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MSP for South Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
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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
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31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023
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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: 14 May 2024]
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[Ceased interest removed from entry: 6 February 2025]
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I am a member of Unite the Union.
I chair the Communication Workers Union Parliamentary Group. [Registered 15 December 2023]
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.
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: 26 June 2025
Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "The First Minister might be aware that Amey plans to make up to 100 road maintenance workers in Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway redundant. Those workers are funded by a Scottish Government contract…
Chamber meeting date: 26 June 2025
Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "Construction apprenticeships are essential and there is demand for them. However, in my South Scotland region there are two areas that we must work on…
Chamber meeting date: 25 June 2025
Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "I thank the cabinet secretary for his letter in response to my concerns about rural museums and the cost of displaying delicate articles that need environmental protection, such as the tapestries at Dean castle in my South Scotland region…
Chamber meeting date: 25 June 2025
Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I do not think that my app connected. I would have voted no."
Chamber meeting date: 24 June 2025
1. Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the United Kingdom Government regarding the use of Scottish Government-owned infrastructure by the United States military, in light of US air strikes on Iran. (S6T-02608)"
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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: Richard Lochhead, Moray, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025
Result 80 for, 0 against, 34 abstained, 15 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 voted for
Vote Passed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Result 88 for, 26 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Carol Mochan has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Mochan, Carol, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 23 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the use of Scottish Government-owned infrastructure by the United States military, in light of US air strikes on Iran."
Taken in the Chamber on 24 June 2025
Asked by: Mochan, Carol, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 9 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government when it last asked the UK Government when the results of the UK National Screening Committee consultation on offering HPV self-sampling will be released."
Answered by Jenni Minto on 23 June 2025
Asked by: Mochan, Carol, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 9 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting radiologists in Scotland, in light of the figures from the Royal College of Radiologists recent workforce census showing that there is a 25% shortfall in the profession."
Answered by Neil Gray on 18 June 2025
Asked by: Mochan, Carol, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 9 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Royal College of Radiologists workforce census 2024, how it plans to reduce the number of clinical (a) radiologists and (b) oncologists leaving the workforce below the age of 50."
Answered by Neil Gray on 18 June 2025
Asked by: Mochan, Carol, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 9 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of investing in more NHS-based clinical radiology and oncology specialty training places compared with the outsourcing of NHS contracts to the independent sector."
Answered by Neil Gray on 18 June 2025
Asked by: Mochan, Carol, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 9 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to not placing any NHS board or hospital, which does not meet diagnostic and cancer waiting times, under a recruitment freeze."
Answered by Neil Gray on 18 June 2025
Asked by: Mochan, Carol, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 9 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to reduce the reported delays that patients are facing as a result of a shortage of doctors responsible for diagnostic and cancer care across Scotland."
Answered by Neil Gray on 18 June 2025
Asked by: Mochan, Carol, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 9 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Royal College of Radiologists workforce survey 2024, how it plans to address the regional variation in the recruitment of radiology doctors in relation to diagnostic treatment and cancer services."
Answered by Neil Gray on 18 June 2025
Asked by: Mochan, Carol, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 9 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Royal College of Radiologists workforce census 2024, which shows that there has been 0…
Answered by Neil Gray on 18 June 2025
Asked by: Mochan, Carol, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 4 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that any services and grants that it provides are not indirectly leading to the purchase and manufacture of weapons."
Answered by Kate Forbes on 18 June 2025