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MSP for West Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
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22 June 2021 - 25 April 2023
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22 September 2021 - 25 April 2023
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31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023
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17 June 2021 - 22 June 2021
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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: 3 April 2025
Paul O’Kane (West Scotland) (Lab): "An important part of the effectiveness of Social Security Scotland is the uptake of Scottish benefits…
Chamber meeting date: 3 April 2025
Paul O’Kane (West Scotland) (Lab): "The principles in the heat in buildings bill were almost the only thing that the Climate Change Committee praised the SNP Government for in what was a damning indictment of the lack of progress on net zero…
Chamber meeting date: 3 April 2025
Paul O’Kane (West Scotland) (Lab): "I am pleased to close on behalf of the Scottish Labour Party in this debate on the Aarhus convention…
Chamber meeting date: 2 April 2025
Paul O’Kane (West Scotland) (Lab): "The book of Wisdom in the Old Testament says: “Length of days is not what makes age honourable, nor number of years the true measure of life; understanding, this is grey hairs, untarnished life, this is ripe old age…
Chamber meeting date: 2 April 2025
Paul O’Kane: "Is Alexander Stewart seriously suggesting that giving a pay rise to 300,000 Scots—the lowest-paid Scots—is simply a matter of red tape…
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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 abstained
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 for
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 not voted
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 not voted
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Paul O'Kane has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 9 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comments by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice to the Social Justice and Social Security Committee on 5 December 2024, on what date and at what time the official ministerial decision to mitigate the two-child limit was recorded in its electronic Records and Document Management system, and who…
Answer expected on 7 May 2025
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 8 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government when it last met officials from the Department for Work and Pensions regarding work to progress the delivery of automatic split payments of universal credit, as set out in part 6, section 94 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018."
Answer expected on 6 May 2025
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 8 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many people currently in receipt of Adult Disability Payment have been granted an indefinite award."
Answer expected on 6 May 2025
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 8 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the steps that it has taken to share the necessary information with the Department for Work and Pensions to support the progress of the Scottish Government’s 2017 policy commitment to introduce automatic split payments of universal credit in Scotland."
Answer expected on 6 May 2025
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 8 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it anticipates that automatic split payments of universal credit in Scotland, as it committed to in 2017, will be delivered by the end of the current parliamentary session, and, if so, by what date."
Answer expected on 6 May 2025
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has allocated any funding to support the Scottish Assembly for the financial year 2025-26."
Answer expected on 1 May 2025
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it provides support to the Scottish Assembly, and if this is the case, what kind of support it provides."
Answer expected on 1 May 2025
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 2 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government when it last reviewed the current law around lasting powers of attorney."
Answer expected on 30 April 2025
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 2 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the Office of the Public Guardian (Scotland) regarding powers of attorney."
Answer expected on 30 April 2025
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 2 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of whether current rules for obtaining powers of attorney are sufficient in preventing any abuse of such powers."
Answer expected on 30 April 2025