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MSP for Shetland Islands (Constituency) 2019 - present day
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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 Beatrice Wishart. The date of their initial statement was 01 June 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.
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 19 November 2025
Beatrice Wishart (Shetland Islands) (LD): "Good morning. Due to time constraints, I will generally speak only to my own amendments in each group. The bill places new obligations on Scottish ministers…
Chamber meeting date: 18 November 2025
Beatrice Wishart (Shetland Islands) (LD): "I am pleased that the Scottish Government has brought a fishing debate to the chamber. This follows my member’s business debate in February, which was the first fishing debate in Holyrood for some time…
Chamber meeting date: 18 November 2025
Beatrice Wishart (Shetland Islands) (LD): "On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My app would not work. I would have voted yes."
Chamber meeting date: 12 November 2025
Beatrice Wishart (Shetland Islands) (LD): "Many people in Shetland tune in to STV North news because it has a northern focus as opposed to a more generic, all-of-Scotland or, often, central belt outlook…
Chamber meeting date: 12 November 2025
Douglas Lumsden: "Will the member take an intervention?"
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Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Result 88 for, 26 against, 1 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Result 89 for, 26 against, 1 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Friday, November 21, 2025
Supported by: Natalie Don-Innes, Ben Macpherson
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Result 66 for, 29 against, 21 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, November 24, 2025
Supported by: Ivan McKee, Shona Robison, John Swinney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Result 88 for, 22 against, 0 abstained, 19 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Supported by: Natalie Don-Innes, Ben Macpherson
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Result 64 for, 53 against, 1 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
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These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 20 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 5 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government when the contract award for Lot 6 (Scotland) of the Project Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy scheme, covering premises in Orkney and Shetland, will be announced."
Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 19 November 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what measures it can take to ensure that critical national infrastructure serves the local communities hosting it and is built safely, securely and in a way that is sensitive to the landscape around it."
Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 29 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 11 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government which of the (a) 42 formal flood protection schemes and (b) flood engineering works' areas have been completed, broken down by the (i) number of properties protected and (ii) completion date, and what the (A) initial forecast and (B) final cost was of each."
Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 29 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 11 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many floods have been recorded in each of the (a) 42 formal flood protection schemes and (b) flood engineering works' areas in each calendar year since January 2016, broken down by the (i) damage caused and (ii) cost of each incident."
Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 8 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Fuel Poverty Advisory Panel periodic report 2021-2024, and what action it will take regarding the recommendation to deliver on its commitment from February 2024 to revise the Fuel Poverty Strategy by the end of 2026."
Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 3 November 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 November 2025
"To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the recent news that Eastern Airways, which runs lifeline regional services in the Highlands and Islands, has entered administration."
Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 30 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 17 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on every household having an emergency or resilience box in preparedness for any major crisis, similar to the approach used in Denmark and Finland, and what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding developing such an initiative."
Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 17 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 1 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to patients who have to travel to access treatment at one of the three specialist endometriosis centres."
Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 17 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 1 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether an endometriosis diagnosis obtained outwith Scotland is recognised by NHS Scotland."
Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 17 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 30 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the paper, An approach to using stranding data to monitor cetacean population trends and guide conservation strategies, published in Scientific Reports on 20 August 2025, which identified an increase in marine mammal strandings in Scotland, and what assessment it has made of these results in…
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