Scottish National Party
MSP for Cunninghame North (Constituency) 2007 - present day
Former MSP for Glasgow (Region) 1999 - 2003
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Chamber meeting date: 23 January 2025
3. Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP): "To ask the Scottish Government how much it anticipates will be paid in this financial year in private finance initiative and public-private partnership unitary charge payments across the public sector. (S6O-04236)"
Chamber meeting date: 23 January 2025
Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP): "Will the member take an intervention?"
Chamber meeting date: 22 January 2025
Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP): "As we know from the Tories’ disastrous privatisation of Ardrossan harbour in 1992, the consequences of poor decisions can be felt for decades…
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee meeting date: 21 January 2025
Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP): "There has been an element of frustration within the ranks of the Finance and Public Administration Committee regarding some of the legislative proposals that the Scottish Government has introduced…
Chamber meeting date: 16 January 2025
6. Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP): "To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on farmers giving the methane-reducing feed additive Bovaer to their cattle. (S6O-04206)"
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Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, January 23, 2025
Result 100 for, 9 against, 0 abstained, 20 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, January 23, 2025
Result 26 for, 86 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, January 23, 2025
Result 103 for, 7 against, 0 abstained, 19 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, January 23, 2025
Result 28 for, 84 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Christine Grahame, Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, January 23, 2025
Result 114 for, 0 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Kenneth Gibson has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Gibson, Kenneth, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 24 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government in what year it was decided that the community benefit for wind farms should be £5,000 per megawatt."
Answer expected on 7 February 2025
Asked by: Gibson, Kenneth, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 20 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding private finance initiative (PFI) and public private partnership (PPP) contracts where the procuring authority is categorised as a devolved Scottish authority, what the total amount is that (a) has been paid in unitary charge payments since 1997-98, up to and including the financial year 2024-25 to date, for…
Answer expected on 3 February 2025
Asked by: Gibson, Kenneth, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 20 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding private finance initiative (PFI) and public private partnership (PPP) contracts, what the total amount in unitary charge payments is that (a) has been paid since 1997-98, up to and including the latest financial year for which figures are available, for all (i) expired and (ii) active projects, and (b)…
Answer expected on 3 February 2025
Asked by: Gibson, Kenneth, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 15 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much it anticipates will be paid in this financial year in PFI and PPP unitary charge payments across the public sector."
Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2025
Asked by: Gibson, Kenneth, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 8 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on farmers giving the methane-reducing feed additive Bovaer to their cattle."
Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2025
Asked by: Gibson, Kenneth, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 16 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how much North Ayrshire Council will pay in private finance initiative (PFI) and public private partnership (PPP) payments in each future year until they are fully paid."
Answered by Shona Robison on 7 January 2025
Asked by: Gibson, Kenneth, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 16 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how much currently remains in outstanding private finance initiative (PFI) and public private partnership (PPP) payments across the public sector in Scotland."
Answered by Shona Robison on 7 January 2025
Asked by: Gibson, Kenneth, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 16 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how much the public sector in Scotland has paid in private finance initiative (PFI) and public private partnership (PPP) payments in each year since 2006-07."
Answered by Shona Robison on 7 January 2025
Asked by: Gibson, Kenneth, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 16 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how much North Ayrshire Council has paid in private finance initiative (PFI) and public private partnership (PPP) payments in each year since 2006-07."
Answered by Shona Robison on 7 January 2025
Asked by: Gibson, Kenneth, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 13 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Independent Working Group on Antisocial Behaviour with regard to its work to assess removing access to concessionary bus passes from individuals who carry out antisocial behaviour."
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 19 December 2024
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