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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Collette Stevenson

Scottish National Party

MSP for East Kilbride (Constituency) 2021 - present day

About Collette Stevenson

Contact details

Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 5502
Text relay calls welcome.

Contact at local office

1/3 Strathmore House
East Kilbride
Glasgow
G74 1LF

Phone: 01355 232800
Text relay calls welcome.

Find out when the MSP's surgery times are on their website.

Committees

Collette is a member of 2 committees

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Convener

Cross-party groups

Collette is a member of 10 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 Care Leavers

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Changing Places Toilets

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on End of Life Choices

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Medicinal Cannabis

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Poverty

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Social Work

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Tibet

Co-Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Women in Enterprise

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Women, Families and Justice

Deputy Convener

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Collette has 1 parliamentary and government role

Conveners Group

Member

Party Roles

Collette does not have any party roles

Previous roles

Collette has had 5 previous roles

Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.

06 March 2024 - 11 September 2024

Net Zero Energy and Transport Committee

Substitute Member

17 June 2021 - 29 June 2023

Criminal Justice Committee

Member

18 April 2023 - 27 April 2023

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Member

31 August 2021 - 18 April 2023

Net Zero Energy and Transport Committee

Substitute Member

25 January 2022 - 18 April 2023

Standards Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Member

Register of interests

Collette'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 Collette Stevenson. The date of their initial statement was 07 June 2021.

Remuneration and related undertaking

Until 5 May 2022, I was a Councillor with South Lanarkshire Council (of Almada Street, Hamilton, ML3 0AA). I received between £15,001 and £20,000 per annum and spent 15 hours per week in the role. I donated my salary, after tax, to local charities. [Amended interest 15 December 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

No registrable interests.

Recent Activity

What was said

What Collette Stevenson 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: 16 January 2025

Department for Work and Pensions (Data)

Collette Stevenson (East Kilbride) (SNP): "Yesterday, the Secretary of State for Scotland, Ian Murray, claimed that the Scottish National Party Government had not yet asked for Department for Work and Pensions data to end the two-child cap…

Chamber meeting date: 15 January 2025

Local Government Finance

Collette Stevenson (East Kilbride) (SNP): "Will the cabinet secretary outline the real-terms change in the budget that will be available to councils for day-to-day spending across Scotland in 2025-26, and will she confirm whether South Lanarkshire Council will have more cash to spend on the local priorities that it has identified, based on the Scottish Government’s draft budget?"

Chamber meeting date: 15 January 2025

Women Against State Pension Inequality (Compensation)

Collette Stevenson (East Kilbride) (SNP): "I am grateful to Kenneth Gibson for securing this important debate and for calling on the Labour Government to compensate the WASPI women. I pay tribute to everyone involved in WASPI…

Chamber meeting date: 14 January 2025

Winter Heating Payment

Collette Stevenson (East Kilbride) (SNP): "Under the previous UK cold weather payment, payments for residents of East Kilbride were conditional on the weather as it was recorded at Bishopton…

Social Justice and Social Security Committee meeting date: 9 January 2025

Budget Scrutiny 2025-26

The Convener: "Our next item is an evidence session on the Scottish Government’s budget for 2025-26. The committee received a response from the Scottish Government to its pre-budget report in December. The budget for 2025-26 was also published in December…

Votes

How Collette Stevenson has voted in Parliament

Find out how Collette Stevenson has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 29 Amendment 14

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Result 46 for, 70 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-16114

Approval of SSI

Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Result 88 for, 29 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-16093

Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill

Submitted by: Angela Constance, Almond Valley, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 13, 2025

Supported by: Siobhian Brown
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Result 116 for, 0 against, 1 abstained, 12 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-16092.2

Valuing Culture: Scotland's Support to the Culture Sector

Submitted by: Neil Bibby, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, January 13, 2025

Supported by: Michael Marra, Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Result 24 for, 64 against, 28 abstained, 13 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-16092

Valuing Culture: Scotland's Support to the Culture Sector

Submitted by: Angus Robertson, Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 13, 2025

Supported by: Jamie Hepburn
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Result 69 for, 23 against, 26 abstained, 11 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motions

Questions

Questions Collette Stevenson has asked

These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.

Question ref. S6W-32051

Asked by: Stevenson, Collette, East Kilbride, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 9 December 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been allocated in its draft Budget 2025-26 to mitigate any negative impact in Scotland of the UK Government's policy decisions."

Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 6 January 2025

Question ref. S6O-04158

Asked by: Stevenson, Collette, East Kilbride, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 18 December 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government how its draft Budget will support the arts and culture sector in 2025-26, including through the provision of multi-year funding programmes for artists and cultural organisations."

Taken in the Chamber on 8 January 2025

Question ref. S6W-31150

Asked by: Stevenson, Collette, East Kilbride, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 19 November 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the total cost of mitigating any impact in Scotland of UK Government policy decisions since 2007-08, broken down by the amount spent in the (a) current financial year and (b) last five financial years."

Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 December 2024

Question ref. S6O-04033

Asked by: Stevenson, Collette, East Kilbride, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 20 November 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its policies and collaboration with local authorities to ensure that support is provided to pupils who cannot attend school for medical reasons."

Taken in the Chamber on 28 November 2024

Question ref. S6O-03861

Asked by: Stevenson, Collette, East Kilbride, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 23 October 2024

Question ref. S6W-30244

Asked by: Stevenson, Collette, East Kilbride, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 27 September 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its policy that adult social care workers must earn at least the real Living Wage, what estimate it has made of the potential Barnett consequential funding that might receive if the UK Government were to replicate this approach in England."

Answered by Maree Todd on 8 October 2024

Question ref. S6O-03761

Asked by: Stevenson, Collette, East Kilbride, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 18 September 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the cost of private finance initiative repayments in the current financial year."

Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2024

Question ref. S6W-29549

Asked by: Stevenson, Collette, East Kilbride, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 4 September 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-28112 by Shona Robison on 20 June 2024, whether it will provide (a) an update on the final audited reserves held by each local authority at 31 March 2024 and (b) the percentage increase in reserves for each local authority since 31 March 2014."

Answered by Shona Robison on 17 September 2024

Question ref. S6O-03667

Asked by: Stevenson, Collette, East Kilbride, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 28 August 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions the finance secretary has had with the UK Government regarding public spending, in light of the Prime Minister’s remarks that the Labour administration’s first Budget is “going to be painful”."

Taken in the Chamber on 4 September 2024

Question ref. S6W-28114

Asked by: Stevenson, Collette, East Kilbride, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 11 June 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government how many people in (a) the East Kilbride constituency and (b) each local authority area it estimates are (i) receiving Carer’s Allowance and (ii) eligible for the new Carer Support Payment."

Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 June 2024

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