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04 September 2024 - 15 January 2025
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25 April 2023 - 06 November 2024
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22 June 2021 - 25 April 2023
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22 September 2021 - 25 April 2023
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31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023
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10 April 2023 - 10 April 2023
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17 June 2021 - 22 June 2021
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11 September 2019 - 04 May 2021
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18 June 2019 - 09 September 2019
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17 January 2018 - 08 September 2019
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19 December 2017 - 28 May 2019
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29 September 2016 - 09 January 2018
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25 May 2016 - 19 December 2017
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08 June 2016 - 28 November 2017
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28 June 2016 - 29 September 2016
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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.
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
Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab): "Will Stephen Kerr take an intervention?"
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee meeting date: 16 January 2025
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
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
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
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…
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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
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
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
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
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
Find out what motions Daniel Johnson has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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