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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Maggie Chapman

Scottish Green Party

MSP for North East Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day

About Maggie Chapman

Contact details

Contact online

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

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.

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 19 Amendment 19

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

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 19 Amendment 18

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

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 19 Amendment 23

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

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 19 Amendment 17

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

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 19 Amendment 16

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

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.

Question ref. S6O-02592

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

Question ref. S6W-21756

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

Question ref. S6O-02557

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

Question ref. S6O-02533

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

Question ref. S6W-20439

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

Question ref. S6O-02466

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

Question ref. S6W-20303

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

Question ref. S6W-19536

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

Question ref. S6O-02426

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

Question ref. S6W-19067

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

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