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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Dr. Sandesh Gulhane

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for Glasgow (Region) 2021 - present day

About Dr. Sandesh Gulhane

Contact details

Contact online

X (previously known as Twitter): @sandeshgulhane

Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 6162
Text relay calls welcome.

Contact at local office

1018 Maryhill Road
Glasgow
G20 9TE

Phone: 0141 946 3335
Text relay calls welcome.

Committees

Sandesh is a member of 1 committee

Cross-party groups

Sandesh is a member of 3 cross-party groups

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Chronic Pain

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on India

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Long Covid

Co-Convener

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Sandesh does not have any parliamentary or government roles

Party Roles

Sandesh has 2 party roles

Party Spokesperson on Health

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Party Spokesperson on Social Care

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Previous roles

Sandesh has had 4 previous roles

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

08 September 2021 - 14 July 2023

COVID19 Recovery Committee

Substitute Member

21 May 2021 - 16 September 2021

Deputy Party Spokesperson on Public Health

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

21 May 2021 - 16 September 2021

Deputy Party Spokesperson on Women's Health

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

21 May 2021 - 16 September 2021

Deputy Party Spokesperson on Sport

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Register of interests

Sandesh'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 Dr. Sandesh Gulhane 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.

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee meeting date: 12 November 2024

Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Sandesh Gulhane (Glasgow) (Con): "I declare an interest as a practising national health service general practitioner and as the chair of the medical advisory group that advised on the bill. I am interested in what is being said about capacity…

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee meeting date: 12 November 2024

National Health Service Superannuation and Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/272)

Sandesh Gulhane: "I declare my interest as a practising NHS GP and, obviously, as a contributor to the NHS pension scheme. I have a number of questions that I would like to put on the record and to which I would like answers from ministers, where appropriate…

Chamber meeting date: 6 November 2024

Basic Payment Scheme

4. Sandesh Gulhane (Glasgow) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government by what date it expects all farmers to receive payment through the basic payment scheme. (S6O-03880)"

Chamber meeting date: 6 November 2024

Breast Cancer Outcomes

Sandesh Gulhane (Glasgow) (Con): "I declare an interest as a practising national health service general practitioner. My constituent Shareen Auckbarallee was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy, which, as members can imagine, was devastating for her…

Chamber meeting date: 6 November 2024

Breast Cancer Outcomes

Sandesh Gulhane (Glasgow) (Con): "I declare an interest as a practising national health service general practitioner. My constituent Shareen Auckbarallee was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy, which, as members can imagine, was devastating for her…

Votes

How Dr. Sandesh Gulhane has voted in Parliament

Find out how Dr. Sandesh Gulhane has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6M-15423.2

Business Programme

Submitted by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Result 48 for, 70 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote

MSP not voted

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-15423.1

Business Programme

Submitted by: Martin Whitfield, South Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Supported by: Jackie Baillie, Neil Bibby, Katy Clark, Rhoda Grant, Mark Griffin, Daniel Johnson, Michael Marra, Pauline McNeill, Paul O'Kane, Colin Smyth
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Result 51 for, 67 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote

MSP not voted

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-15401

Scotland’s Housing Emergency

Submitted by: Meghan Gallacher, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, November 11, 2024

Supported by: Tess White
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Result 66 for, 52 against, 1 abstained, 10 did not vote

MSP not voted

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-15425

Approval of SSI

Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Result 61 for, 0 against, 57 abstained, 11 did not vote

MSP not voted

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-15401.3

Scotland’s Housing Emergency

Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Supported by: Paul McLennan, Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Result 60 for, 57 against, 1 abstained, 11 did not vote

MSP not voted

Vote Passed

Motions

Questions

Questions Dr. Sandesh Gulhane has asked

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

Question ref. S6W-31279

Asked by: Gulhane, Sandesh, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 15 November 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government when the Cladding Assurance Register, provided for in the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024, will be established."

Answer expected on 2 December 2024

Question ref. S6W-31278

Asked by: Gulhane, Sandesh, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 15 November 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cladding Assurance Register will be publicly accessible."

Answer expected on 2 December 2024

Question ref. S6W-30682

Asked by: Gulhane, Sandesh, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 16 October 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government whether there is a target timescale for the completion of cladding remediation works (a) at the 107 pilot entries in the pilot of the Cladding Remediation Programme and (b) on all residential properties affected by dangerous cladding."

Answered by Paul McLennan on 14 November 2024

Question ref. S6W-30683

Asked by: Gulhane, Sandesh, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 16 October 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government, of the 29 Glasgow entries in the pilot phase of the Cladding Remediation Programme, how many entries have had (a) Single Building Assessments carried out, (b) works started to mitigate or remediate risks and (c) remediation works fully completed."

Answered by Paul McLennan on 14 November 2024

Question ref. S6W-30685

Asked by: Gulhane, Sandesh, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 16 October 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government, in addition to the 29 Glasgow entries in the pilot phase of the Cladding Remediation Programme, how many further properties it anticipates will be identified as having unsafe cladding in Glasgow, and, if this data is not yet available, what efforts it has made to determine the number of affected properties."

Answered by Paul McLennan on 14 November 2024

Question ref. S6W-30684

Asked by: Gulhane, Sandesh, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 16 October 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the complexity of the cladding remediation process for those involved, and what steps it has taken to expedite the delivery of remediation works."

Answered by Paul McLennan on 14 November 2024

Question ref. S6W-31140

Asked by: Gulhane, Sandesh, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 11 November 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to introducing Hindi as a national qualification modern language, in light of Scotland’s Census 2022 reportedly showing that Indians are the second largest immigrant population in Scotland."

Answer expected on 25 November 2024

Question ref. S6W-30444

Asked by: Gulhane, Sandesh, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 7 October 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it expects that its National Care Service proposals will lead to benefits in social care outcomes beyond those that would have been delivered by the existing social care structure and, if so, what (a) these benefits might be and (b) evidence it has used to determine this."

Answered by Maree Todd on 4 November 2024

Question ref. S6W-30443

Asked by: Gulhane, Sandesh, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 7 October 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of its spending on the National Care Service up to 2032 will be directly on pay for frontline care workers."

Answered by Maree Todd on 4 November 2024

Question ref. S6W-30693

Asked by: Gulhane, Sandesh, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 16 October 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the wait time for urgent neurology referrals at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow is now 50 weeks."

Answered by Neil Gray on 31 October 2024

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