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25 April 2023 - 25 September 2024
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25 April 2023 - 16 November 2023
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01 February 2023 - 25 April 2023
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22 September 2021 - 25 April 2023
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17 June 2021 - 01 February 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: 15 January 2025
Mercedes Villalba (North East Scotland) (Lab): "Good evening, Presiding Officer, and thank you for calling me to speak in tonight’s debate on compensation for the WASPI women…
Chamber meeting date: 9 January 2025
Mercedes Villalba (North East Scotland) (Lab): "A number of my constituents in North East Scotland, including in Banff and Buchan, have contacted me with concerns about the impact of local government funding changes on local services…
Chamber meeting date: 8 January 2025
Mercedes Villalba (North East Scotland) (Lab): "Five young activists are currently serving sentences in Scottish prisons for taking part in a non-violent Palestine solidarity protest at the Thales weapons factory in Glasgow…
Chamber meeting date: 8 January 2025
Mercedes Villalba (North East Scotland) (Lab): "I thank the minister for his encouraging words in support of the work of Belmont Community Cinema Ltd, and I add Labour’s support for that endeavour…
Chamber meeting date: 19 December 2024
Mercedes Villalba (North East Scotland) (Lab): "The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers has highlighted that more than 200,000 jobs have already been lost across the offshore oil and gas industry in the past decade…
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Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Result 46 for, 70 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Result 88 for, 29 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Angela Constance, Almond Valley, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 13, 2025
Supported by: Siobhian Brown
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Result 116 for, 0 against, 1 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Neil Bibby, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, January 13, 2025
Supported by: Michael Marra, Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Result 24 for, 64 against, 28 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Angus Robertson, Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 13, 2025
Supported by: Jamie Hepburn
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Result 69 for, 23 against, 26 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Mercedes Villalba has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Villalba, Mercedes, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 10 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-15040 by Mairi McAllan on 8 March 2023, what proportion of the venison sold by Forestry and Land Scotland in each year since 2016, was sold to public sector organisations."
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 15 January 2025
Asked by: Villalba, Mercedes, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 20 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its commitment to establish a Peace Institute in Scotland and its ongoing work funded through its international development fund, whether it (a) has supported and (b) plans to support peacebuilding initiatives in Colombia."
Answered by Angus Robertson on 14 January 2025
Asked by: Villalba, Mercedes, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 13 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether the issue of redundancies was discussed when it last met with oil and gas contractors in Scotland."
Answer expected on 27 January 2025
Asked by: Villalba, Mercedes, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 13 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-04138 by Gillian Martin on 19 December 2024, and its statement that the new hub for offshore wind "is not going to be a training hub as such", how much of the £150 million of public funding will be used to fund the cost of retraining offshore oil and gas workers to…
Answer expected on 27 January 2025
Asked by: Villalba, Mercedes, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 13 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it monitors the number of redundancies among oil and gas contractors in Scotland, and, if so, how many redundancies were made in 2023-24, and, based on asset owners' decommissioning schedules, how many it estimates will be made in each year from 2024-25 to 2029-30."
Answer expected on 27 January 2025
Asked by: Villalba, Mercedes, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 13 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to the supplementary questions to S6O-04138 by Gillian Martin on 19 December 2024, how it is addressing the reported issue of safety tickets duplication."
Answer expected on 27 January 2025
Asked by: Villalba, Mercedes, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 10 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-04121 by Mairi Gougeon on 18 December 2024, how many carcasses of the 138,534 deer reportedly culled in the 2022-23 season were (a) processed for commercial meat sales, (b) integrated back into the local ecosystems and (c) disposed of through other means."
Answer expected on 24 January 2025
Asked by: Villalba, Mercedes, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 10 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-04121 by Mairi Gougeon on 18 December 2024, what assessment it has made of the potential economic impact of increasing the number of deer culled entering the food supply chain."
Answer expected on 24 January 2025
Asked by: Villalba, Mercedes, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 10 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-04121 by Mairi Gougeon on 18 December 2024, what proportion of venison sold is (a) sourced from the annual deer cull, (b) imported from overseas and (c) from other sources."
Answer expected on 24 January 2025
Asked by: Villalba, Mercedes, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 6 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the potential impact on passenger numbers in Scotland, what discussions it has had with National Rail regarding its current Railcard terms and conditions, including that tickets must be bought before boarding the train."
Answer expected on 20 January 2025
See all of Mercedes Villalba's questions submitted in Parliament