Scottish Labour
MSP for North East Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
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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: 8 January 2026
Mercedes Villalba (North East Scotland) (Lab): "The First Minister has said that he cannot see how international law has been respected by the United States in its military intervention in Venezuela, and has said that the “international community must now ensure that de-escalation, diplomacy and democracy” follow. Although defence is a matter that is reserved to the United Kingdom Government,…
Chamber meeting date: 18 December 2025
Mercedes Villalba (North East Scotland) (Lab): "As the First Minister just said, Scotland is an energy-rich nation, so surely revenues from our natural resources should benefit us all, yet the ScotWind auction round massively undervalued Scotland’s offshore energy resources by setting a bid ceiling. Similar auctions held at the same time raised 20 to 40 times the amount per megawatt capacity…
Chamber meeting date: 17 December 2025
Mercedes Villalba (North East Scotland) (Lab): "Farmers in the north-east have expressed concern that the Scottish Government is dragging its feet in reforming and rebasing agricultural support, such as that provided through the future farming investment scheme and the less favoured area support scheme. That means that young farmers are being cheated out of a fair deal and that small-scale,…
Chamber meeting date: 17 December 2025
Mercedes Villalba (North East Scotland) (Lab): "Does the member also recognise that one part of the culture that people come from is the public services that we all rely on, including roads, street lighting, street cleaning, schools and healthcare, all of which rely on taxation, and that we need both?"
Chamber meeting date: 16 December 2025
Mercedes Villalba (North East Scotland) (Lab): "I am grateful to my constituents who volunteer at Speakability Tayside, who contacted me ahead of tonight’s debate…
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Submitted by: Ivan McKee, Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 5, 2026
Supported by: Shona Robison
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, January 8, 2026
Result 65 for, 54 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 5, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Result 64 for, 47 against, 6 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Submitted by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 5, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Result 81 for, 29 against, 6 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Ivan McKee, Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Supported by: Richard Lochhead, Shona Robison
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Result 64 for, 47 against, 6 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Result 27 for, 58 against, 32 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
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: Mercedes Villalba, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 11 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 6 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed the safety of oil and gas workers in the central and northern North Sea with the UK Government."
Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 15 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 5 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update from the (a) Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and (b) Health and Safety Executive in Aberdeen regarding the fatality on the Valaris 121 jack-up rig on 14 November 2025."
Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 11 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 31 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding staff pay for offshore regulators, when it last discussed the funding of the Health and Safety Executive with the UK Government."
Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 2 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 16 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to align the ecosystem metrics used in the Ecosystem Restoration Code with other policy frameworks and mechanisms, including through nature recovery targets and public funding mechanisms."
Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 2 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 16 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what support it offers or plans to provide to landowners of fewer than 200 hectares, including those who are community groups and private individuals, who wish to manage land for the restoration of natural processes."
Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 2 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 16 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the contribution of natural processes, such as natural regeneration, natural river dynamics and trophic interactions, toward meeting statutory nature recovery targets."
Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 2 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 16 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recommendations of the recently published report by the British Ecological Society, Aligning Environmental Agendas for Nature Recovery."
Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 4 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 10 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of payments made under the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS) in 2024 was based on historic data."
Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 4 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 10 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding reported comments by the Director of Agriculture and Rural Economy, what its response is to the comment that the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS) could not be rebased due to staff number reductions."
Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 4 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 9 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether future support for Less Favoured Areas through Tier 2 of the new Agriculture Reform Framework will be based on contemporaneous or historic data."
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