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MSP for Lothian (Region) 2025 - present day
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Former MSP for Lothian (Region) 2016 - 2025
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21 May 2021 - 08 October 2024
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28 June 2023 - 08 October 2024
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25 May 2022 - 21 March 2024
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08 September 2021 - 25 May 2022
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11 August 2020 - 04 May 2021
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11 August 2020 - 04 May 2021
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20 August 2020 - 04 May 2021
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18 February 2020 - 11 August 2020
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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 Jeremy Balfour. The date of their initial statement was 01 June 2021.
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From 9 t o 13 October 2017, I participated in a cross-party visit to the Republic of China (Taiwan), at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan). The trip was arranged by the Taipei Representative Office (Edinburgh Office) in the UK, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) (of 1 Melville Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7PE). I met a number of Government departments, as well as trade and cultural organisations. The cost of the visit was £3,900 for return flights, and the hotel and ancillary expenses was £2,600. All costs were met by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan).
From 4 July to 8 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 1 August 2022]
From 20 to 30 August 2018 I was part of a Tearfund delegation travelling to Rwanda to learn how projects in relation to genocide reconciliation and new business projects are transforming lives. The costs of the visit amounted to £1,700 and were met by Tearfund Scotland (a Christian charity of 29 Canal St, Glasgow G4 0AD).
From 21 to 23 August 2019 I travelled to Stockholm on a fact finding visit. The costs of the visit, for flights, were £223.38 and were met by UK Feminista (a charitable organisation which promotes equality between men and women of Omnibus Business Centre, North Road, London, N7 9DP).
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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: 30 September 2025
Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Ind): "I thank Jamie Halcro Johnston and Maggie Chapman for lodging their amendments. I will be supporting them all, and I hope that the cabinet secretary will take them seriously…
Chamber meeting date: 30 September 2025
Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Ind): "I start by agreeing with Willie Rennie that we should give a big thank you to all the clerks who have worked so hard on the bill and helped us with it…
Chamber meeting date: 25 September 2025
Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Ind): "As we have just heard, it has been reported that more than 16,000 housing violations have happened in the past year alone…
Chamber meeting date: 24 September 2025
Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Ind): "I will speak to a couple of the amendments in the group. I welcome Megan Gallacher’s amendments on terminal illness, and I put on record that Marie Curie’s work on the issue has achieved cross-party support…
Social Justice and Social Security Committee meeting date: 18 September 2025
Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Ind): "Good morning, cabinet secretary, and thank you for coming along…
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Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Supported by: Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 81 for, 10 against, 23 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Supported by: Graeme Dey
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 87 for, 23 against, 1 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP abstained
Agreed
Submitted by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 52 for, 63 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Result 51 for, 25 against, 33 abstained, 20 did not vote
MSP abstained
Agreed
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Result 85 for, 0 against, 26 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Find out what motions Jeremy Balfour has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, Lothian, Independent
Date lodged:1 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the park being managed by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and regulated under the Holyrood Park Regulations 1971, what discussions it has had, or plans to have, with HES regarding by what date Duddingston Low Road in Holyrood Park can be fully re-opened; what work is required to allow it to do so; how…
Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, Lothian, Independent
Date lodged:22 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 1 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken to expand access to specialist migraine care through community and primary care services."
Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, Lothian, Independent
Date lodged:23 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 1 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether it is a requirement for a second angiographic suite to be built at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh to enable a 24/7 thrombectomy service, and what plans there are to build such a suite."
Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, Lothian, Independent
Date lodged:23 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 1 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Public Health Scotland Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme report suggesting that, in the last year, on admission to hospital, only 56% of stroke patients in NHS Lothian received the most basic levels of care for the condition, which is known as "the stroke care bundle"."
Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, Lothian, Independent
Date lodged:30 September 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has sought legal advice from the Lord Advocate regarding the legislative competence of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill."
Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, Lothian, Independent
Date lodged:30 September 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether the UK Government has indicated, as a response to the correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care regarding the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, whether it agrees with the Scottish Government position that the Bill is outside the legislative competence of the…
Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, Lothian, Independent
Date lodged:16 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 23 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-40302 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 12 September 2025, regarding Adult Disability Payment (ADP) reviews, whether it will confirm the financial cost to Social Security Scotland of conducting the 142,100 reviews of claimants transferred from Personal Independence Payment to ADP, in…
Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, Lothian, Independent
Date lodged:2 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 12 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of Adult Disability claimants transferred from PIP have received a reassessment of their claim, and what the outcomes were of any such reassessment, including the percentage of claims that have (a) increased, (b) decreased and (c) remained the same."
Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:14 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 5 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government for what reason section 8 of the Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Act 2023 has not yet been implemented."
Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:14 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 5 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government when section 8 of the Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Act 2023 will be implemented."
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