Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for North East Scotland (Region) 2016 - present day
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28 June 2023 - 08 October 2024
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17 June 2021 - 29 June 2023
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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: 30 October 2025
Liam Kerr (North East Scotland) (Con): "I am grateful to Craig Hoy for securing the debate. Bank closures are something that we are all too familiar with in Aberdeen. The lower Deeside area, which is a roughly 8-mile corridor between Anderson Drive and Peterculter, used to have eight banks…
Criminal Justice Committee meeting date: 29 October 2025
Liam Kerr (North East Scotland) (Con): "Cabinet secretary, in your opening remarks, you talked about the continuing rise in, and complexity of, the population…
Criminal Justice Committee meeting date: 29 October 2025
Liam Kerr: "I will ask two questions and will give each of our witnesses an opportunity to respond, starting with Dr Vuolajärvi. I want to pick up on the point about evidence that you raised during your opening remarks…
Chamber meeting date: 28 October 2025
1. Liam Kerr (North East Scotland) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the prison population reaching a record high of 8,430 prisoners. (S6T-02716)"
Chamber meeting date: 28 October 2025
Liam Kerr (North East Scotland) (Con): "I tried to amend the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill to set up a Scottish grooming gangs inquiry, but Scottish National Party and Green MSPs voted against that amendment, so it fell…
Find out how Liam Kerr has voted recently.
Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 30, 2025
Result 70 for, 31 against, 11 abstained, 17 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Result 21 for, 91 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Result 43 for, 70 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Result 85 for, 27 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Result 24 for, 89 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Find out what motions Liam Kerr has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:30 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what recent engagement is has had with the National Records of Scotland regarding the operation of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 and whether it needs to be updated."
Asked by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:30 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to update the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977."
Asked by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:29 October 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to provide financial scrutiny over NHS Grampian."
Asked by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:27 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-40884 by Angela Constance on 17 October 2025, how many restorative justice test cases have been funded in the last 18 months, and what the outcomes were of these cases."
Asked by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:27 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-40884 by Angela Constance on 17 October 2025, how much funding in total has been provided to any restorative justice test cases that have been conducted in the last 18 months."
Asked by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:27 October 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the prison population reaching a record high of 8,430 prisoners."
Asked by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:13 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 27 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Scottish Retail Consortium’s reported view that the term “shoplifting” underplays the seriousness of the crime and the cumulative impact it is having on the retail industry, and the recommendation that the term “shop theft” be used instead across the criminal…
Asked by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:6 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 22 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 being named by the US State Department in its United Kingdom 2024 Human Rights Report in the context of “areas of concern, including involving restrictions on political speech deemed ‘hateful’ or…
Asked by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:13 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-40336 by Angela Constance on 16 September 2025, how many Drug Treatment and Testing Orders were (a) imposed by Edinburgh Sheriff Court and (b) successfully completed in (i) 2022-23 and (ii) 2023-24, also broken down by calendar month."
Asked by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged:9 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what the total value is of illicit cigarettes that have been seized by Trading Standards Scotland since 2021."