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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Daniel Johnson

Scottish Labour

MSP for Edinburgh Southern (Constituency) 2016 - present day

About Daniel Johnson

Contact details

Contact online

Contact at local office

134 Comiston Road
Edinburgh
EH10 5QN

Phone: 0131 541 2145
Text relay calls welcome.

Committees

Cross-party groups

Daniel is a member of 6 cross-party groups

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Autism

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Aviation

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on France

Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Independent Convenience Stores

Deputy Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Maritime and Shipbuilding

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on USA

Convener

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Daniel has 1 parliamentary and government role

Scottish Commission For Public Audit

Member

Party Roles

Daniel has 3 party roles

Party Spokesperson on Business

Scottish Labour

Party Spokesperson on Fair Work

Scottish Labour

Party Spokesperson on the Economy

Scottish Labour

Previous roles

Daniel has had 21 previous roles

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

04 September 2024 - 15 January 2025

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Member

25 April 2023 - 06 November 2024

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Substitute Member

22 June 2021 - 25 April 2023

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Deputy Convener

22 September 2021 - 25 April 2023

Criminal Justice Committee

Substitute Member

31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023

Party Spokesperson on Finance

Scottish Labour

10 April 2023 - 10 April 2023

Party Spokesperson on Economy

Scottish Labour

17 June 2021 - 22 June 2021

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Member

01 March 2021 - 04 May 2021

Party Spokesperson on Finance

Scottish Labour

11 September 2019 - 04 May 2021

Education and Skills Committee

Deputy Convener

20 November 2019 - 03 December 2020

Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland Amendment Bill Committee

Member

10 September 2019 - 11 September 2019

Education and Skills Committee

Member

18 June 2019 - 09 September 2019

Education and Skills Committee

Substitute Member

17 January 2018 - 08 September 2019

Justice SubCommittee on Policing

Member

09 January 2018 - 08 September 2019

Justice Committee

Member

19 December 2017 - 28 May 2019

Party Spokesperson on Justice

Scottish Labour

23 November 2017 - 09 January 2018

Economy Jobs and Fair Work Committee

Member

08 June 2016 - 09 January 2018

Education and Skills Committee

Member

29 September 2016 - 09 January 2018

Culture Tourism Europe and External Relations Committee

Substitute Member

25 May 2016 - 19 December 2017

Deputy Party Spokesperson on Education and Young People

Scottish Labour

08 June 2016 - 28 November 2017

Standards Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Member

28 June 2016 - 29 September 2016

European and External Relations Committee

Substitute Member

Register of interests

Daniel'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.

Recent Activity

What was said

What Daniel Johnson 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: 22 January 2025

Electricity Infrastructure Consenting

Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab): "Will Stephen Kerr take an intervention?"

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee meeting date: 16 January 2025

Cross-Party Group

Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab): "Alors, bonjour, et je suis très heureux d’être ici. I will do the rest in English, as I assume that that would suit the committee."

Chamber meeting date: 15 January 2025

Enterprise Agencies (Assessment of Performance)

Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab): "The cabinet secretary referenced her appearance at the Economy and Fair Work Committee last week. At that meeting, she said: “I want distributable funding in the economy portfolio. I do not want just to create public service jobs”…

Economy and Fair Work Committee meeting date: 15 January 2025

City Region and Regional Growth Deals

Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab): "I do not know what the parliamentary protocol is here in relation to declaring interests. Maybe we should just promise to have a conversation that goes beyond the wonders of south Edinburgh…

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee meeting date: 14 January 2025

Framework Legislation and Henry VIII Powers

Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab): "I will push Jonnie Hall and Lloyd Austin on a couple of the points that they raised. I understand the point about flexibility, but you have discussed the need for consultation and scrutiny…

Votes

How Daniel Johnson has voted in Parliament

Find out how Daniel Johnson has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6M-16171

Ensuring that Communities are at the Heart of the Electricity Consenting Process

Submitted by: Douglas Lumsden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 20, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Result 83 for, 35 against, 7 abstained, 4 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-16171.3

Ensuring that Communities are at the Heart of the Electricity Consenting Process

Submitted by: Alasdair Allan, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Supported by: Gillian Martin
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Result 63 for, 55 against, 7 abstained, 4 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-16170

Delivering School Environments Where it is Safe for Pupils to Learn and Teachers to Teach

Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 20, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Result 69 for, 30 against, 26 abstained, 4 did not vote

MSP abstained

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-16170.3

Delivering School Environments Where it is Safe for Pupils to Learn and Teachers to Teach

Submitted by: Natalie Don-Innes, Renfrewshire North and West, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Supported by: Graeme Dey, Jenny Gilruth
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Result 68 for, 31 against, 25 abstained, 5 did not vote

MSP abstained

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-16160.1

Compensation for WASPI Women

Submitted by: Paul O'Kane, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, January 20, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Result 52 for, 72 against, 0 abstained, 5 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Defeated

Motions

Questions

Questions Daniel Johnson has asked

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

Question ref. S6W-32930

Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 9 January 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government how many grants it has awarded to Tesla Inc in each year since 2016; what the total value of any such grants is, and whether it will provide details of each project funded by any such grants."

Answered by Shona Robison on 21 January 2025

Question ref. S6W-32235

Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 12 December 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what methodology it used to calculate the increase of around 1% in real terms to the 2025-26 block grant settlement compared with the latest 2024-25 allocation, as set out in its draft Budget 2025-26, including the (a) figures and (b) sources of figures used in this calculation, and, following that methodology,…

Answered by Shona Robison on 9 January 2025

Question ref. S6W-32446

Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 18 December 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to make a decision on the future of the Scottish Industrial Energy Transformation Fund."

Answered by Alasdair Allan on 7 January 2025

Question ref. S6W-32100

Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 10 December 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-31715 by Alasdair Allan on 9 December 2024, what the total size of the Scottish Industrial Energy Transformation Fund is, and whether the additional funding received as a result of the UK Government's £185 million investment has been incorporated into the fund."

Answered by Alasdair Allan on 6 January 2025

Question ref. S6W-32099

Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 10 December 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-31715 by Alasdair Allan on 9 December 2024, what individual projects have been funded in each year that the fund has been in operation."

Answered by Alasdair Allan on 6 January 2025

Question ref. S6W-32056

Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 9 December 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the proposal in its draft Budget 2025-26 that hospitality firms liable for the basic property rate will be eligible for 40% non-domestic rates relief, how much it would cost to extend this to retail sector businesses liable for the (a) basic, (b) intermediate and (c) higher property rate."

Answered by Shona Robison on 6 January 2025

Question ref. S6W-32460

Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 18 December 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government how many people it has helped back into the labour market from being economically inactive in each of the last five years, and to which programmes this was attributable."

Answered by Tom Arthur on 30 December 2024

Question ref. S6W-32461

Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 18 December 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what recent analysis it has undertaken of people who are currently economically inactive and the reasons for their economic inactivity."

Answered by Tom Arthur on 30 December 2024

Question ref. S6W-32462

Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 18 December 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of people who are economically inactive want to work."

Answered by Tom Arthur on 30 December 2024

Question ref. S6O-04156

Asked by: Johnson, Daniel, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 18 December 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to grow Scotland's arts, culture and creative sector."

Taken in the Chamber on 8 January 2025

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