Scottish Green Party
MSP for Lothian (Region) 2021 - present day
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Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
21 May 2021 - 01 July 2024
Scottish Green Party
21 May 2021 - 01 July 2024
Scottish Green Party
31 August 2021 - 25 April 2024
Scottish Government
17 June 2021 - 08 September 2021
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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 Lorna Slater. The date of their initial statement was 27 May 2021.
Until 18 June I was an Engineering Project Manager with Orbital Marine Power Ltd, a firm concerned with the design, build and deployment of tidal turbines (of Exchange Place 2, 5 Semple St, Edinburgh EH3 8BL). I received remuneration of between £60,001 and £65,000 per annum and spent approximately 3 days per month on the role until my departure, on 18 June 2021. I received a final payment of £1451.75 on 28 June 2021. (Amended interest 30 June 2021]
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[Ceased interest removed from entry: 31 August 2022]
My husband works for Heriot Watt University. [Amended interest 18 March 2025]
I am a member of Unite the Union. [Registered 18 March 2025]
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: 12 June 2025
Lorna Slater: "Expanding free school meals is one way to build the fairer, greener country that we know Scotland can be…
Chamber meeting date: 12 June 2025
8. Lorna Slater (Lothian) (Green): "To ask the Scottish Government what its plans are for bringing the requisite regulations—"
Chamber meeting date: 11 June 2025
Lorna Slater (Lothian) (Green): "Everyone in Scotland, including everyone in the chamber, recognises the challenges that our NHS is facing. Of course, we are fortunate to still have a fully public NHS in Scotland…
Chamber meeting date: 4 June 2025
Lorna Slater (Lothian) (Green): "Across the chamber, we all agree that we want to have a dynamic and successful business community in Scotland. I am not completely sure that the narrow focus on start-ups that is proposed by the motion is the whole story or a key solution…
Economy and Fair Work Committee meeting date: 4 June 2025
Lorna Slater (Lothian) (Green): "I have two high-level questions and then a couple more that will get into a bit more detail and expand on your earlier points. The first question is about the second provision in the bill…
Find out how Lorna Slater has voted recently.
Submitted by: Liz Smith, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 12, 2025
Result 24 for, 84 against, 0 abstained, 21 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Michael Marra, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 12, 2025
Result 19 for, 62 against, 27 abstained, 21 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Supported by: Tom Arthur, Richard Lochhead, Paul McLennan, Shirley-Anne Somerville, Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 12, 2025
Result 67 for, 42 against, 0 abstained, 20 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Result 85 for, 32 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jackie Baillie, Dumbarton, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, June 9, 2025
Supported by: Foysol Choudhury, Katy Clark
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Result 91 for, 1 against, 21 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Lorna Slater has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Slater, Lorna, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 12 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to its grant agreements and contracts, what its position is on whether excluding employment costs arising from legal obligations to employees, including parental leave, sick leave and redundancy, from eligible costs, is in keeping with its fair work commitments."
Answer expected on 26 June 2025
Asked by: Slater, Lorna, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 10 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many of its contracts exclude employment costs arising from legal obligations to employees, including parental leave, sick leave and redundancy, from eligible costs, and how many of any such contracts are with voluntary organisations."
Answer expected on 24 June 2025
Asked by: Slater, Lorna, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 10 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many of its grant agreements exclude employment costs arising from the grantee’s legal obligations to its employees, including parental leave, sick leave and redundancy, from eligible costs, and how many of any such grant agreements are with voluntary organisations."
Answer expected on 24 June 2025
Asked by: Slater, Lorna, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 28 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much has been allocated to NHS boards in 2025-26 for providing gender identity care."
Answered by Jenni Minto on 10 June 2025
Asked by: Slater, Lorna, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 28 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what national guidance it has issued to NHS boards on the provision of blood testing facilities for people self-medicating gender hormones, in light of reports of long waiting times for gender identity care through the NHS."
Answered by Jenni Minto on 10 June 2025
Asked by: Slater, Lorna, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 9 June 2025
"Question to be taken in Chamber."
Taken in the Chamber on 12 June 2025
Asked by: Slater, Lorna, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 4 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further details of its plans for bringing forward the requisite regulations to fully implement the Heat Networks (Scotland) Act 2021, including the special rights and powers that the Act foresees for heat network developers."
Taken in the Chamber on 12 June 2025
Asked by: Slater, Lorna, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 15 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it (a) has taken in the last six months and (b) is planning to take to improve waiting times for autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessments in the Lothian region."
Answered by Maree Todd on 27 May 2025
Asked by: Slater, Lorna, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 13 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government when it will introduce legislation to require all public buildings and those supported by public funding to connect to district heating, to help provide demand assurance for heat networks."
Answered by Alasdair Allan on 22 May 2025
Asked by: Slater, Lorna, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 13 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its plans are to legislate to require waste heat to be made available to heat networks to support Scotland’s transition to zero carbon heating."
Answered by Alasdair Allan on 22 May 2025