Maggie Chapman
Scottish Green Party
MSP for North East Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
About Maggie Chapman
Contact details
Contact online
Email: [email protected]
Website: maggiechapman.scot
Twitter: @MaggieChapman
Facebook: Maggie's facebook
Contact at the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 6332
Text relay calls welcome.
Contact at local office
10 Panmure Street
Dundee
DD1 2BW
Phone: 01382 279991
Text relay calls welcome.
Find out when the MSP's surgery times are on their website.
Committees
Maggie is a member of 2 committees
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Deputy Convener
Cross-party groups
Maggie is a member of 13 cross-party groups
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Animal Welfare
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Colleges and Universities
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Co-Operatives
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Cuba
Deputy Convener
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on End of Life Choices
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on International Development
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on LGBTI+
Co-Convener
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Migration
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Palestine
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Scottish Gypsy/Traveller Community
Deputy Convener
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on WASPI
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Wellbeing Economy
Co-Convener
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Women, Families and Justice
Member
Parliamentary and Government Roles
Maggie has 1 parliamentary and government role
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
Appointed Member
Party Roles
Maggie has 3 party roles
Party Spokesperson on Equality
Scottish Green Party
Party Spokesperson on Human Rights
Scottish Green Party
Party Spokesperson on Justice
Scottish Green Party
Previous roles
Maggie had 1 previous role
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
17 June 2021 - 23 June 2021
Equalities Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Member
Register of interests
Maggie'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 Maggie Chapman. The date of their initial statement was 08 June 2021.
Remuneration and related undertaking
Until April 2019 I was Chief Executive Officer of the Scottish Council for Visual Impairment (SCOVI), a charitable organisation which serves as an umbrella body for organisations concerned with visual impairment (of C/o 50 Gillespie Crescent, Edinburgh, EH10 4JB). I spent 21 hours per week in the role and received between £20,001 and £25,000.
Until 30 June 2021 I was the Chief Operating Officer of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre, a charitable organisation supporting survivors of sexual violence (of 17 Claremont Crescent, Edinburgh, EH7 4 HX). I spent 28 hours per week in the role and received between £25,001 and £30,000 per annum. [Amended interest, 26 August 2022]
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
I was a Board member of Voices for Scotland, a campaigning organisation that seeks to build support for Scottish independence. This was a voluntary role, for which I received no remuneration. [Ceased interest 22 November 2022]
I am a member of Unite the Union. [Registered 22 November 2022]
I am a member of the National Executive of Democratic Left Scotland, a political organisation that focusses on the left / radical politics of Scotland. This is a voluntary role, for which I receive no remuneration.
I am a member of the editorial committee of the Scottish Left Review, which produces a bi-monthly magazine on left politics. This is a voluntary role, for which I receive no remuneration.
I am a Board member of the North East Scotland Climate Action Network, a hub organisation that supports and encourages communities in the North East to take local action to tackle to climate emergency. This is a voluntary role, for which I receive no remuneration. [Registered 22 November 2022]
Recent Activity
What was said
What Maggie Chapman 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: 28 September 2023
Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "I thank the Scottish Law Commission for its detailed work over more than a decade on the bill’s different elements. I am also grateful to the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee for its consideration of the proposals over the past few months…
Chamber meeting date: 27 September 2023
Seasonal Agricultural Workers (Fair Work)
6. Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its work to ensure that seasonal agricultural workers have access to effective worker voice under its fair work commitments. (S6O-02557)"
Chamber meeting date: 26 September 2023
Devolution of Employment Law
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "Does the member accept that workers in Scotland could have had all that nine years ago?"
Chamber meeting date: 21 September 2023
Online Child Abuse, Grooming and Exploitation
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "I thank the Criminal Justice Committee for its work on this important issue, and for this afternoon’s debate. I also extend thanks to those from the third sector and statutory agencies who gave evidence with such care and sensitivity…
Chamber meeting date: 20 September 2023
Fire Brigades Union (DECON Campaign)
6. Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its engagement with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the Fire Brigades Union regarding the FBU’s DECON campaign to mitigate the carcinogenic nature of firefighting…
Votes
How Maggie Chapman has voted in Parliament
Find out how Maggie Chapman has voted recently.
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Result 49 for, 58 against, 0 abstained, 22 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Result 50 for, 58 against, 0 abstained, 21 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Result 48 for, 59 against, 0 abstained, 22 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Result 50 for, 58 against, 0 abstained, 21 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Result 49 for, 58 against, 0 abstained, 22 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Motions
Motions made by Maggie Chapman in Parliament
Find out what motions Maggie Chapman has submitted recently.
Questions
Questions Maggie Chapman has asked
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 27 September 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what support is provided to trans people and their companions when accessing healthcare, including gender reassignment surgery."
Taken in the Chamber on 4 October 2023
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 26 September 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress in developing future plans for supporting displaced people from Ukraine living in Scotland."
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 September 2023
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 20 September 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its work to ensure that seasonal agricultural workers have access to effective worker voice under its Fair Work commitments."
Taken in the Chamber on 27 September 2023
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 13 September 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its engagement with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the Fire Brigades Union regarding the FBU’s DECON campaign to raise awareness of and mitigate the carcinogenic nature of firefighting."
Taken in the Chamber on 20 September 2023
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 7 August 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports in the Angus area of prisoners being unable to attend children’s hearings, regarding their children, due to staff shortages at the prison escort service, GEOAmey."
Answered by Angela Constance on 4 September 2023
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 30 August 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with communities in the North East Scotland region on any increases to and reform of council tax."
Taken in the Chamber on 6 September 2023
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 28 July 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported calls from Climate Camp Scotland and Unite for the Scottish Government to produce a green industrial strategy, which would include plans for decarbonisation of large industrial plants such as the INEOS complex at Grangemouth."
Answered by Neil Gray on 10 August 2023
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 28 June 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports of a cat being caught and injured in a snare in St Cyrus, whether it has considered banning snares to reduce the incidence of non-target capture of species, for example, cats, dogs or badgers, in snares."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 12 July 2023
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 21 June 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how its international development work is supporting the connections between humanitarian aid and loss and damage."
Taken in the Chamber on 28 June 2023
Asked by: Chapman, Maggie, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 13 June 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress, including the timetable, regarding the proposed legislation to end conversion practices."
Answered by Emma Roddick on 20 June 2023
See all of Maggie Chapman's questions submitted in Parliament