Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for North East Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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25 May 2022 - 10 October 2024
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28 June 2023 - 08 October 2024
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
28 June 2023 - 08 October 2024
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
25 May 2022 - 05 September 2023
Substitute Member
20 May 2022 - 28 June 2023
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
20 May 2022 - 28 June 2023
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20 May 2022 - 28 June 2023
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23 September 2021 - 25 May 2022
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21 May 2021 - 20 May 2022
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21 May 2021 - 20 May 2022
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21 May 2021 - 20 May 2022
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21 May 2021 - 20 May 2022
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
17 June 2021 - 23 September 2021
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08 September 2021 - 22 September 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: 16 January 2025
Tess White (North East Scotland) (Con): "In the past five years, seven sexual assaults and two rapes have taken place at Carseview psychiatric unit in Dundee. Given the level of underreporting, those may be just the tip of the iceberg…
Chamber meeting date: 16 January 2025
Tess White (North East Scotland) (Con): "I congratulate my colleague Tim Eagle on securing this important debate. Rural GP practices are struggling, and too many are on the verge of collapse…
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee meeting date: 14 January 2025
Tess White (North East Scotland) (Con): "I have three questions on the top priorities—two for Professor O’Hagan and one for Jan Savage. It was good to hear you say, Professor O’Hagan, that, in your work, you are responsive to parliamentary business…
Chamber meeting date: 9 January 2025
Tess White (North East Scotland) (Con): "If my memory serves me correctly, Alex Cole-Hamilton talked a year or so ago about how a Ukrainian daughter had to go to Ukraine to have dental treatment because the dental services in this country were so poor…
Chamber meeting date: 19 December 2024
Tess White (North East Scotland) (Con): "I have been contacted by women’s support services in my region about the devastating impact of Labour’s national insurance hikes. One service estimates that the hikes will cost £9,000…
Find out how Tess White has voted recently.
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Result 46 for, 70 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Result 88 for, 29 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Angela Constance, Almond Valley, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 13, 2025
Supported by: Siobhian Brown
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Result 116 for, 0 against, 1 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Neil Bibby, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, January 13, 2025
Supported by: Michael Marra, Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Result 24 for, 64 against, 28 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Angus Robertson, Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 13, 2025
Supported by: Jamie Hepburn
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Result 69 for, 23 against, 26 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Tess White has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: White, Tess, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 2 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of capacity in the NHS, in light of the critical incident declared by NHS Grampian on 28 November 2024."
Taken in the Chamber on 3 December 2024
Asked by: White, Tess, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 27 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government when it expects its preparatory work to conclude and the review into Creative Scotland, which was announced in September 2024, to get underway."
Taken in the Chamber on 4 December 2024
Asked by: White, Tess, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 21 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will provide an update on the output of the working group that was established to review the visitor experience in the chamber."
Taken in the Chamber on 28 November 2024
Asked by: White, Tess, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 20 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact of increased employer national insurance contributions on primary care providers in Scotland's NHS."
Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2024
Asked by: White, Tess, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 17 October 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to fill computing studies teacher vacancies."
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 12 November 2024
Asked by: White, Tess, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 27 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether the "14 days notice" to the occupier, as required by paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 4 of The Electricity Act 1989 to permit a person "authorised to enter upon any land" to do so "as of right", is a (a) general notice, (b) notice published or posted locally or (c) specific notice issued directly to each individual…
Answered by Alasdair Allan on 8 October 2024
Asked by: White, Tess, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 7 October 2024
"To ask the First Minister what support the Scottish Government is providing to NHS boards in order to reduce waiting times for breast reconstruction surgery."
Taken in the Chamber on 10 October 2024
Asked by: White, Tess, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 24 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Aberdeenshire Council withdrawing its technical objection to the plans in February 2024, whether it will provide an update on the most recent timetable for the delivery of the A90/A937 Laurencekirk Junction Improvement Scheme."
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 2 October 2024
Asked by: White, Tess, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 24 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how much has been budgeted by Transport Scotland for the delivery of the A90/A937 Laurencekirk Junction Improvement Scheme, and what impact the "current funding restraints", which the Cabinet Secretary for Transport made reference to on 10 April 2024 in a letter to a representative of Aberdeen City Council, has had on…
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 2 October 2024
Asked by: White, Tess, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 4 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how funding to local authorities for flood defences will change as a result of the in-year spending reductions outlined in its fiscal statement on 3 September 2024."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 17 September 2024