Ross Greer
Scottish Green Party
MSP for West Scotland (Region) 2016 - present day
About Ross Greer
Contact details
Contact online
Email: [email protected]
Contact at the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 6347
Text relay calls welcome.
Committees
Ross is a member of 2 committees
Cross-party groups
Ross is a member of 6 cross-party groups
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Families Supporting Children’s Learning
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Ireland
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Nuclear Disarmament
Deputy Convener
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Palestine
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Tibet
Co-Convener
Parliamentary and Government Roles
Ross does not have any parliamentary or government roles
Party Roles
Ross has 3 party roles
Party Spokesperson on Culture
Scottish Green Party
Party Spokesperson on Education
Scottish Green Party
Party Spokesperson on External Affairs
Scottish Green Party
Previous roles
Ross has had 7 previous roles
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
29 June 2016 - 04 May 2021
Health and Sport Committee
Substitute Member
06 September 2018 - 04 May 2021
Culture Tourism Europe and External Affairs Committee
Member
08 June 2016 - 04 May 2021
Education and Skills Committee
Member
29 June 2016 - 04 May 2021
Social Security Committee
Substitute Member
21 April 2020 - 16 September 2020
COVID19 Committee
Member
29 September 2016 - 06 September 2018
Culture Tourism Europe and External Relations Committee
Member
08 June 2016 - 29 September 2016
European and External Relations Committee
Member
Register of interests
Ross'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 Ross Greer. The date of their initial statement was 07 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
On 18th September 2022 I received two ‘1900 Club’ day tickets to the Davis Cup in Glasgow from the Lawn Tennis Association (National Tennis Centre, 100 Priory Lane, Roehampton, London, SW15 5JQ). The value of these tickets was £205 each. [Registered 21 September 2022]
I am a member of the RMT Parliamentary Group.
I am a member of the Church of Scotland.
I am a member of the National Union of Journalists.
In April 2021 the Scottish Green Party received £500 from the RMT Union for the purpose of supporting my campaign.
In June 2022 the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) provided me with overnight hotel accommodation at a value of £124 for the purpose of attending their Annual General Meeting in Dundee. [Registered 21 September 2022]
I am a member of Free Tibet.
Recent Activity
What was said
What Ross Greer 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: 7 February 2023
Teacher Numbers
Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green): "Following on from Bob Doris’s line of questioning, I am struggling to reconcile the stated purpose of the £145 million that was provided this year with the results of the school staff census that the cabinet secretary outlines and COSLA’s statement in the briefing that it sent to MSPs that that money was spent on school staff. I cannot see how that…
Chamber meeting date: 2 February 2023
Budget (Scotland) (No 2) Bill: Stage 1
Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green): "Will the member take an intervention?"
Chamber meeting date: 26 January 2023
Budget 2023-24 (Committees’ Pre-budget Scrutiny)
Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green): "As others have said, the current context is by far the most difficult in which a Scottish Government has had to set an annual budget…
Chamber meeting date: 18 January 2023
Green Freeports
Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green): "There is nothing green about freeports. Many are tax havens. The European Union found that they attract money laundering, smuggling and other criminal activities. The last time the UK tried them, it only increased regional inequality…
Education, Children and Young People Committee meeting date: 18 January 2023
St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment (No 2) Regulations 2022 (SSI 2022/377)
Ross Greer: "I am not moving a motion to annul the instrument, because the specifics of it are harmless enough…
Votes
How Ross Greer has voted in Parliament
Find out how Ross Greer has voted recently.
Update on the Social Security Programme Business Case
Submitted by: Jeremy Balfour, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, February 6, 2023
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Result 35 for, 84 against, 0 abstained, 10 no vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Update on the Social Security Programme Business Case
Submitted by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Glasgow, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, February 6, 2023
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Result 54 for, 64 against, 0 abstained, 11 no vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Update on the Social Security Programme Business Case
Submitted by: Ben Macpherson, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, February 6, 2023
Supported by: Christina McKelvie, Shona Robison
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Result 94 for, 23 against, 0 abstained, 12 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Budget (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill
Submitted by: John Swinney, Perthshire North, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Supported by: George Adam, Tom Arthur, Richard Lochhead, Ivan McKee, Lorna Slater, Nicola Sturgeon
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, February 2, 2023
Result 68 for, 56 against, 0 abstained, 5 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Three Years On - Brexit and Workers’ Rights
Submitted by: Sarah Boyack, Lothian, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, January 30, 2023
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Result 24 for, 96 against, 0 abstained, 9 no vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Motions
Motions made by Ross Greer in Parliament
Find out what motions Ross Greer has submitted recently.
Questions
Questions Ross Greer has asked
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 24 January 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the annual operating cost of the Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy in each of the final three years in which it ran."
Answer expected on 7 February 2023
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 4 January 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding Flamingo Land's Lomond Banks planning application, whether Transport Scotland completed a carbon impact assessment, or any other assessment, of the application's potential impact on Scottish Government climate and car kilometre reduction targets before submitting its response to the planning application to…
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 23 January 2023
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 15 December 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08841 by Patrick Harvie on 14 June 2022, what progress has been made since June 2022 to increase the number of contractors in the Greater Glasgow area that are approved by Home Energy Scotland for the purpose of installing exterior wall insultation."
Answered by Patrick Harvie on 10 January 2023
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 15 December 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government whether its Graduate Development Programme was delivered in 2022."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 20 December 2022
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 23 November 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will report on the outcome of the recent summit meeting of the British Irish Council in Blackpool."
Answered by Lorna Slater on 24 November 2022
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 9 November 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-00207 and S6W-00208 by Ivan McKee on 27 October 2021, whether it will provide an update on discussions with the relevant public bodies outlined in the response, including confirmation of whether each of the 112 companies identified as being involved in activities related to…
Answer expected on 23 November 2022
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 19 October 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the People's Plan for Action published earlier in October by the Scottish Trades Union Congress, Poverty Alliance, Living Rent and a number of other groups."
Taken in the Chamber on 27 October 2022
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 10 June 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-01181 by Mairi McAllan on 1 June 2022, what its response is to reports that the Clyde Marine Planning Partnership declined the proposal put forward by a coalition of coastal community councils that a community representative be appointed to the partnership."
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 24 June 2022
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 9 June 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government when it will respond to the report of the Public Interest Journalism Working Group."
Answered by Angus Robertson on 23 June 2022
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 31 May 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on providing a universal offer of pre-emptive testing for preeclampsia."
Answered by Maree Todd on 14 June 2022