Scottish Green Party
MSP for Central Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
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The Scottish Parliament
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05 July 2021 - 22 May 2025
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29 November 2023 - 21 May 2025
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17 June 2021 - 21 May 2025
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29 November 2023 - 22 May 2024
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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 Gillian Mackay. The date of their initial statement was 08 June 2021.
Prior to my return to Parliament, I worked full time as a parliamentary assistant to Andy Wightman MSP at the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP. I worked 37.5 hours per week and my remuneration was between £25,001 and £30,000. I left the post on 6th May 2021 and received a final salary payment at the end of May 2021.
On 5 September 2024 I and a guest attended the Scotland v Poland football match as guests of the Scottish Football Association (Hampden Park, Glasgow, G42 9AY). The value of the hospitality and tickets was estimated to be around £700. [Registered 1 October 2024]
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I am a charity fundraiser with the Rebel Legion UK.
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: 21 May 2025
Gillian Mackay (Central Scotland) (Green): "If the building of the flood protection scheme in its current form is approved, it will take 10 years to deliver the entire project and 12 to 18 months to reach a planning decision…
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee meeting date: 20 May 2025
Gillian Mackay: "The bill would place significant decision-making responsibility on a single health professional, but current practice emphasises that a multidisciplinary approach, involving social work, care staff, ADPs and a load of other professionals, should be taken. Given the importance of multi-agency and multidisciplinary input in recovery care, how does…
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee meeting date: 20 May 2025
Gillian Mackay (Central Scotland) (Green): "Good morning, panel. I will try to stick some of my questions together, given that we are running short of time. Should any national negotiating body include staff who work in children’s social care services…
Chamber meeting date: 14 May 2025
Gillian Mackay (Central Scotland) (Green): "As well as preventing more migrant workers from coming here, the announcement this week will undoubtedly make those who are already here worry about the anti-migrant rhetoric that is rising across the UK…
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee meeting date: 13 May 2025
Gillian Mackay (Central Scotland) (Green): "Good morning to the witnesses. Does the bill adequately promote collaborative working among health, addiction and broader support services to ensure the holistic approach that it seeks to achieve?"
Find out how Gillian Mackay has voted recently.
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 abstained
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 Gillian Mackay has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 2 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to update the specification and guidance for the provision of environmental control equipment."
Answered by Paul McLennan on 10 June 2025
Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 2 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government when the specification and guidance for the provision of environmental control equipment was last updated."
Answered by Paul McLennan on 10 June 2025
Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 30 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-36837 by Maree Todd on 6 May 2025, whether it is its policy to use non-residential social care charging to reduce the demand for social care support, which those in need are entitled to by law."
Answered by Maree Todd on 9 June 2025
Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 21 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will write to the UK Government to expedite the review being conducted by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on tovorafenib, to ensure that it can be made available to patients in Scotland as soon as possible."
Answered by Jenni Minto on 3 June 2025
Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 13 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will write to the UK Government to seek clarity on what steps can be taken to expand access to tovorafenib."
Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 May 2025
Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 16 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what work it has undertaken on (a) each of the actions under priority 1 and (b) action 4.1 under priority 4 of the Mental Health and Capacity Reform Programme: Delivery Plan: October 2023 – April 2025."
Answered by Maree Todd on 27 May 2025
Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 13 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what evaluation it has made of whether tovorafenib can be made permanently available to patients in Scotland."
Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 May 2025
Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 13 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what efforts it can make to ensure that access to tovorafenib can be widened in Scotland."
Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 May 2025
Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 11 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it remains committed to abolishing all non-residential social care charges in the current parliamentary session, and, if so, by what date all such charges will be abolished."
Answered by Maree Todd on 6 May 2025
Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 11 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress on its work with COSLA in relation to abolishing non-residential social care charges in the current parliamentary session."
Answered by Maree Todd on 6 May 2025
See all of Gillian Mackay's questions submitted in Parliament