Independent
MSP for Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency) 2025 - present day
Alba Party
Former MSP for Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency) 2023 - 2025
Scottish National Party
Former MSP for Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency) 2016 - 2023
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05 December 2024 - 30 September 2025
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29 June 2023 - 30 October 2023
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09 November 2022 - 30 October 2023
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18 April 2023 - 14 July 2023
Substitute Member
19 May 2021 - 27 October 2022
Scottish Government
28 June 2018 - 19 May 2021
Scottish Government
21 November 2017 - 28 June 2018
Deputy Convener
29 September 2016 - 28 June 2018
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14 June 2016 - 23 April 2018
Scottish Government
16 November 2017 - 21 November 2017
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08 June 2016 - 16 November 2017
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08 June 2016 - 29 September 2016
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29 June 2016 - 06 September 2016
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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: 17 March 2026
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Ind): "The Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Bill seems to be a classic example of the way in which the Government has started to make law, which is that it sees that there is an issue and rushes into legislation while, unfortunately, listening to only one side of the argument. Often, it ignores women’s voices—we have…
Chamber meeting date: 5 March 2026
2. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Ind): "To ask the Scottish Government how it measures success in protecting care-experienced children, in light of reports that its flagship policy, the Promise, has failed to keep vulnerable children safe. (S6O-05596)"
Chamber meeting date: 5 March 2026
2. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Ind): "To ask the Scottish Government how it measures success in protecting care-experienced children, in light of reports that its flagship policy, the Promise, has failed to keep vulnerable children safe. (S6O-05596)"
Chamber meeting date: 5 March 2026
2. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Ind): "To ask the Scottish Government how it measures success in protecting care-experienced children, in light of reports that its flagship policy, the Promise, has failed to keep vulnerable children safe. (S6O-05596)"
Chamber meeting date: 5 March 2026
2. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Ind): "To ask the Scottish Government how it measures success in protecting care-experienced children, in light of reports that its flagship policy, the Promise, has failed to keep vulnerable children safe. (S6O-05596)"
Find out how Ash Regan has voted recently.
Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 73 Amendment 20
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Result 49 for, 66 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 73 Amendment 21
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Result 49 for, 66 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 73 Amendment 19
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Result 50 for, 66 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Find out what motions Ash Regan has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: 10 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Claire Baker (on behalf of the SPCB) on 13 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, in light of 12 October 2025 marking the first anniversary of the death of the former First Minister, Alex Salmond, whether it will consider commissioning a memorial to be located within the Scottish Parliament."
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: 11 March 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what actions it is taking to reduce journey times and congestion for commuters travelling to and from Edinburgh and East Lothian, including measures to progress with the delayed upgrade of Sheriffhall Roundabout and to improve transport reliability across the region."
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: 16 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what measurable improvements in patient outcomes and service delivery have been observed since the recommendations of the Independent Review of Audiology Services in Scotland report were accepted, particularly in areas flagged as urgent, including paediatric diagnostic safety, waiting times and equitable access to…
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: 16 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what mechanisms are in place to monitor, escalate and publicly report on the ongoing delivery of the 55 recommendations of the Independent Review of Audiology Services in Scotland report, and how it ensures that workforce shortages, variability between NHS boards and incomplete quality assurance systems do not prevent…
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: 16 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the 55 recommendations in the Independent Review of Audiology Services in Scotland that it accepted, whether it will confirm if the draft Budget 2026-27 will dedicate funding to ensure full delivery of these audiology services reforms across all NHS boards."
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: 25 February 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government how it measures success in protecting care-experienced children, in light of reports that its flagship policy, The Promise, has failed to keep vulnerable children safe."
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: 16 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 24 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Independent Review of Audiology Services in Scotland report making 55 recommendations to improve services, whether it will provide (a) a breakdown of the number of recommendations that (i) have been fully implemented to date, (ii) are in operational work plans and (iii) remain dependent on linked…
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: 18 February 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact that withdrawing funding for Wave Energy Scotland from March 2026 will have on Scotland’s ability to leverage investment, including through Horizon Europe, and on confidence in the marine energy sector."
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: 11 February 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken since 2007 to address prostitution, including legislative measures aimed at tackling demand for paid sex as a means of preventing harm to vulnerable women and girls, and the provision of exit support services for recovery from any complex trauma resulting from prostitution."
Asked by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: 28 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 5 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of testimony from survivors of grooming gangs, frontline service organisations and justice agencies that child sexual exploitation (CSE) and grooming are core pathways through which vulnerable children are drawn into the commercial sexual exploitation of prostitution, both in childhood and later in…