Scottish Labour
MSP for West Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
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Website: katyclark.org
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25 April 2023 - 15 January 2025
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22 September 2021 - 25 April 2023
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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 Katy Clark. The date of their initial statement was 08 June 2021.
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On 8 May 2022, I was provided with a 2 night hotel stay at the Novotel, Sheffield by the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (a trade union of 2nd Floor, 17 Devonshire Square London, EC2M 4SQ) when attending and speaking at its Annual conference and 125th Anniversary Event. The value was approximately £140 in total. [Registered 25 May 2022]
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: 9 October 2025
1. Katy Clark (West Scotland) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the decision by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport to progress with proposals for bus franchising. (S6O-05042)"
Chamber meeting date: 8 October 2025
Katy Clark (West Scotland) (Lab): "As the cabinet secretary said, the No Knives, Better Lives programme has been successful. It has been credited with helping to reduce the number of young people who have been convicted of handling knives by 85 per cent since 2008…
Chamber meeting date: 7 October 2025
Katy Clark (West Scotland) (Lab): "I will speak to my amendments 64 and 65. The bill will allow national jurisdiction in custody cases. It will allow individuals to appear from custody away from their local area and the part of the country where the alleged offence took place…
Chamber meeting date: 7 October 2025
Katy Clark (West Scotland) (Lab): "I am pleased to close the debate for Scottish Labour. Many of the changes in part 1 of the bill were introduced during the pandemic, with the Scottish Government now seeking to make them permanent…
Chamber meeting date: 2 October 2025
Katy Clark (West Scotland) (Lab): "How much of the infrastructure to increase home detention, bail supervision, electronic monitoring and, indeed, victim notification will be in place by the time of the proposed releases…
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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 voted for
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
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These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Katy Clark, West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:1 October 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the decision by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport to progress with proposals for bus franchising."
Asked by: Katy Clark, West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:24 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 1 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will increase funding for the No Knives, Better Lives campaign, in light of the campaign having a reported 12% real-terms reduction in its funding since 2022-23."
Asked by: Katy Clark, West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:29 September 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report from the Scottish Funding Council stating that universities and colleges are in unsustainable financial situations, with some at risk of insolvency in the current financial year."
Asked by: Katy Clark, West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:11 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 23 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of it having a proposed capacity of 1,344 places, what the expected size of cells in the new HMP Glasgow will be. ."
Asked by: Katy Clark, West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:10 September 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will make a direct award to the Ferguson Marine shipyard for the replacement of MV Lord of the Isles."
Asked by: Katy Clark, West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:3 September 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recently published report by National Records of Scotland, Healthy Life Expectancy 2021-2023."
Asked by: Katy Clark, West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:6 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 21 August 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the fourth supplementary to question S6O-02531 by Siobhian Brown on 20 September 2023, in light of the minister’s comment that Scotland is “maintaining frontline services by having a higher number of firefighters than there is in other parts of the UK”, whether it can…
Asked by: Katy Clark, West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:16 June 2025
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 3 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what the cost is of the five-month extension to the time charter of the MV Alfred for CalMac ferry services to Arran."
Asked by: Katy Clark, West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:20 June 2025
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 27 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has reviewed its reported decision to pause the implementation of provisions in the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 regarding (a) the implementation of a licensing system for those wishing to use fireworks and (b) restricting the days on which fireworks can be supplied and used."
Asked by: Katy Clark, West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:20 June 2025
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 27 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding fireworks regulations."