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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Colin Beattie

Scottish National Party

MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh (Constituency) 2011 - present day

About Colin Beattie

Contact details

Contact online

X (previously known as Twitter): @uartlach

Facebook: Colin's facebook

Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 6373
Text relay calls welcome.

Contact at local office

164 High Street
Dalkeith
EH22 1AY

Phone: 0131 4540204
Text relay calls welcome.

Committees

Colin is a member of 1 committee

Cross-party groups

Colin is a member of 10 cross-party groups

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Children and Young People

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on China

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Cuba

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Deafness

Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Funerals and Bereavement

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Germany

Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Industrial Communities

Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Lung Health

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Space

Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Ukraine

Convener

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Colin has 1 parliamentary and government role

Scottish Commission For Public Audit

Chair

Party Roles

Colin does not have any party roles

Previous roles

Colin has had 18 previous roles

Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.

18 June 2024 - 20 January 2025

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Member

06 March 2024 - 26 June 2024

Local Government Housing and Planning Committee

Substitute Member

23 June 2021 - 17 June 2024

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Deputy Convener

24 June 2021 - 01 September 2021

scottish commission for public audit

Member

17 June 2021 - 23 June 2021

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Member

06 September 2018 - 04 May 2021

Economy Energy and Fair Work Committee

Member

29 September 2016 - 04 May 2021

Public Audit and Postlegislative Scrutiny Committee

Member

28 September 2016 - 04 May 2021

scottish commission for public audit

Chair

16 November 2017 - 06 September 2018

Economy Jobs and Fair Work Committee

Member

13 September 2017 - 24 May 2018

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Substitute Member

08 June 2016 - 16 November 2017

Education and Skills Committee

Member

08 June 2016 - 29 September 2016

Public Audit Committee

Member

07 September 2016 - 28 September 2016

scottish commission for public audit

Member

18 September 2012 - 23 March 2016

Education and Culture Committee

Member

01 June 2011 - 23 March 2016

Public Audit Committee

Member

29 June 2011 - 23 March 2016

scottish commission for public audit

Convener

04 September 2012 - 18 September 2012

Education and Culture Committee

Substitute Member

16 June 2011 - 29 June 2011

scottish commission for public audit

Member

Register of interests

Colin'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 Colin Beattie. The date of their initial statement was 24 May 2021.

Remuneration and related undertaking

No registrable interests

Gifts

No registrable interests

Overseas visits

From 4th to 8th July 2022 I visited Munich and Berlin, Germany, as part of a cross-Party delegation from the Scottish Parliament, meeting Parliamentarians, public officials and business representatives, as a guest of the Hanns Seidel Foundation. The costs of the visit, including travel, accommodation, meals and translation services amounted to £1460 and were paid by the Hanns Seidel Foundation (a political research foundation of Munich, Germany). [Registered 2 August 2022]

Controlled transactions

No registrable interests

Heritable property

Until 6 June 2024 I owned a 50% share in a commercial property in Fife with a market value of between £200,001 and £250,000 from which I received a 50% share of gross income of between £5,001 and £10,000 per annum. [Amended interest 5 August 2024, Ceased interest 5 August 2024]

Until 19 April 2024 I owned a flat in Edinburgh with a market value of between £150,001 and £200,000 from which I received gross income of between £10,001 and £15,000 per annum. [Amended interest 22 April 2024, Ceased interest 22 April 2024]

Interest in shares

I am an unremunerated director of, and own 50% of the issued share capital of, Ben Sheann Enterprises Limited.

Voluntary

I am Vice-Chair of the National Mining Museum of Scotland. I receive no remuneration for this role. [Amended interest 23 September 2021, Amended interest 9 March 2022]

I am an unremunerated Director of the National Library of Scotland Foundation.

Recent Activity

What was said

What Colin Beattie 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: 7 May 2025

Farm Incomes

Colin Beattie (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP): "Now that the dust has settled on Murdo Fraser’s party being roundly booted out of Government, how would the minister assess what the Tories did for farmers while they were in Government…

Public Audit Committee meeting date: 7 May 2025

Additional Support for Learning

Colin Beattie (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP): "I will start with a question about tribunals. There has been an increase in the use of the additional support needs tribunal by something like two thirds in recent years, which is an awful lot…

Chamber meeting date: 30 April 2025

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Act 2024

Colin Beattie (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP): "Will the minister please outline what positive conversations the Scottish Government has had with local authorities that plan to introduce a visitor levy in the near future and how it will encourage local authorities to reinvest revenue from the levy in their visitor economies?"

Chamber meeting date: 30 April 2025

Motorists

Colin Beattie (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP): "Earlier this year, the Scottish Government was forced to abandon its target for reducing car use by 20 per cent by 2030. It was an ambitious goal that, unfortunately, could not be met…

Public Audit Committee meeting date: 30 April 2025

Auditor General for Scotland (Work Programme)

Colin Beattie (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP): "I think that the document is good and quite strong overall, and it picks up on a lot of areas that the committee will be interested in. I will ask about one or two of those…

Votes

How Colin Beattie has voted in Parliament

Find out how Colin Beattie has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6M-17539

Scotland in Today’s Europe

Submitted by: Angus Robertson, Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Supported by: Jamie Hepburn
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, May 15, 2025

Result 70 for, 45 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-17539.1

Scotland in Today’s Europe

Submitted by: Neil Bibby, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Supported by: Foysol Choudhury
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, May 15, 2025

Result 15 for, 96 against, 3 abstained, 14 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-17539.4

Scotland in Today’s Europe

Submitted by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, May 15, 2025

Result 27 for, 87 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-17525

Protecting Scotland’s Oil and Gas Industry

Submitted by: Douglas Lumsden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, May 12, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Result 61 for, 55 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-17525.3

Protecting Scotland’s Oil and Gas Industry

Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Supported by: Alasdair Allan
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Result 61 for, 56 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motions

Questions

Questions Colin Beattie has asked

These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.

Question ref. S6O-04682

Asked by: Beattie, Colin, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 14 May 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its decisions on local authority budget allocations, what discussions it has had with Midlothian and East Lothian councils regarding any impact on their budgets as a result of providing support in schools for additional support needs."

Taken in the Chamber on 21 May 2025

Question ref. S6W-36296

Asked by: Beattie, Colin, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 1 April 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that workers in Scotland will benefit from a domestic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry in the long term."

Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 22 April 2025

Question ref. S6W-36295

Asked by: Beattie, Colin, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 1 April 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that the outcome of the Project Willow study will benefit industry and workers in Scotland."

Answered by Gillian Martin on 22 April 2025

Question ref. S6O-04526

Asked by: Beattie, Colin, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 26 March 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what steps it is taking to improve GP retention."

Taken in the Chamber on 2 April 2025

Question ref. S6O-04510

Asked by: Beattie, Colin, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 19 March 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its work to grow the offshore wind industry."

Taken in the Chamber on 27 March 2025

Question ref. S6O-04401

Asked by: Beattie, Colin, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 26 February 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on Action 20 of the Housing to 2040 strategy to "streamline and accelerate the adaptations system"."

Taken in the Chamber on 6 March 2025

Question ref. S6O-04348

Asked by: Beattie, Colin, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 19 February 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what support it is giving to local authorities to maintain arts and cultural programmes."

Taken in the Chamber on 26 February 2025

Question ref. S6O-04266

Asked by: Beattie, Colin, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 22 January 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on relaxing any conservation area restrictions that prevent the installation of solar panels and other energy saving initiatives."

Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2025

Question ref. S6O-04245

Asked by: Beattie, Colin, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 15 January 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether Carer Support Payment should be classed as income by the Department for Work and Pensions."

Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2025

Question ref. S6W-31919

Asked by: Beattie, Colin, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 2 December 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what support is being provided to independent businesses in (a) rural and (b) small communities."

Answered by Kate Forbes on 16 December 2024

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