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MSP for South Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
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15 January 2025 - 02 September 2025
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19 January 2023 - 25 April 2023
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19 January 2023 - 25 April 2023
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31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023
Scottish Labour
31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023
Scottish Labour
17 June 2021 - 19 January 2023
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22 September 2021 - 19 January 2023
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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 Carol Mochan. The date of their initial statement was 30 May 2021.
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[Ceased interest removed from entry: 6 February 2025]
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I am a member of the Co-operative Party.
I am on a community enterprise group, Burnsland Enterprise Group CIC, which aims to support a community post office. My involvement is voluntary and I receive no payment.
I am a member of Unite the Union.
I chair the Communication Workers Union Parliamentary Group. [Registered 15 December 2023]
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: 7 October 2025
Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "Like everyone else, I thank Brian Whittle for bringing this important debate to the chamber. As everyone has said, he has been a champion of this subject…
Chamber meeting date: 2 October 2025
Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "I apologise that I am not in the chamber this evening, because the order of business was changed, but, like others, I so wanted to speak in this debate…
Chamber meeting date: 1 October 2025
4. Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress being made in developing the next phase of the “Women’s Health Plan”. (S6O-05005)"
Chamber meeting date: 1 October 2025
Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "I thank Rona Mackay for bringing the debate to the chamber once again and allowing Parliament to recognise fetal alcohol spectrum disorder…
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee meeting date: 30 September 2025
Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "Good morning. I have three questions, the first of which is on pathways and thresholds for assessment…
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Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Supported by: Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 81 for, 10 against, 23 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Supported by: Graeme Dey
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 87 for, 23 against, 1 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 52 for, 63 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Result 51 for, 25 against, 33 abstained, 20 did not vote
MSP abstained
Agreed
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Result 85 for, 0 against, 26 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
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These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:3 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 31 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the action that it is taking to ensure that all NHS boards are delivering maternity and neonatal psychological intervention services."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:3 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 31 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Sands report, Lost in the system: Bereaved parents experiences of mental health care following baby loss, which found that only 8% of bereaved parents in Scotland felt they received the specialist mental health support they wanted through the NHS."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:3 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 31 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure there is equal access to the support available for bereaved parents, in light of findings from the report published by Sands, Lost in the system: Bereaved parents experiences of mental health care following baby loss, which found that not all services across Scotland support parents…
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:3 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 31 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much it received in Barnett consequential funding as a result of the UK Government committing £5.8 million for a smoke-free pregnancy incentive scheme in England in 2025-26."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:3 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 31 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much it received in Barnett consequential funding as a result of the UK Government committing an additional £70 million to support stop smoking services in England in 2025-26."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:3 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 31 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce waiting times for access to psychological support for bereaved parents."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:3 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 31 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given in the preparation of the 2026-27 Budget to ensure adequate provision of care and support for individuals with severe and enduring mental illness."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:3 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 31 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10103 by Maree Todd on 16 August 2022, what budget it allocated for smoking prevention and cessation services in (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:2 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 30 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve public awareness of the difference between polycystic ovaries and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), in relation to PCOS being a hormonal disorder that can lead to a number of other health consequences."
Asked by: Carol Mochan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:2 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 30 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what plans are in place to support NHS staff during the roll-out of the MyCare.scot app."