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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Douglas Ross

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 2021 - present day

Former MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 2016 - 2017

About Douglas Ross

Contact details

Contact online

X (previously known as Twitter): @douglas4moray

Facebook: Douglas's facebook

Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 6161
Text relay calls welcome.

Contact at local office

10 Drummond Street
Inverness
IV1 1QD

Phone: 01463 230777
Text relay calls welcome.

Committees

Cross-party groups

Douglas is a member of 4 cross-party groups

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Beer and Pubs

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Building Bridges with Israel

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on India

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on USA

Member

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Douglas has 1 parliamentary and government role

Conveners Group

Member

Party Roles

Douglas does not have any party roles

Previous roles

Douglas has had 5 previous roles

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

10 October 2024 - 30 October 2024

Education Children and Young People Committee

Member

06 May 2021 - 27 September 2024

Party Leader

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

19 May 2016 - 11 June 2017

Party Spokesperson on Justice

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

08 June 2016 - 11 June 2017

Justice Committee

Member

28 June 2016 - 11 June 2017

Local Government and Communities Committee

Substitute Member

Register of interests

Douglas'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 Douglas Ross 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: 5 March 2025

A96 Dualling

4. Douglas Ross (Highlands and Islands) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the economy secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding any economic impact of delaying the full dualling of the A96, in light of the Moray and Inverness Chambers of Commerce calling for the road to be dualled in full and raising concerns that delays to delivering this are “constraining…

Chamber meeting date: 5 March 2025

United Kingdom Economy

Douglas Ross (Highlands and Islands) (Con): "This debate has been dreadful; it has been truly awful. Perhaps it is one of the worst, but—to quote the minister—that is given that there is quite a “low bar”. Just look round the chamber: we are calling it a debate, but it is not really a debate…

Education, Children and Young People Committee meeting date: 5 March 2025

Widening Access to Higher Education

The Convener (Douglas Ross): "Good morning and welcome to the eighth meeting in 2025 of the Education, Children and Young People Committee. We have apologies from Bill Kidd and Willie Rennie…

Chamber meeting date: 27 February 2025

Park Home Residents

Douglas Ross (Highlands and Islands) (Con): "I, too, congratulate Murdo Fraser on securing today’s debate and, as Willie Rennie said, on opening the debate with great authority and great knowledge of the subject while also proposing solutions…

Chamber meeting date: 26 February 2025

Crimes Involving Animals (Justice System Handling)

Douglas Ross: "On a point of order, Presiding Officer…

Votes

How Douglas Ross has voted in Parliament

Find out how Douglas Ross has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6M-16667

Achieving a Fair Balance in the UK’s Economy

Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, March 3, 2025

Supported by: Tom Arthur, Richard Lochhead
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Result 59 for, 47 against, 7 abstained, 16 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-16667.3

Achieving a Fair Balance in the UK’s Economy

Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Result 27 for, 87 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-16667.1

Achieving a Fair Balance in the UK’s Economy

Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Result 20 for, 94 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-16657.2

Scotland’s Renewable Future

Submitted by: Sarah Boyack, Lothian, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, March 3, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Result 46 for, 72 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-16657

Scotland’s Renewable Future

Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, March 3, 2025

Supported by: Alasdair Allan
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Result 69 for, 50 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Passed

Motions

Questions

Questions Douglas Ross has asked

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

Question ref. S6O-04412

Asked by: Ross, Douglas, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 5 March 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether seagulls should continue to be protected in law."

Taken in the Chamber on 12 March 2025

Question ref. S6O-04381

Asked by: Ross, Douglas, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 26 February 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the economy secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding any economic impact of delaying the full dualling of the A96, in light of the Moray and Inverness chambers of commerce calling for the road to be dualled in full and raising concerns that delays to delivering this are "constraining…

Taken in the Chamber on 5 March 2025

Question ref. S6O-04312

Asked by: Ross, Douglas, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 29 January 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the petition, reportedly signed by hundreds of Keith residents and businesses, regarding the disruption caused on the A96 by the ongoing works at Union Bridge, including the calls for businesses to be compensated for any significant losses during these works."

Taken in the Chamber on 6 February 2025

Question ref. S6W-32888

Asked by: Ross, Douglas, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 8 January 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-31866 and S6W-32202 by Fiona Hyslop on 11 December 2024 and 3 January 2025 respectively, in light of it not providing the numerical figures requested in the questions, whether it will provide the information requested regarding how many miles of the A96 have been dualled in…

Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 17 January 2025

Question ref. S6O-04218

Asked by: Ross, Douglas, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 15 January 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported concerns by the Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers that falling cattle levels are leading to a reduction in beef supplies, and that gaps could subsequently appear in the red meat sections of supermarkets."

Taken in the Chamber on 22 January 2025

Question ref. S6T-02279

Asked by: Ross, Douglas, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 13 January 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what early assessment it has made following the opening of the safer drug consumption facility, The Thistle."

Taken in the Chamber on 14 January 2025

Question ref. S6W-32202

Asked by: Ross, Douglas, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 11 December 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-31866 by Fiona Hyslop on 11 December 2024, whether it will provide the information requested regarding how many miles of the A96 have been dualled in each year from 2011 to date."

Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 3 January 2025

Question ref. S6O-04169

Asked by: Ross, Douglas, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 18 December 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will launch an independent review of the 2024 Higher History exam, in light of reports that responses to a survey by the Scottish Association of Teachers of History were overwhelmingly critical of the SQA review, that it had been described as a "whitewash", and that one respondent referred to it as "the…

Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2025

Question ref. S6W-31930

Asked by: Ross, Douglas, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 4 December 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-31621 by Dorothy Bain on 3 December 2024, whether it will clarify whether this means that there is no official record or documentation of section 12 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 being implemented."

Answered by Dorothy Bain on 13 December 2024

Question ref. S6O-04133

Asked by: Ross, Douglas, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 11 December 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the proposal from Save Our Surgeries in Burghead and Hopeman to pilot a nurse-led service in the villages following the closure of their GP surgeries."

Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2024

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