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MSP for Inverness and Nairn (Constituency) 2025 - present day
Scottish National Party
Former MSP for Inverness and Nairn (Constituency) 2011 - 2025
Former MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber (Constituency) 1999 - 2011
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31 March 2022 - 27 April 2023
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17 June 2021 - 31 March 2022
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08 September 2021 - 31 March 2022
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17 February 2020 - 19 May 2021
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26 June 2018 - 17 February 2020
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19 May 2016 - 26 June 2018
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21 November 2014 - 18 May 2016
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25 May 2011 - 21 November 2014
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17 May 2007 - 25 May 2011
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13 September 2004 - 02 April 2007
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13 September 2004 - 02 April 2007
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13 September 2004 - 02 April 2007
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09 May 2006 - 02 April 2007
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23 September 2004 - 09 May 2006
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10 June 2003 - 21 September 2004
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30 May 2003 - 13 September 2004
Scottish National Party
30 May 2003 - 13 September 2004
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04 June 2003 - 10 June 2003
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27 June 2001 - 31 March 2003
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16 May 2002 - 31 March 2003
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08 January 2001 - 31 March 2003
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07 November 2000 - 07 January 2001
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17 June 1999 - 23 November 2000
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02 November 2000 - 07 November 2000
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17 June 1999 - 01 November 2000
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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: 26 June 2025
Fergus Ewing (Inverness and Nairn) (Ind): "It has just been stated that the populations of herring gulls and urban black gulls—the two main species—have declined, but there is no evidence for that…
Chamber meeting date: 26 June 2025
Fergus Ewing (Inverness and Nairn) (Ind): "It has just been stated that the populations of herring gulls and urban black gulls—the two main species—have declined, but there is no evidence for that…
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee meeting date: 25 June 2025
Fergus Ewing (Inverness and Nairn) (Ind): "Good morning. We are here in this committee to give a voice to petitioners, and the petitioner in this case is Julie Mitchell, who I understand has been in contact with the Lord Advocate. The petition is ultimately about a point of principle…
Chamber meeting date: 24 June 2025
Fergus Ewing (Inverness and Nairn) (Ind): "The building at 48 South Street, Elgin was worth £275,000, yet the minister’s predecessor spent £3.5 million on decarbonising it…
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee meeting date: 24 June 2025
Fergus Ewing (Inverness and Nairn) (Ind): "Good morning. At the committee deliberations last Wednesday evening, I moved amendment 528, regarding the tenant farming commissioner…
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Submitted by: Natalie Don-Innes, Renfrewshire North and West, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Supported by: Graeme Dey, Jenny Gilruth
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025
Result 87 for, 0 against, 28 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP not voted
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Richard Lochhead, Moray, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, June 23, 2025
Supported by: Tom Arthur, Kate Forbes
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025
Result 88 for, 1 against, 27 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP not voted
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Kaukab Stewart, Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, June 23, 2025
Supported by: Shirley-Anne Somerville
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025
Result 86 for, 0 against, 28 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP not voted
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Richard Lochhead, Moray, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025
Result 80 for, 0 against, 34 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP not voted
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Result 82 for, 29 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP not voted
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Fergus Ewing has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Ewing, Fergus, Inverness and Nairn, Independent, Date Lodged: 16 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when GP vaccination services will be fully restored to GPs in NHS Highland; whether it anticipates that this will happen by the end of 2025, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter."
Answered by Neil Gray on 28 July 2025
Asked by: Ewing, Fergus, Inverness and Nairn, Independent, Date Lodged: 16 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in the event of any deaths as a result of any failures in relation to vaccinations, what its position is on whether it would have any legal liability regarding the families affected."
Answered by Neil Gray on 28 July 2025
Asked by: Ewing, Fergus, Inverness and Nairn, Independent, Date Lodged: 16 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Highland informed it that it could not share data on vaccinations with it prior to the board taking over responsibility for vaccinations from GPs, and whether it will publish any documentation on this matter…
Answered by Neil Gray on 28 July 2025
Asked by: Ewing, Fergus, Inverness and Nairn, Independent, Date Lodged: 16 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in the event of any deaths as a result of vaccinations not being administered in NHS Highland prior to the service being shared with GPs as planned, what its position is on whether (a) it and (b) NHS Highland would be responsible for any deaths."
Answered by Neil Gray on 28 July 2025
Asked by: Ewing, Fergus, Inverness and Nairn, Independent, Date Lodged: 16 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Highland was aware that its system could not share data on vaccinations with GPs prior to the board taking over responsibility for vaccinations from GPs."
Answered by Neil Gray on 28 July 2025
Asked by: Ewing, Fergus, Inverness and Nairn, Independent, Date Lodged: 16 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made an estimate of any potential savings that could result from NHS Highland restoring the vaccination services to GPs that were previously administered by them prior to 2023, and, if so, what any such estimate is."
Answered by Neil Gray on 28 July 2025
Asked by: Ewing, Fergus, Inverness and Nairn, Independent, Date Lodged: 16 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will propose a ministerial statement for after the summer recess 2025 on vaccination policy and any need for action to prevent deaths in relation to this matter."
Answered by Neil Gray on 28 July 2025
Asked by: Ewing, Fergus, Inverness and Nairn, Independent, Date Lodged: 16 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the provision of a centralised vaccination service, such as that in NHS Highland, is safe, in light of reports that NHS Highland is not able to share data with GPs on the vaccinations being provided."
Answered by Neil Gray on 28 July 2025
Asked by: Ewing, Fergus, Inverness and Nairn, Independent, Date Lodged: 16 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any fatal accident inquiries being undertaken in relation to any infant deaths due to whooping cough, and, if so, whether it will (a) publish details of these and (b) propose a ministerial statement on the matter."
Answered by Neil Gray on 28 July 2025
Asked by: Ewing, Fergus, Inverness and Nairn, Independent, Date Lodged: 25 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the ministerial statement on the 2024-25 provisional outturn on 24 June 2025, and the response by the Minister for Public Finance regarding whether he will report to the Parliament before making any awards under phase 2 of the Public Sector Heat Decarbonisation Fund, which closed for applications on 27 May…
Answered by Gillian Martin on 22 July 2025