener
15 June 2016 - 06 September 2018
Member
08 June 2016 - 15 June 2016
Member
09 January 2015 - 23 March 2016
Scottish Government
01 March 2016 - 23 March 2016
Deputy Convener
08 January 2015 - 23 March 2016
Substitute Member
25 February 2016 - 01 March 2016
Member
15 June 2011 - 21 January 2016
Deputy Convener
05 June 2014 - 27 November 2014
Substitute Member
03 April 2014 - 05 June 2014
Substitute Member
10 January 2013 - 08 May 2014
Member
25 October 2012 - 10 January 2013
Substitute Member
04 September 2012 - 10 January 2013
Substitute Member
01 June 2011 - 27 June 2012
Member
01 June 2011 - 15 June 2011
Member
27 March 2008 - 22 March 2011
Scottish Government
26 May 2010 - 22 March 2011
Deputy Convener
16 November 2010 - 22 March 2011
Deputy Convener
13 November 2008 - 16 November 2010
Member
13 June 2007 - 26 May 2010
Member
26 June 2008 - 12 November 2008
Substitute Member
14 June 2007 - 28 September 2007
Substitute 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 Bob Doris. The date of their initial statement was 04 June 2021.
No registrable interests
No registrable interests
Overseas visits From 15 to 22 August 2013, on the invitation of Barzan Kurda, Head of Bureau of NGOs of the democratic organisation of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (a Kurdish political party of Karizewoshk, PUK Bureau Office, Sulaymaniyah), I visited Kurdistan to meet Kurdish officials to discuss how I can better work with the region and represent my Kurdish constituents in Glasgow and to pay respects to Kurds who lost family members at Halabja and during Anfal. The overall cost of the visit of US $5235 (US $1,600 accommodation costs, US $3,111 flights and $524 other costs), which is approximately £3,366 based on a conversion carried out on 11 September 2013, for three people was met by the PUK.
No registrable interests
No registrable interests
No registrable interests
I am a member of the Possilpark Business Improvement District Steering Group. [Registered 27 September 2021]
I am a trustee of Spirit of Springburn SCIO (SCO 50744).
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 December 2024
Bob Doris (Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) (SNP): "I very much hope that you can hear me, Presiding Officer."
Chamber meeting date: 4 December 2024
Bob Doris (Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) (SNP): "I recently met Hospice UK, and it was sobering to hear that UK Labour’s national insurance increases will rob Scotland’s hospices of £2.5 million each and every year…
Chamber meeting date: 3 December 2024
Bob Doris (Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) (SNP): "Will the member take an intervention?"
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee meeting date: 3 December 2024
Bob Doris (Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) (SNP): "Convener, after the follow-up question, do you want me to go on to my next line of questions?"
Social Justice and Social Security Committee meeting date: 28 November 2024
Bob Doris (Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) (SNP): "Professor Sinclair’s comments mean that I will have to ask about United Kingdom levers of power—in particular, universal credit—to tackle the issue for that group of people, about which Mr Balfour rightly raises concerns…
Find out how Bob Doris 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 voted against
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 Bob Doris has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Doris, Bob, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 4 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how it supports skilled manufacturing businesses to expand and thrive."
Taken in the Chamber on 11 December 2024
Asked by: Doris, Bob, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 26 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to publish a pilot proposal that would enable asylum seekers to work in Scotland and to share these proposals with the UK Government for consideration."
Answered by Kaukab Stewart on 27 November 2024
Asked by: Doris, Bob, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 30 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the rural affairs secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding the potential implications for its policies on land reform and land use of a carbon emissions land tax."
Taken in the Chamber on 6 November 2024
Asked by: Doris, Bob, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 23 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the economy secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding how its approach to business taxation supports the economy."
Taken in the Chamber on 30 October 2024
Asked by: Doris, Bob, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 9 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress of its Heat in Buildings Strategy."
Answered by Alasdair Allan on 10 October 2024
Asked by: Doris, Bob, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 11 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how it supports wraparound care for school-age children in the Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn constituency."
Taken in the Chamber on 19 September 2024
Asked by: Doris, Bob, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 9 September 2024
"To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government’s plans to improve the planning and consenting regime for renewable energy generation can support the journey to net zero."
Taken in the Chamber on 12 September 2024
Asked by: Doris, Bob, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 4 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what interaction and correspondence it has had, regarding matters related to Scotland’s rural economy, with the UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, including relevant officials, since their appointment in July."
Taken in the Chamber on 11 September 2024
Asked by: Doris, Bob, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 20 August 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to make it easier for people to travel by public transport in Scotland."
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 20 August 2024
Asked by: Doris, Bob, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 23 July 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it will publish its aviation statement."
Answered by Jim Fairlie on 24 July 2024