Scottish Labour
MSP for Central Scotland (Region) 2011 - present day
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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: 5 September 2024
3. Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review its goal of decarbonising transport, in light of its reported decision to increase fares and reduce services on Scotland’s railways. (S6O-03671)"
Chamber meeting date: 4 September 2024
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "It is good to hear that the Scottish Government is committed to resolving some of the issues around RAAC. The Grenfell report was published today; seven years on, only two buildings have been remediated since that tragic fire…
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 3 September 2024
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "I want to come back to the issue of deposits, but from a different angle…
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 25 June 2024
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): "Do any members of the panel have comments on the provisions in the bill that allow a tenant or a prospective tenant to request to keep a pet or to make changes to the property, beyond the suggestions that James Calder has already made?"
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 25 June 2024
Mark Griffin: "Good morning, minister. I hope that you are feeling better. I feel your pain, after my recent brush with Covid."
Find out how Mark Griffin has voted recently.
Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Supported by: Graeme Dey, Natalie Don-Innes, Paul McLennan, Shirley-Anne Somerville, Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 5, 2024
Result 67 for, 54 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Paul O'Kane, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Supported by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Michael Marra
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 5, 2024
Result 21 for, 95 against, 4 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 5, 2024
Result 8 for, 113 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 5, 2024
Result 29 for, 91 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Sarah Boyack, Lothian, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Result 58 for, 59 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Find out what motions Mark Griffin has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 4 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it anticipates that the minutes and recommendations of the Single Building Assessment Task and Finish Group will be published."
Answer expected on 19 September 2024
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 4 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how many times the Housing to 2040 Strategic Board has met in 2024, and when it expects to publish minutes of those meetings."
Answer expected on 19 September 2024
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 4 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide any equalities impact assessments that it carried out in relation to the reductions in spending detailed in its fiscal statement on 3 September 2024."
Answer expected on 19 September 2024
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 4 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to its fiscal statement on 3 September 2024, how much funding was allocated to the affordable homes budget for 2024-25 (a) prior to the statement and (b) after the statement was given."
Answer expected on 19 September 2024
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 4 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how much it allocated to any work carried out by external consultants on any spending reductions outlined in its fiscal statement on 3 September 2024, and whether it will provide details of any such work."
Answer expected on 19 September 2024
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 15 August 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what its current projections are on reaching the target of delivering 110,000 homes from the affordable housing supply budget."
Answered by Paul McLennan on 4 September 2024
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-26596 by Paul McLennan on 23 April 2024, how many buildings on the pilot programme within the scope of a single building assessment have been placed on a pathway to assessment."
Answer expected on 18 September 2024
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what the current underspend is in the Affordable Housing Supply Programme."
Answer expected on 18 September 2024
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what the average time taken to determine a major housing development application has been in 2023-24, broken down by local authority."
Answer expected on 18 September 2024
Asked by: Griffin, Mark, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how many applications for the Home Owners' Support Fund it has received since 20 March 2022, broken down by the (a) Mortgage to Rent and (b) Mortgage to Shared Equity schemes, and, of the applications that were received, how many were (i) successful and (ii) ineligible."
Answer expected on 18 September 2024