Scottish National Party
MSP for Inverness and Nairn (Constituency) 2011 - present day
Former MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber (Constituency) 1999 - 2011
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31 March 2022 - 27 April 2023
Substitute Member
17 June 2021 - 31 March 2022
Member
08 September 2021 - 31 March 2022
Substitute Member
17 February 2020 - 19 May 2021
Scottish Government
26 June 2018 - 17 February 2020
Scottish Government
19 May 2016 - 26 June 2018
Scottish Government
21 November 2014 - 18 May 2016
Scottish Government
25 May 2011 - 21 November 2014
Scottish Government
17 May 2007 - 25 May 2011
Scottish Government
13 September 2004 - 02 April 2007
Scottish National Party
13 September 2004 - 02 April 2007
Scottish National Party
13 September 2004 - 02 April 2007
Scottish National Party
09 May 2006 - 02 April 2007
Deputy Convener
23 September 2004 - 09 May 2006
Member
10 June 2003 - 21 September 2004
Deputy Convener
30 May 2003 - 13 September 2004
Scottish National Party
30 May 2003 - 13 September 2004
Scottish National Party
04 June 2003 - 10 June 2003
Member
27 June 2001 - 31 March 2003
Scottish National Party
16 May 2002 - 31 March 2003
Substitute Member
08 January 2001 - 31 March 2003
Deputy Convener
07 November 2000 - 07 January 2001
Deputy Convener
17 June 1999 - 23 November 2000
Member
02 November 2000 - 07 November 2000
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17 June 1999 - 01 November 2000
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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: 20 March 2025
Fergus Ewing (Inverness and Nairn) (SNP): "Biffa is suing the Scottish ministers for a reputed sum of £160 million…
Chamber meeting date: 20 March 2025
Fergus Ewing (Inverness and Nairn) (SNP): "Does the member recognise, acknowledge and welcome the fact that, since 2018—seven years ago—the sector as a whole has invested a staggering £1,000 million in addressing many of the issues that he raised…
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee meeting date: 19 March 2025
Fergus Ewing: "My instinct is that you are probably right, and in saying that I am mindful of the huge pressures on the transport budget in all respects…
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee meeting date: 19 March 2025
Fergus Ewing: "I was struck that the ministerial response was quite detailed and specifically pointed to the national planning framework, which requires such environmental matters to be considered at a general level…
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee meeting date: 19 March 2025
Fergus Ewing: "On the face of it, this is a matter for local authorities, but on the other hand, when the petition was considered before, I think that it was your good self, convener, who suggested that we write to the Minister for Local Government, Empowerment and Planning to seek his reflections on the UK-wide survey by the Society of Local Authority Chief…
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Submitted by: Angus Robertson, Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, March 24, 2025
Supported by: Jamie Hepburn
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Result 108 for, 7 against, 1 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, March 24, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Result 107 for, 8 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Meghan Gallacher, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Result 53 for, 63 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Claire Baker, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, March 17, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Result 58 for, 52 against, 6 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Sue Webber, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Result 52 for, 56 against, 7 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Find out what motions Fergus Ewing has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Ewing, Fergus, Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 19 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will direct NHS Highland to return vaccination services solely to GPs, in light of reported calls for this to happen on the basis that it could deliver a safer, more efficient and less expensive health provision delivered locally."
Taken in the Chamber on 27 March 2025
Asked by: Ewing, Fergus, Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17 February 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the reasons for the Lord Advocate and Solicitor General having recused themselves from any role in relation to consideration of possible proceedings resulting from Operation Branchform."
Answered by Dorothy Bain on 26 February 2025
Asked by: Ewing, Fergus, Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17 February 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on whether the Lord Advocate plans to name the Advocate Depute who has lead responsibility in relation to consideration of possible proceedings resulting from Operation Branchform; if it has this information, whether it will provide the name of the Advocate Depute, and, if not, for what…
Answered by Dorothy Bain on 26 February 2025
Asked by: Ewing, Fergus, Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 6 February 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the reported comment of its former Permanent Secretary, Leslie Evans, at a recent Institute for Government conference, that, in the civil service, the "middle management is often quite weak"."
Answered by Shona Robison on 26 February 2025
Asked by: Ewing, Fergus, Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 14 February 2025
Asked by: Ewing, Fergus, Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 14 February 2025
Asked by: Ewing, Fergus, Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 5 February 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what system is being used to select the new head of the civil service in Scotland; who and which organisations are involved; whether it will set out the procedure in detail, and what the timespan for the appointment is."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 11 February 2025
Asked by: Ewing, Fergus, Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 29 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how much it estimates will be paid in compensation for the properties to be compulsorily purchased to further the progress of the dualling of the A96 between Inverness and Auldearn, including the Nairn Bypass, and when that process will be completed."
Taken in the Chamber on 6 February 2025
Asked by: Ewing, Fergus, Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 15 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the judgement of Lord Pentland in the case of The Scottish Ministers v The Scottish Information Commissioner (case reference number XA10/23), which states that the Scottish Ministers accepted that they (or their officials) could gain access to the information held by James Hamilton, whether it will…
Answered by Kate Forbes on 28 January 2025
Asked by: Ewing, Fergus, Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 3 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the fifth supplementary question to question S6T-02254 by Jamie Hepburn on 17 December 2024, when the Minister for Parliamentary Business will issue the response that he stated would be provided "in due course"."
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 January 2025