Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for West Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
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Website: pamgosal.org.uk
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29 June 2023 - 06 November 2024
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29 June 2023 - 10 October 2024
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28 June 2023 - 08 October 2024
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28 June 2023 - 08 October 2024
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17 June 2021 - 29 June 2023
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21 May 2021 - 28 June 2023
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21 May 2021 - 28 June 2023
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21 May 2021 - 28 June 2023
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21 May 2021 - 28 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: 1 April 2025
Pam Gosal (West Scotland) (Con): "As many members already know, I take the issue of domestic abuse extremely seriously. From a young age, I remember my mother helping women in distress who would come to our shop on Argyle Street in Glasgow…
Chamber meeting date: 1 April 2025
Pam Gosal (West Scotland) (Con): "I, too, thank Daniel Johnson for bringing this very important issue to the chamber…
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee [Draft] meeting date: 1 April 2025
Pam Gosal (West Scotland) (Con): "Good morning. Thank you for your very powerful and honest statements, Jan. The Scottish Human Rights Commission’s report states that significant data gaps make it impossible to accurately measure progress…
Criminal Justice Committee meeting date: 19 March 2025
Pam Gosal (West Scotland) (Con): "Good morning, committee, cabinet secretary and officials. Amendment 85 would introduce a mandatory requirement for the making of non-harassment orders in the sentencing of sexual offenders…
Chamber meeting date: 18 March 2025
Pam Gosal (West Scotland) (Con): "On a point of order, Presiding Officer…
Find out how Dr Pam Gosal MBE has voted recently.
Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Result 31 for, 60 against, 26 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Result 88 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Liz Smith, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, March 27, 2025
Result 64 for, 1 against, 53 abstained, 10 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Result 90 for, 30 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Result 70 for, 0 against, 50 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Dr Pam Gosal MBE has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Gosal, Pam, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 31 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether future legislation that it introduces will use the word "sex" instead of "gender"."
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 11 April 2025
Asked by: Gosal, Pam, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 28 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to protect (a) it and (b) public bodies from any internal activism that seeks to influence outward-facing policy, including through staff networks."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 8 April 2025
Asked by: Gosal, Pam, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 20 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to (a) create simpler reporting systems for retail staff and (b) improve coordination with police, for the reporting of retail crime."
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 1 April 2025
Asked by: Gosal, Pam, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 31 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to undertake quantitative research to assess what the general public considers to be the meaning of key words in relation to sex reassignment that may be used in data collection, including "transgender man", "trans man", "transgender", "trans", "transsexual" and "gender reassignment"."
Answer expected on 28 April 2025
Asked by: Gosal, Pam, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 31 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will continue to ask questions that combine sex and gender identity in a single question, when collecting data."
Answer expected on 28 April 2025
Asked by: Gosal, Pam, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 31 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether the NHS will end the practice of issuing new NHS numbers and changed gender markers to individuals."
Answer expected on 28 April 2025
Asked by: Gosal, Pam, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 31 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ensure that, whenever sex is recorded, it is made clear whether this refers simply to sex, or to a person's "legal sex" based on a Gender Recognition Certificate."
Answer expected on 28 April 2025
Asked by: Gosal, Pam, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 31 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to mandate that data on sex be collected by default in all research and data collection that it or its non-departmental public bodies commission."
Answer expected on 28 April 2025
Asked by: Gosal, Pam, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 31 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review its guidance for public bodies on the collection and publication of data regarding sex, gender identity and trans status to take into account the recommendations of the UK Government review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender (the Sullivan Review)."
Answer expected on 28 April 2025
Asked by: Gosal, Pam, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 31 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to mandate that organisations that allow sex markers to be changed on official documents keep records of the number of documents changed annually, with basic demographic information attached such as age and sex."
Answer expected on 28 April 2025
See all of Dr Pam Gosal MBE's questions submitted in Parliament