Scottish National Party
MSP for Falkirk East (Constituency) 2021 - present day
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18 June 2024 - 26 June 2024
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29 June 2023 - 17 June 2024
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17 June 2021 - 29 June 2023
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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: 18 December 2024
6. Michelle Thomson (Falkirk East) (SNP): "To ask the Scottish Government how its increased funding for mental health services will help improve access to psychological support for people with long-term conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease. (S6O-04134)"
Finance and Public Administration Committee meeting date: 17 December 2024
Michelle Thomson (Falkirk East) (SNP): "I am intrigued by your comment, Sandy, and I have to say that I do not disagree with you. However, to what extent do you think that the complexity around public sector reform is understood…
Finance and Public Administration Committee meeting date: 17 December 2024
Michelle Thomson: "I will probably be quite quick. I have been listening with interest to all the questions thus far, and I have just a couple of questions…
Chamber meeting date: 12 December 2024
4. Michelle Thomson (Falkirk East) (SNP): "To ask the First Minister what plans the Scottish Government has to bring forward legislation to criminalise non-fatal strangulation. (S6F-03622)"
Chamber meeting date: 11 December 2024
Michelle Thomson (Falkirk East) (SNP): "Mr Hoy is, along with me, on the Finance and Public Administration Committee. When the Scottish Fiscal Commission was in front of us yesterday, I specifically brought up the terminology “economic performance gap”…
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Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, December 16, 2024
Supported by: Graeme Dey, Natalie Don-Innes
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Result 96 for, 0 against, 21 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, December 16, 2024
Supported by: John Swinney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Result 111 for, 0 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Supported by: Ivan McKee
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Result 73 for, 28 against, 21 abstained, 7 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, December 9, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Result 94 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Result 73 for, 49 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Michelle Thomson has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 18 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any potential impact on households experiencing fuel poverty in Scotland, particularly in rural and off-gas grid areas, what communication it has had with relevant third parties regarding the ending of the Radio Teleswitch Service."
Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2025
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 9 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what the savings will be in 2025-26 as a result of the decision to freeze the basic property rate, broken down by industry sector."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 17 December 2024
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 11 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how its increased funding for mental health services will help improve access to psychological support for people with long-term conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease."
Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2024
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 9 December 2024
"To ask the First Minister what plans the Scottish Government has to bring forward legislation to criminalise non-fatal strangulation."
Taken in the Chamber on 12 December 2024
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 27 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide an update regarding its consideration of whether to legislate to prescribe the number of learning hours."
Taken in the Chamber on 5 December 2024
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 26 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide an update on the work of its Digital Assets in Scots Private Law Expert Reference Group."
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 November 2024
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 20 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to ensure equality of access for adults to the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD or ASD, in light of the finding in a National Autism Implementation Team report in 2021 that the current thresholds for mental health services do not meet the needs of those who have been referred."
Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2024
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 18 November 2024
"To ask the First Minister when the Scottish Government last met with Ineos or Petroineos to discuss the refinery at Grangemouth."
Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2024
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 6 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what it anticipates the impact of the recent UK Budget will be on funding for Creative Scotland."
Taken in the Chamber on 13 November 2024
Asked by: Thomson, Michelle, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 30 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how it has applied its international trade principles and when it plans to publish the next Vision for Trade Annual Report."
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 31 October 2024
See all of Michelle Thomson's questions submitted in Parliament