Scottish Green Party
MSP for West Scotland (Region) 2016 - present day
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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 February 2025
Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green): "I thank Kenneth Gibson for giving us the opportunity to debate the issue of PFI legacy debt…
Chamber meeting date: 20 February 2025
Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green): "Mr Hoy was present at the Finance and Public Administration Committee meeting when I asked the Institute for Fiscal Studies about its view on the alleged complication that is caused by Scotland having more income tax bands than the rest of the UK…
Education, Children and Young People Committee meeting date: 19 February 2025
Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green): "I echo what colleagues have already said and thank you for the evidence that you have given…
Finance and Public Administration Committee meeting date: 18 February 2025
Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green): "John Mason correctly predicted where I would be interested in going with my line of questioning. First, I have a question about record keeping…
Chamber meeting date: 6 February 2025
Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green): "Over the past decade, a number of colleges and universities have reneged on the fair work agreements that they have come to with their campus trade unions…
Find out how Ross Greer has voted recently.
Submitted by: Alasdair Allan, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, February 20, 2025
Result 84 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Pauline McNeill, Glasgow, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, February 20, 2025
Result 16 for, 97 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Angela Constance, Almond Valley, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, February 20, 2025
Result 70 for, 42 against, 1 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, February 20, 2025
Result 28 for, 69 against, 14 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, February 20, 2025
Result 86 for, 27 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Ross Greer has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 20 February 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether the 2025 summer timetable for the Ardrossan to Brodick ferry will have the same service frequency as before the recent reported disruption."
Answer expected on 6 March 2025
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 20 February 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether (a) in principle, Scottish port authorities should be publicly owned and (b) the privatisation of some port authorities under previous UK administrations was the correct decision."
Answer expected on 6 March 2025
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 20 February 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to continue the 2025 summer timetable service frequency between Ardrossan and Brodick into the (a) winter 2025-26 and (b) summer 2026 timetable."
Answer expected on 6 March 2025
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 6 February 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government for what reason guidance was issued to NHS boards and health and social care partnerships in August 2022 advising that the Primary Care Improvement Plan reserves should only be utilised in-year as part of the overall funding allocation."
Answered by Neil Gray on 20 February 2025
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 6 February 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to revising the guidance on the Primary Care Improvement Plan reserves, with the aim of allowing for greater flexibility, including for the reserves to be allocated during the setting of annual budgets."
Answered by Neil Gray on 20 February 2025
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 18 February 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of any progress towards delivering each of the outcomes in its 2022 Fair Work Action Plan, including the commitment to support strong trade unions and promote national collective bargaining, particularly in underrepresented sectors."
Answer expected on 4 March 2025
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 5 February 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what impact Police Scotland being unable to request local authority CCTV footage of suspected fly-tipping due to it being considered a civil offence has on the effective enforcement of fly-tipping legislation."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 13 February 2025
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 31 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the conviction on 10 October 2024 of the master of a scallop diving vessel in breach of the South Arran Marine Conservation Order, whether the accused was offered a fixed penalty notice (FPN) prior to referral to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), and, if so, what the value was of any…
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 10 February 2025
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 22 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken by (a) Scottish Water and (b) SEPA to address the reported escalating incidence of sewage spillages into the Firth of Clyde."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 3 February 2025
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 31 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the information released under the freedom of information request FOI/202400435537, by what date the minutes of the meeting of the Joint Working Group on Sources of Local Government Funding and Council Tax Reform on (a) 18 April and (b) 24 October 2024 will be published."
Answer expected on 28 February 2025