Scottish Green Party
MSP for West Scotland (Region) 2016 - present day
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The Scottish Parliament
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21 May 2021 - 01 July 2024
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29 November 2023 - 26 June 2024
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26 May 2016 - 04 May 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: 12 March 2025
Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green): "On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My vote was registered, but my proxy vote on behalf of Gillian Mackay appears not to have been registered. That vote would also have been an abstention."
Education, Children and Young People Committee meeting date: 12 March 2025
Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green): "Nico McKenzie-Juetten mentioned a moment ago, and you have just repeated it, cabinet secretary, that this is a routine process and the alternative would be a truncated process…
Education, Children and Young People Committee meeting date: 12 March 2025
Ross Greer: "Very briefly, as Miles Briggs said, there has been a significant increase in access to in-school mental health counselling, which is positive…
Finance and Public Administration Committee meeting date: 11 March 2025
Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green): "Good morning. I should say from the outset that I entirely accept that it is impossible to completely estimate the cost of the bill, given the stigma around addiction…
Finance and Public Administration Committee meeting date: 11 March 2025
Ross Greer: "We have had the landfill tax for a while now, as have Wales and England. Why has the Scottish Government not looked into the potential for a differential rate before this point?"
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Submitted by: Angus Robertson, Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, March 24, 2025
Supported by: Jamie Hepburn
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Result 108 for, 7 against, 1 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, March 24, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Result 107 for, 8 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Meghan Gallacher, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Result 53 for, 63 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Claire Baker, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, March 17, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Result 58 for, 52 against, 6 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Sue Webber, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Result 52 for, 56 against, 7 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Defeated
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: 13 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how it selects locations for water quality monitoring and reporting."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 25 March 2025
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 13 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider designating new water quality monitoring locations north of Largs in the Clyde estuary."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 March 2025
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 17 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what measures other than existing patronage numbers are used when considering varying the frequency of rail services on particular routes."
Answer expected on 31 March 2025
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 5 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the debate on motion S6M-15875 (Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill) on 17 December 2024, what progress it has made with carrying out a pilot exercise in using the democratic engagement grant for the purpose of automatic registration at education institutions."
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 17 March 2025
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 26 February 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to increase availability of English as a second or other language (ESOL) classes in the Greater Glasgow area, in light of reports that lack of availability is causing challenges for people who require at least a B1 level of English to access employability, social security and other support."
Answered by Graeme Dey on 11 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."
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 5 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."
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 3 March 2025
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."
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 3 March 2025
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 31 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the letter by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government to the Convener of the Finance and Public Administration Committee on 27 January 2025, how the Joint Working Group on Sources of Local Government Funding and Council Tax Reform is assessing the introduction of council tax premiums on…
Answered by Shona Robison on 28 February 2025
Asked by: Greer, Ross, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 31 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the letter by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government to the Convener of the Finance and Public Administration Committee on 27 January 2025, by what date the Joint Working Group on Sources of Local Government Funding and Council Tax Reform will advise on further changes to council tax…
Answered by Shona Robison on 28 February 2025