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Here is the register for Mark Griffin. The date of their initial statement was 18 May 2021.
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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: 9 October 2025
3. Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the “Housing Statistics for Scotland Quarterly Update: New Housebuilding and Affordable Housing Supply to end June 2025”. (S6O-05044)"
Chamber meeting date: 8 October 2025
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "Once again, the Conservatives have brought this issue before the Parliament not to offer solutions, but simply to replay what they think are their greatest hits. In reality, this Tory debate is political hypocrisy of the worst kind…
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 7 October 2025
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "Good morning, cabinet secretary. I come back to the target of 110,000 affordable homes by 2032. Up until June this year, almost 30,000 homes had been built. The Government’s plan is to build 39,000 homes over the next four years…
Chamber meeting date: 30 September 2025
Mark Griffin: "It is no secret that property factoring in Scotland has been a source of real frustration for home owners for a number of years, particularly for home owners who live in new-build housing estates with ground maintenance contracts…
Chamber meeting date: 30 September 2025
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "There are—absolutely—positive things in the bill, but let us be clear that it is a housing bill that will not build a single house…
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Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Supported by: Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 81 for, 10 against, 23 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Supported by: Graeme Dey
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 87 for, 23 against, 1 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 52 for, 63 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Result 51 for, 25 against, 33 abstained, 20 did not vote
MSP abstained
Agreed
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Result 85 for, 0 against, 26 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Find out what motions Mark Griffin has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:16 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether all hospitals, including those with a storey at a height above and below the 11m threshold, have been assessed to ascertain whether combustible façade material is present in their external walls, and if so, how many are affected."
Asked by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:16 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a detailed breakdown of the types of combustible façade material used on the estimated 1,020 to 1,200 residential buildings with a height of 11 to 18m that have been identified as possibly requiring remedial work, in light of it having provided a breakdown of the type of work required,…
Asked by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:16 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has engaged with the Association of British Insurers, or other relevant industry bodies, to assess whether there are any insurance implications associated with its current approach to assessing buildings with potentially unsafe cladding as set out in the Single Building Assessment Specification Document."
Asked by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:16 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with NHS boards regarding the use of combustible façade material on hospital buildings, in light of the remediation efforts currently underway at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital…
Asked by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:16 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has allocated in each of the last five years to support construction skills training, broken down by how much of this has (a) been directed through (i) colleges and (ii) training providers, and (b) reached small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the construction sector, and what mechanisms are…
Asked by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:10 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with stakeholders regarding the use of powers granted under the Legislative Consent Motion on the UK Government’s Pension Schemes Bill, specifically in relation to any potential consolidation or merger of Scottish Local Government Pension Scheme funds."
Asked by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:10 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, following the passage of the Legislative Consent Motion on the UK Government’s Pension Schemes Bill, what next steps it plans to take, and what timeline it envisages for any reforms to the Scottish Local Government Pension Scheme."
Asked by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:10 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to use the powers granted under the Legislative Consent Motion on the UK Government’s Pension Schemes Bill to create pooled investment schemes or “megafunds” similar to the ones allowed in England and Wales, and what assessment it has made of any potential benefits and risks of such…
Asked by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:10 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a date for the commencement of its proposed review of possession grounds within the private rented sector, and whether third sector organisations will have an opportunity to feed into the review…
Asked by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:10 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of contributions held by the Scottish Local Government Pension Scheme funds are invested in Scotland, and how this compares to the rest of the UK and internationally."