Scottish Labour
MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife (Region) 2007 - present day
Post-d: Claire.Baker.msp@parliament.scot
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
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Ore Valley Business Centre
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Lochgelly
Fife
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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 2026
Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): "I apologise for forgetting to put my card in.I thank the cabinet secretary for advance sight of the statement and for the accompanying documents…
Chamber meeting date: 5 March 2026
Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): "Will the cabinet secretary clarify how many families in Scotland are impacted by the benefit cap? One of the main drivers is high rents, and most of the people who are affected by it are concentrated in the south of England."
Chamber meeting date: 5 March 2026
6. Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any recent discussions it has had with Fife Council regarding a solution for households in West Wemyss and Denbeath that were issued with eviction notices, following the sale of their tenanted properties by Wemyss estate to Torah Capital last year. (S6O-05608)"
Chamber meeting date: 5 March 2026
Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): "Will the cabinet secretary clarify how many families in Scotland are impacted by the benefit cap? One of the main drivers is high rents, and most of the people who are affected by it are concentrated in the south of England."
Chamber meeting date: 5 March 2026
6. Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any recent discussions it has had with Fife Council regarding a solution for households in West Wemyss and Denbeath that were issued with eviction notices, following the sale of their tenanted properties by Wemyss estate to Torah Capital last year. (S6O-05608)"
Find out how Claire Baker has voted recently.
Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 46 Amendment 268
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Friday, March 13, 2026
Result 65 for, 56 against, 2 abstained, 6 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 46 Amendment 269
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Friday, March 13, 2026
Result 86 for, 35 against, 1 abstained, 7 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 46 Amendment 272
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Friday, March 13, 2026
Result 69 for, 48 against, 4 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Find out what motions Claire Baker has submitted recently.
Motion ref. S6M-20866
Motion ref. S6M-20678
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Claire Baker, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 12 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to annex 1 of the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2026-2031, how it planned to fund the statutory requirement to uprate the Scottish Child Payment, including the introduction of a £40 weekly payment for under-one-year-olds, had the “two-child limit” remained in place."
Asked by: Claire Baker, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 12 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to annex 1 of the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2026-2031, for what reason the monetary investment in the Tackling Child Poverty Fund as a result of the allocation of “two child limit funds” has increased from £49 million to £61.5 million, and how this fund would have been…
Asked by: Claire Baker, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 12 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what its estimated cost for 2026-27 is of (a) uprating the Scottish Child Payment and (b) introducing the £40 weekly payment for under-one-year-olds."
Asked by: Claire Baker, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 27 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 12 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government how many Pension Age Winter Heating Payments were still to be paid by 24 January 2026, and what the estimated total value was of any such payments."
Asked by: Claire Baker, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 27 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government how many Pension Age Winter Heating Payments were still to be paid by 26 February 2026, and when any such payments will be paid."
Asked by: Claire Baker, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 27 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what resources it has committed to progressing the policy commitment to deliver automatic individual payments of universal credit in Scotland, and how it is ensuring this remains a priority within the work of the social justice directorate."
Asked by: Claire Baker, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 27 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-36671 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 2 May 2025, whether it expects automatic split payments of universal credit in Scotland, as it committed to in 2017, to be delivered by the end of 2026, and, if not, when this can be expected."
Asked by: Claire Baker, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 27 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that split payments of universal credit will be delivered, as set out in part 6, section 94 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018, and what action it has taken in the last six months regarding this work."
Asked by: Claire Baker, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 25 February 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any recent discussions it has had with Fife Council regarding a solution for households in West Wemyss and Denbeath that were issued with eviction notices, following the sale of their tenanted properties by Wemyss Estate to Torah Capital last year."
Asked by: Claire Baker, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 11 February 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government how it is working with local and national bodies to maximise the cultural and economic potential of the Adam Smith heritage in Kirkcaldy."