Richard Lochhead
Scottish National Party
MSP for Moray (Constituency) 2006 - present day
Former MSP for North East Scotland (Region) 1999 - 2006
About Richard Lochhead
Contact details
Contact at the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 5712
Text relay calls welcome.
Contact at their Constituency
80 South Street
Elgin
Moray
IV30 1JG
Phone: 01343 545077
Text relay calls welcome.
Committees
Richard is not a member of any committees
Cross-party groups
Richard is not a member of any cross-party groups
Parliamentary and Government Roles
Richard has 1 parliamentary and government role
Minister for Just Transition, Employment and Fair Work
Scottish Government
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Party Roles
Richard does not have any party roles
Previous roles
Richard has had 15 previous roles
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
29 September 2016 - 06 September 2018
Culture Tourism Europe and External Relations Committee
Member
16 November 2017 - 06 September 2018
Education and Skills Committee
Member
06 September 2016 - 30 March 2017
Education and Skills Committee
Member
08 June 2016 - 29 September 2016
European and External Relations Committee
Member
04 May 2006 - 02 April 2007
Environment and Rural Development Committee
Member
04 May 2006 - 02 April 2007
European and External Relations Committee
Substitute Member
30 September 2004 - 07 April 2006
Environment and Rural Development Committee
Member
30 September 2004 - 07 April 2006
European and External Relations Committee
Substitute Member
11 June 2003 - 14 September 2004
European and External Relations Committee
Convener
11 June 2003 - 14 September 2004
Conveners Group
Member
04 June 2003 - 11 June 2003
European and External Relations Committee
Member
08 January 2001 - 31 March 2003
Rural Development Committee
Member
16 May 2002 - 08 January 2003
Procedures Committee
Substitute Member
02 November 2000 - 07 January 2001
European Committee
Member
17 June 1999 - 07 January 2001
Rural Affairs Committee
Member
Register of interests
Richard'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 Richard Lochhead. The date of their initial statement was 02 June 2021.
Remuneration and related undertaking
No registrable interests
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 am a member of Moray Firth Credit Union.
I am an Honorary Associate of the British Veterinary Association.
I am Honorary President of Tomintoul Bowling Club.
Recent Activity
What was said
What Richard Lochhead 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: 1 December 2021
Just Transition (Highlands and Islands)
The Minister for Just Transition, Employment and Fair Work (Richard Lochhead): "We are committed to co-designing a series of just transition plans for regions and sectors across the country, including for the Highlands and Islands…
Chamber meeting date: 1 December 2021
GFG Alliance (Engagement)
The Minister for Just Transition, Employment and Fair Work (Richard Lochhead): "Information about ministerial engagements is already published on the Scottish Government website as part of a broader publication covering overseas travel, car journeys, domestic travel and gifts received…
Chamber meeting date: 1 December 2021
Employment (Highlands and Islands)
The Minister for Just Transition, Employment and Fair Work (Richard Lochhead): "Our Scottish approach to employability—the no one left behind strategy—adopts a local place-based approach to facilitate easier alignment with existing local services, particularly housing, health, justice and advisory services…
Chamber meeting date: 1 December 2021
Employment (Highlands and Islands)
The Minister for Just Transition, Employment and Fair Work (Richard Lochhead): "Our Scottish approach to employability—the no one left behind strategy—adopts a local place-based approach to facilitate easier alignment with existing local services, particularly housing, health, justice and advisory services…
Chamber meeting date: 25 November 2021
Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage
The Minister for Just Transition, Employment and Fair Work (Richard Lochhead): "I thank Gillian Martin for lodging this motion on carbon capture, utilisation and storage and for highlighting a technology that will play a crucial role in helping Scotland to decarbonise and reach our world-leading statutory emissions targets by 2045. Ms Martin rightly and eloquently highlighted the consequences of the recent UK Government…
Votes
How Richard Lochhead has voted in Parliament
Find out how Richard Lochhead has voted recently.
Action on Active Ventilation in Schools
Submitted by: Michael Marra, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, November 29, 2021
Supported by: Paul Sweeney, Martin Whitfield
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Result 65 for, 54 against, 0 abstained, 10 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Protecting Patient Safety at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
Submitted by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Supported by: Rachael Hamilton, Douglas Lumsden
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Result 54 for, 64 against, 0 abstained, 11 no vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Action on Active Ventilation in Schools
Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Supported by: Clare Haughey, Jamie Hepburn
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Result 65 for, 54 against, 0 abstained, 10 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Protecting Patient Safety at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
Submitted by: Humza Yousaf, Glasgow Pollok, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Supported by: Kevin Stewart, Maree Todd
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Result 64 for, 54 against, 0 abstained, 11 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Protecting Patient Safety at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
Submitted by: Anas Sarwar, Glasgow, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, November 29, 2021
Supported by: Jackie Baillie, Carol Mochan, Paul O'Kane, Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Result 64 for, 55 against, 0 abstained, 10 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Motions
Motions made by Richard Lochhead in Parliament
Find out what motions Richard Lochhead has submitted recently.
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund and the UK Government’s Levelling Up Agenda in Scotland
Abertay University and Robert Gordon University (Change of Names) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2020 [draft]
Written questions
Written questions Richard Lochhead has submitted in Parliament
These are the questions that this MSP has asked the Scottish Government about its work. It also includes any answer to these questions.
Asked by: Lochhead, Richard, Moray, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 1 August 2018
"To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to ensure that Scottish Ambulance Service emergency vehicles based in Moray are able to return to Moray following hospital transfers without being diverted to non-life-threatening calls when out of the area."
Answered by: Jeane Freeman on 18 September 2018
Asked by: Lochhead, Richard, Moray, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 8 August 2018
"To ask the Scottish Government what powers local authorities have to tackle seagull populations on the grounds of health and safety or other factors that affect the quality of life for residents and communities, and what its position is on increasing these powers."
Answered by: Mairi Gougeon on 30 August 2018
Asked by: Lochhead, Richard, Moray, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 8 August 2018
"To ask the Scottish Government to what extent the impact of pylons or other infrastructure required to connect onshore renewables to the national grid infrastructure is taken into account when determining planning applications for wind farms."
Answered by: Kevin Stewart on 30 August 2018
Asked by: Lochhead, Richard, Moray, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 28 August 2018
"To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish its proposals for Scotland’s role in the development of future UK trade arrangements."
Answered by: Michael Russell on 29 August 2018
Asked by: Lochhead, Richard, Moray, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 1 August 2018
"To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce new measures to tackle littering from vehicles."
Answered by: Roseanna Cunningham on 28 August 2018
Asked by: Lochhead, Richard, Moray, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 1 August 2018
"To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase fines for littering."
Answered by: Roseanna Cunningham on 28 August 2018
Asked by: Lochhead, Richard, Moray, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 1 August 2018
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to its ministerial roundtable event on 27 June 2018, what steps it will take to tackle the impact of parcel delivery surcharges."
Answered by: Jamie Hepburn on 27 August 2018
Asked by: Lochhead, Richard, Moray, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 8 August 2018
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the review of community benefit from onshore renewable energy developments, and what its position is on the case for community benefit to apply to communities affected by pylons or other infrastructure required to connect onshore renewables to the national grid, as is the case for…
Answered by: Paul Wheelhouse on 24 August 2018
Asked by: Lochhead, Richard, Moray, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 1 August 2018
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to concerns that land being used for growing crops to feed anaerobic digesters is having a detrimental effect on Scottish agriculture and feed supplies."
Answered by: Fergus Ewing on 22 August 2018
Asked by: Lochhead, Richard, Moray, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 6 August 2018
"To ask the Scottish Government what the outcome was of the visit by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport to Dr Gray’s Hospital regarding the future of women's and children’s services."
Answered by: Jeane Freeman on 21 August 2018
See all of Richard Lochhead's written questions submitted in Parliament