MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East (Region)
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The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Scottish Green Party
MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East (Region)
07 May 2026 to present
Substitute Member
Substitute Member
Member
Scottish Green Party
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
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 Kate Nevens. The date of their initial statement was 09 June 2026.
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As a freelance facilitator and researcher, in the 12 months prior to my election I had a contract with Migration Policy Scotland.
As a freelance facilitator and researcher, in the 12 months prior to my election I had a contract with the University of Manchester.
I am a member of Living Rent.
I previously held a managerial role at Engender.
I previously held a managerial role at Chatham House.
As part of my election campaign, I received support from Inclusion Scotland as part of the Access to Elected Office scheme.
I previously held a managerial role at Saferworld.
I am a member of Ukraine Solidarity Campaign Scotland.
I am a member of Women Against the Far Right Scotland.
I am a member of Campaign Against Arms Trade.
As a freelance facilitator and researcher, in the 12 months prior to my election I had a contract with UNDP Iraq.
As a freelance facilitator and researcher, in the 12 months prior to my election I had a contract with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
As a freelance facilitator and researcher, in the 12 months prior to my election I had a contract with Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS).
As a freelance facilitator and researcher, in the 12 months prior to my election I had a contract with Bruntsfield Area Net Zero Action Initiative (BANZAI).
As a freelance facilitator and researcher, in the 12 months prior to my election I had a contract with Shelter Scotland.
I am a member of Friends of the Earth Scotland.
I am a member of the British-Yemeni Society.
As a freelance facilitator and researcher, in the 12 months prior to my election I had a contract with Yemen Support Forum / Yemen Policy Center.
I previously held a managerial role at Amnesty International Scotland.
I am a member of Engender.
I am a member of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).
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.
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee meeting date: 3 September 2026
Kate Nevens (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Green): "I am one of the MSPs for the Edinburgh and Lothians East region. I am the spokesperson on equalities for the Scottish Greens group. I am not a member of the committee but am here as a guest."
Chamber meeting date: 25 June 2026
Kate Nevens (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Green): "To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to provide sanitation facilities for the Traveller community living on land that it owns in Granton, Edinburgh. (S7O-00134)"
Chamber meeting date: 25 June 2026
Kate Nevens (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Green): "I am really grateful that we are having this discussion. Although we may all have slightly different approaches on exactly what needs to happen to address the problems with our current prison system—"
Chamber meeting date: 25 June 2026
Kate Nevens (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Green): "On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My technology did not work. I would have voted yes."
Chamber meeting date: 25 June 2026
Kate Nevens (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Green): "On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My technology did not work. I would have voted yes."
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Motion ref. S7M-01022
Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Supported by: Siobhian Brown, Simita Kumar, Màiri McAllan
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 3, 2026
Result 36 for, 63 against, 15 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP abstained
Disagreed
Motion ref. S7M-01022.4
Submitted by: Morven-May MacCallum, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 3, 2026
Result 59 for, 54 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Motion ref. S7M-01022.1
Submitted by: Mark Griffin, Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 3, 2026
Result 35 for, 68 against, 9 abstained, 17 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Motion ref. S7M-01022.2
Submitted by: Holly Bruce, Glasgow Southside, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 3, 2026
Result 15 for, 83 against, 13 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Motion ref. S7M-01022.5
Submitted by: Julie MacDougall, Mid Scotland and Fife, Reform UK . Date lodged: Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 3, 2026
Result 21 for, 90 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Find out what motions Kate Nevens has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Kate Nevens, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 2 September 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its apology on the matter, what its position is on the recommendation of the Scottish Human Rights Commission to provide compensation to victims and families affected by forced assimilation, displacement and other historic wrongs perpetrated by the state in connection with the “Tinker…
Asked by: Kate Nevens, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 2 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what actions it has taken to implement the recommendations in the Competition and Market Authority's 2024 market study into housebuilding and maintenance."
Asked by: Kate Nevens, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 2 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what actions it has considered to support the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber) in addressing the reported backlog of cases, and what its position is on whether the requirement for property factors to hold formal qualifications would prevent some cases from reaching this stage."
Asked by: Kate Nevens, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 2 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to amend the Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011 to require property factors to receive formal qualifications in order to bring them in line with letting agents."
Asked by: Kate Nevens, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 18 August 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 August 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to incorporate mid-market rent and build-to-rent properties into Scotland’s rent control zones, what action it will take to prevent landlords of mid-market rent and build-to-rent properties from pricing tenants out of their homes, and how it plans to ensure that communities which currently meet…
Asked by: Kate Nevens, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 19 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Police Scotland regarding the safety of sex workers who are deterred from reporting abuse because they are required to disclose their identity."
Asked by: Kate Nevens, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 18 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on providing communities with the right to appeal against planning applications following reviews by the Scottish Government’s Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA), and whether existing statutes should be amended to provide communities with the right to appeal."
Asked by: Kate Nevens, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 24 June 2026
Current Status: Answered by Alison Thewliss on 21 July 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the findings of the report by Alzheimer Scotland, Better Care, Full Stop, including calls for (a) quicker diagnosis, (b) improvements to (i) post-diagnosis support, (ii) community-based support, such as specialist therapeutic and complex care day services, (iii) home care…
Asked by: Kate Nevens, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 24 June 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 20 July 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any instances of GP practices sending out communications to people that could be interpreted as misleading, in that they imply a requirement for them to register with another practice when the catchment area of their current one is revised and they no longer live within it, and if so, what…
Asked by: Kate Nevens, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 24 June 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 20 July 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that existing guidance for people relating to GP practices catchment areas is sufficiently clear, including whether it clearly explains that people are not required to register with a new GP practice when their current practice's catchment area is revised and they no longer live within it."