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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Gillian Mackay

Scottish Green Party

MSP for Central Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day

About Gillian Mackay

Contact details

Contact online

Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 6341
Text relay calls welcome.

Committees

Cross-party groups

Gillian is a member of 8 cross-party groups

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Diabetes

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Disability

Member

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

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Heart and Circulatory Diseases

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Learning Disability

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Nuclear Disarmament

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Shared Parenting

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Stroke

Convener

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Gillian does not have any parliamentary or government roles

Party Roles

Gillian has 2 party roles

Party Spokesperson on Health and Social Care

Scottish Green Party

Party Spokesperson on Sport

Scottish Green Party

Previous roles

Gillian has had 4 previous roles

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

05 July 2021 - 22 May 2025

parliamentary bureau

Member

29 November 2023 - 21 May 2025

Education Children and Young People Committee

Substitute Member

17 June 2021 - 21 May 2025

Health Social Care and Sport Committee

Member

29 November 2023 - 22 May 2024

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Substitute Member

Register of interests

Gillian'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 Gillian Mackay. The date of their initial statement was 08 June 2021.

Remuneration and related undertaking

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.

Gifts

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]

Overseas visits

No registrable interests

Controlled transactions

No registrable interests

Heritable property

No registrable interests

Interest in shares

No registrable interests

Voluntary

I am a charity fundraiser with the Rebel Legion UK.

Recent Activity

What was said

What Gillian Mackay 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: 21 May 2025

Grangemouth Flood Protection Scheme

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

Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

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

Employment Rights Bill (UK Parliament Legislation)

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

Care Sector (Impact of United Kingdom Government Decisions)

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

Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

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?"

Votes

How Gillian Mackay has voted in Parliament

Find out how Gillian Mackay has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6M-17785

Empowering Entrepreneurs and Innovators

Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, June 2, 2025

Supported by: Tom Arthur, Richard Lochhead
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Result 84 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-17785.2

Empowering Entrepreneurs and Innovators

Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Result 55 for, 57 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-17785.3

Empowering Entrepreneurs and Innovators

Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Result 28 for, 83 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not vote

MSP not voted

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-17670.2

Addressing the Inadequate Provision for Neurodevelopmental Conditions

Submitted by: Dr Sandesh Gulhane, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Result 49 for, 66 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-17670

Addressing the Inadequate Provision for Neurodevelopmental Conditions

Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats. Date lodged: Thursday, May 22, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Result 96 for, 18 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motions

Questions

Questions Gillian Mackay has asked

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

Question ref. S6W-37552

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

Question ref. S6W-38070

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."

Answer expected on 16 June 2025

Question ref. S6W-38069

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."

Answer expected on 16 June 2025

Question ref. S6W-37997

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."

Answer expected on 13 June 2025

Question ref. S6W-37692

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

Question ref. S6W-37551

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

Question ref. S6W-37553

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

Question ref. S6W-37554

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

Question ref. S6W-36860

Asked by: Mackay, Gillian, Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 15 April 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to deliver a pilot of the minimum income guarantee for unpaid carers, as set out in the recent proposal by Carers Scotland and IPPR Scotland."

Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 6 May 2025

Question ref. S6W-36838

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

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