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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Lorna Slater

Scottish Green Party

MSP for Lothian (Region) 2021 - present day

About Lorna Slater

Contact details

Contact online

Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 6997
Text relay calls welcome.

Committees

Cross-party groups

Lorna is a member of 3 cross-party groups

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Circular Economy

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Construction

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

Member

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Lorna has 1 parliamentary and government role

Parliamentary Bureau

Member

Party Roles

Lorna has 3 party roles

Party Leader

Scottish Green Party

Party Spokesperson on Economy

Scottish Green Party

Party Spokesperson on Fair Work

Scottish Green Party

Previous roles

Lorna has had 4 previous roles

Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.

21 May 2021 - 01 July 2024

Party Spokesperson on Economic Recovery

Scottish Green Party

21 May 2021 - 01 July 2024

Party Spokesperson on Green Industrial Strategy

Scottish Green Party

31 August 2021 - 25 April 2024

Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity

Scottish Government

17 June 2021 - 08 September 2021

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Member

Register of interests

Lorna's register of interests

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.

Remuneration and related undertaking

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]

Gifts

No registrable interests.

Overseas visits

No registrable interests.

Controlled transactions

No registrable interests.

Heritable property

No registrable interests.

Interest in shares

No registrable interests.

Voluntary

[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]

Recent Activity

What was said

What Lorna Slater has said in Parliament

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

Universal Free School Meals (Expansion)

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

Heat Networks (Scotland) Act 2021 (Implementation)

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

Medical and Nursing Workforce

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

Empowering Entrepreneurs and Innovators

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

Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

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…

Votes

How Lorna Slater has voted in Parliament

Find out how Lorna Slater has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6M-17906.1

A Migration System that Works for Scotland

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

Motion ref. S6M-17906.2

A Migration System that Works for Scotland

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

Motion ref. S6M-17906

A Migration System that Works for Scotland

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

Motion ref. S6M-17895

Approval of SSI

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

Motion ref. S6M-17862

Planning

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

Motions

Questions

Questions Lorna Slater has asked

These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.

Question ref. S6W-38595

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

Question ref. S6W-38594

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

Question ref. S6W-38593

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

Question ref. S6W-37926

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

Question ref. S6W-37925

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

Question ref. S6F-04163

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

Question ref. S6O-04799

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

Question ref. S6W-37651

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

Question ref. S6W-37573

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

Question ref. S6W-37572

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

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