MSP for South Scotland (Region)
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Scottish Green Party
MSP for South Scotland (Region)
07 May 2026 to present
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 Laura Moodie. The date of their initial statement was 03 June 2026.
Prior to my election, I worked as Operations and Communications Manager for Ariane Burgess MSP at the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP. I worked 30 hours per week and my remuneration was between £40,001 and £45,000. This employment ceased when I was elected as an MSP. On 29 May 2026, I received a final payment of between £501 and £1,000.
No registrable interests.
No registrable interests.
No registrable interests.
I own a flat in Glasgow with a market value of between £100,001 and £150,000 which generates a gross rental income of between £5,001 and £10,000 per annum.
I own a 16.67% share of a house in Wakefield with a market value of between £300,001 and £400,000. I do not receive any rental income from this property.
No registrable interests.
I am a member of Midsteeple Quarter / Dumfries High Street Ltd.
I am a member of Dumfries and Galloway Bus Users Group.
I am a trustee of Borgue Public Hall, a Scottish registered charity (SC022365).
I am a member of Borgue Community Benefit Society.
I am a member of Unite the Union.
I am a trustee of Kirkcudbright Skate Park, a Scottish registered charity (SC046405), which in June 2026 was in the process of being wound up, with assets transferred to Kirkcudbright Development Trust.
I am a member of New Galloway Community Enterprises.
I am a member of South West Community Woodlands Trust.
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.
Education and Gaelic Committee meeting date: 8 September 2026
Laura Moodie (South Scotland) (Green): "I will go back to the point that you made at the start about assessment and the PISA results. I know that that is an international comparison, which is always difficult, but we can compare with our nearest neighbours…
Chamber meeting date: 3 September 2026
Laura Moodie (South Scotland) (Green): "As I close this debate for the Scottish Greens, I want to return to the claim at the heart of the motion, echoed by Clare Haughey in her contribution, that eradicating child poverty is the Scottish Government’s “defining mission”…
Chamber meeting date: 2 September 2026
Laura Moodie (South Scotland) (Green): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will explore options for increasing the number of rail services calling at ScotRail operated stations in the South Scotland region such as Lockerbie. (S7O-00158)"
Chamber meeting date: 2 September 2026
Laura Moodie (South Scotland) (Green): "A heavy focus of the programme for government and the cabinet secretary’s statement has rightly been on reducing child poverty and the poverty-related attainment gap…
Chamber meeting date: 2 September 2026
Laura Moodie (South Scotland) (Green): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will explore options for increasing the number of rail services calling at ScotRail-operated stations in the South Scotland region such as Lockerbie. (S7O-00158)"
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Motion ref. S7M-01070
Submitted by: Stephen Flynn, Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, September 7, 2026
Supported by: Tom Arthur, Jim Fairlie, Gillian Martin
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Result 78 for, 41 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Motion ref. S7M-01070.5
Submitted by: Liam McArthur, Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats. Date lodged: Monday, September 7, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Result 93 for, 11 against, 14 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP abstained
Agreed
Motion ref. S7M-01070.2
Submitted by: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Monday, September 7, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Result 15 for, 86 against, 17 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Motion ref. S7M-01070.3
Submitted by: Rachael Hamilton, Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, September 7, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Result 27 for, 76 against, 17 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Motion ref. S7M-01070.4
Submitted by: Malcolm Offord, West Scotland, Reform UK . Date lodged: Monday, September 7, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Result 27 for, 92 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Find out what motions Laura Moodie has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Laura Moodie, South Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 20 August 2026
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 7 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons it determined that the proposed Rogerhill Solar and Battery Energy Storage System development (ECU00004823) did not require an Environmental Impact Assessment, and what consideration it gave, prior to granting consent, to the Woodland Trust’s continuing objection regarding the potential indirect…
Asked by: Laura Moodie, South Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 2 September 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what support it can provide to bus service operators, including Borders Buses, to improve evening services between Edinburgh, Peebles and Galashiels."
Asked by: Laura Moodie, South Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish an update to the Ancient Woodland Inventory and what consideration it will give to updating the inventory on a rolling basis."
Asked by: Laura Moodie, South Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 26 August 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will explore options for increasing the number of rail services calling at ScotRail operated stations in the South Scotland region such as Lockerbie."
Asked by: Laura Moodie, South Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 28 July 2026
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 21 August 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an overview of the remit and workplan of the National Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Strategic Group and an update on its progress, including the key challenges and priorities identified so far."
Asked by: Laura Moodie, South Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 24 July 2026
Current Status: Answered by Stephen Flynn on 20 August 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what national guidance applies to the use or withdrawal of request-stop and hail-and-ride arrangements on rural bus services, including what expectation there is that affected passengers and communities should be consulted before such arrangements are changed."
Asked by: Laura Moodie, South Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 19 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-44440 by Natalie Don-Innes on 24 March 2026, what consideration it has given to any additional financial pressures faced by families with multiple-birth children when developing early learning and childcare policy, and how it plans to reflect their needs in any future expansion…
Asked by: Laura Moodie, South Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 18 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve educational outcomes for those in the Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities."
Asked by: Laura Moodie, South Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 13 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that a change from on-site retention of spoil to large-scale transportation of spoil off site constitutes a material change to a planning application, and whether such a change would require a further environmental impact assessment."
Asked by: Laura Moodie, South Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 13 July 2026
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 5 August 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its commitment in the British Sign Language National Plan 2023-2029 to promote and support the learning of BSL as a second language for hard-of-hearing and deafened people, whether any specific financial assistance is available to deafened or hard-of-hearing adults wishing to undertake an accredited…