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
Cross-party groups
Claire is not a member of any cross-party groups
Parliamentary and Government Roles
Claire has 2 parliamentary and government roles
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Branch Executive
Member
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
Appointed 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: 23 June 2021
Town Centres (Economic Recovery)
4. Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting the economic recovery of town centres. (S6O-00052)"
Chamber meeting date: 17 June 2021
Drug-related Deaths
Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): "I welcome this afternoon’s debate, and I am pleased to be leading for Scottish Labour on the issue in my role as shadow minister for drugs policy…
Chamber meeting date: 15 June 2021
Women’s Health
Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): "I very much welcome this debate on women’s health…
Chamber meeting date: 3 June 2021
Education
Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): "This has been a broad debate, and there are many areas of agreement. However, I share the concerns that have been raised about this year’s exam programme…
Chamber meeting date: 2 June 2021
National Qualifications 2021
Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): "Can the cabinet secretary indicate when the appeals process will be completed, given the impact that that will have on applications for further or higher education…
Votes
How Claire Baker has voted in Parliament
Find out how Claire Baker has voted recently.
Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Bill
Submitted by: John Swinney, Perthshire North, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Supported by: George Adam
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 24, 2021
Result 90 for, 32 against, 0 abstained, 7 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 24, 2021
Result 59 for, 61 against, 0 abstained, 9 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 24, 2021
Result 61 for, 60 against, 0 abstained, 8 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Result 33 for, 88 against, 0 abstained, 8 no vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Result 59 for, 117 against, 0 abstained, 6 no vote
MSP voted for
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
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: 3 June 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government what reassurances it can provide to parents and carers regarding the risk of COVID-19 to young children, in light of comments by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care during a radio interview on 2 June 2021 that travelling from a Level 2 area to a Level 1 area to visit a soft play centre “could lead…
Answered by: Humza Yousaf on 22 June 2021
Asked by: Baker, Claire, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 June 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government whether its assessment of the risk to children’s health from COVID-19 is being revised, and on what basis."
Answered by: Humza Yousaf on 22 June 2021
Asked by: Baker, Claire, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 June 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government what recent research or assessment it (a) has carried out and (b) is aware of regarding the health risk to children from COVID-19, including from variant strains."
Answered by: Humza Yousaf on 22 June 2021
Asked by: Baker, Claire, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 June 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government whether there has been in increase in cases of children being hospitalised as a result of COVID-19 in the six months up to June 2021."
Answered by: Humza Yousaf on 22 June 2021
Asked by: Baker, Claire, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 June 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government, following the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 2 June 2021 on National Qualifications 2021, for what reason the deadline for making priority appeals has been set as 16 August."
Answered by: Shirley-Anne Somerville on 15 June 2021
Asked by: Baker, Claire, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 June 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government, following the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 2 June 2021 on National Qualifications 2021, how students wishing to use the priority appeal process will be supported during the school summer holidays."
Answered by: Shirley-Anne Somerville on 15 June 2021
Asked by: Baker, Claire, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 June 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 2 June 2021 on National Qualifications 2021, whether it expects teachers to be in contact with (a) the SQA, (b) schools and (c) individual pupils during the period from 25 June to 16 August 2021."
Answered by: Shirley-Anne Somerville on 15 June 2021
Asked by: Baker, Claire, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 June 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government, following the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 2 June 2021 on National Qualifications 2021, what impact it expects the appeals process to have on the workloads of teachers."
Answered by: Shirley-Anne Somerville on 15 June 2021
Asked by: Baker, Claire, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 4 March 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government, as part of the COVID-19 recovery process, what research it is undertaking into the impact of the pandemic on BAME groups, and how the needs of Polish people are being (a) identified and (b) addressed."
Answered by: Jeane Freeman on 24 March 2021
Asked by: Baker, Claire, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 4 March 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government how health data on minority ethnic groups is collected and collated."
Answered by: Jeane Freeman on 16 March 2021
See all of Claire Baker's written questions submitted in Parliament