Claire Baker
Scottish Labour
MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife (Region) 2007 - present day
About Claire Baker
Contact details
Contact online
Email: [email protected]
Contact at the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 6769
Text relay calls welcome.
Committees
Claire is a member of 2 committees
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Substitute Member
Economy and Fair Work Committee
Convener
Cross-party groups
Claire is a member of 12 cross-party groups
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Co-Operatives
Deputy Convener
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Music
Deputy Convener
Parliamentary and Government Roles
Claire has 3 parliamentary and government roles
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Branch Executive
Member
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
Appointed Member
Conveners Group
Member
Party Roles
Claire has 1 party role
Deputy Party Spokesperson on Drugs Policy
Scottish Labour
Previous roles
Claire has had 18 previous roles
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
17 June 2021 - 23 June 2021
Economy and Fair Work Committee
Member
06 September 2018 - 04 May 2021
Culture Tourism Europe and External Affairs Committee
Deputy Convener
11 January 2018 - 06 September 2018
Culture Tourism Europe and External Relations Committee
Deputy Convener
09 January 2018 - 11 January 2018
Culture Tourism Europe and External Relations Committee
Member
28 June 2016 - 09 January 2018
Justice Committee
Substitute Member
28 November 2017 - 09 January 2018
Standards Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Member
08 January 2015 - 23 March 2016
European and External Relations Committee
Substitute Member
19 September 2012 - 08 January 2015
Rural Affairs Climate Change and Environment Committee
Substitute Member
23 June 2011 - 19 September 2012
Economy Energy and Tourism Committee
Substitute Member
14 June 2011 - 21 December 2011
Education and Culture Committee
Deputy Convener
01 June 2011 - 14 June 2011
Education and Culture Committee
Member
02 October 2008 - 22 March 2011
Education Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee
Member
15 September 2010 - 22 March 2011
Justice Committee
Substitute Member
02 October 2008 - 15 September 2010
Public Petitions Committee
Substitute Member
01 May 2008 - 01 October 2008
Education Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee
Substitute Member
13 June 2007 - 01 October 2008
Public Petitions Committee
Member
20 September 2007 - 01 May 2008
Audit Committee
Member
27 June 2007 - 01 May 2008
Equal Opportunities Committee
Substitute Member
Register of interests
Claire's register of interests
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 Claire Baker. The date of their initial statement was 18 May 2021.
Remuneration and related undertaking
No registrable interests
Gifts
No registrable interests
Overseas visits
No registrable interests
Controlled transactions
No registrable interests
Heritable property
I own, jointly with my husband, a flat in Aberdeen with a market value of between £100,001 and £150,000 with gross rental income of up to £5,000 per annum.
Interest in shares
No registrable interests
Voluntary
No registrable interests
Recent Activity
What was said
What Claire Baker has said in Parliament
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 January 2022
Budget 2022-23 (Committees’ Pre-budget Scrutiny)
Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): "I am pleased to contribute to the debate on behalf of the Economy and Fair Work Committee…
Chamber meeting date: 19 January 2022
Education and the 2022 Examination Diet
Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): "We all know that the pandemic has had a significant impact on education. In the past two years our learners, teachers and other staff have all experienced significant disruption to education…
Chamber meeting date: 19 January 2022
Standards Commission for Scotland (Appointment of Member)
Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): "Along with Christine Grahame and Maggie Chapman, I was a member of the corporate body appointment panel, and I invite MSPs to agree the appointment of Suzanne Vestri as a member of the Standards Commission for Scotland…
Chamber meeting date: 19 January 2022
Asda Foundation
Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): "I congratulate Alexander Stewart on securing the debate and thank him for the opportunity to speak about Asda’s bringing communities back together fund and the broader work of the Asda Foundation in supporting communities…
Economy and Fair Work Committee meeting date: 19 January 2022
Decision on Taking Business in Private
The Convener (Claire Baker): "Good morning, and welcome to the second meeting in 2022 of the Economy and Fair Work Committee. Colin Beattie has given his apologies; we are joined by John Mason, who is here as his substitute…
Votes
How Claire Baker has voted in Parliament
Find out how Claire Baker has voted recently.
Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Bill
Submitted by: Humza Yousaf, Glasgow Pollok, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Thursday, January 20, 2022
Supported by: Kevin Stewart, Maree Todd
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Result 120 for, 0 against, 0 abstained, 9 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Result 49 for, 67 against, 0 abstained, 13 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Result 49 for, 67 against, 0 abstained, 13 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Approval of SSI
Submitted by: George Adam, Paisley, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Result 87 for, 33 against, 0 abstained, 9 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Education Failures and Guaranteeing the 2022 Exam Diet
Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Supported by: Clare Haughey, Jamie Hepburn
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Result 67 for, 54 against, 0 abstained, 8 no vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Motions
Motions made by Claire Baker in Parliament
Find out what motions Claire Baker has submitted recently.
Written questions
Written questions Claire Baker has submitted in Parliament
These are the questions that this MSP has asked the Scottish Government about its work. It also includes any answer to these questions.
Asked by: Baker, Claire, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 14 December 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comments by the Minister for Drugs Policy on 17 June 2021 about more regular reporting of drug-related deaths by the National Records of Scotland (Official Report, c…
Answered by: Angela Constance on 11 January 2022
Asked by: Baker, Claire, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 14 December 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comments by the Minister for Drugs Policy on 17 June 2021 about Public Health Scotland’s ongoing surveillance work (Official Report, c…
Answered by: Angela Constance on 11 January 2022
Asked by: Baker, Claire, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 14 December 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government whether the early warning system, referenced in the Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce’s Interim Report, is on track to be developed and rolled out by 31 March 2022, and whether it will detail how the system will operate."
Answered by: Angela Constance on 11 January 2022
Asked by: Baker, Claire, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 14 December 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government by what date the public health surveillance system, referenced in the Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce’s Interim Report, will be fully operational, and what information the system will collate."
Answered by: Angela Constance on 11 January 2022
Asked by: Baker, Claire, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 14 December 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has not established a drug checking service, such as WEDINOS, which was launched by NHS Wales in 2013, and whether it has any plans to establish a similar service in the future."
Answered by: Angela Constance on 11 January 2022
Asked by: Baker, Claire, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 16 December 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government how many people (a) have died and (b) were admitted to hospital in connection with the consumption of synthetic opioids in 2020, broken down by (i) the specific substance and (ii) NHS board."
Answered by: Angela Constance on 11 January 2022
Asked by: Baker, Claire, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 14 December 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the National Patient Safety Alert issued by Public Health England, Potent synthetic opioids implicated in increase in drug overdoses, which was issued on 18 August 2021, whether it has been notified of any instances of (a) isotonitazene and (b) other synthetic opioids having been detected in the illegal…
Answered by: Angela Constance on 11 January 2022
Asked by: Baker, Claire, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 13 December 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government how many of the drug-related deaths that were included in the National Records for Scotland (NRS) Homeless Deaths reports for 2017-2020, were also included in the drug-related deaths figures that were published by the NRS in each year between 2017 and 2020."
Answered by: Angela Constance on 10 January 2022
Asked by: Baker, Claire, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 9 November 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Drugs Policy on 26 October regarding holistic support for families (Official Report, c. 69), how much of the £3…
Answered by: Angela Constance on 23 November 2021
Asked by: Baker, Claire, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 9 November 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government what the projected cost is of the national marketing campaign to reduce the stigmatisation of people with a drug problem; how long it will run for; whether it is being targeted to particular locations, and how it is being funded."
Answered by: Angela Constance on 23 November 2021
See all of Claire Baker's written questions submitted in Parliament