Michael Marra
Scottish Labour
MSP for North East Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
About Michael Marra
Contact details
Contact online
Website: michaelmarra.net
X (previously known as Twitter): @michaeljmarra
Facebook: Michael's facebook
Contact at the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 5943
Text relay calls welcome.
Committees
Michael is a member of 1 committee
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Deputy Convener
Cross-party groups
Michael is a member of 8 cross-party groups
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Beer and Pubs
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Colleges and Universities
Deputy Convener
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Creative Economy
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Culture and Communities
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Ice Sports
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Life Sciences
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Oil and Gas
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rugby Development in Scotland
Member
Parliamentary and Government Roles
Michael does not have any parliamentary or government roles
Party Roles
Michael has 1 party role
Party Spokesperson on Finance
Scottish Labour
Previous roles
Michael has had 4 previous roles
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
25 April 2023 - 02 May 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Member
17 June 2021 - 25 April 2023
Education Children and Young People Committee
Member
31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023
Party Spokesperson on Education
Scottish Labour
31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023
Party Spokesperson on Skills
Scottish Labour
Register of interests
Michael's register of interests
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Recent Activity
What was said
What Michael Marra has said in Parliament
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: 18 April 2024
Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council Bill: Stage 1
Michael Marra (North East Scotland) (Lab): "The cabinet secretary says that it is more sensible to wait. Does she not realise that, for many people with life-limiting and debilitating conditions, whose families are also suffering, waiting years and years longer would be entirely intolerable?"
Finance and Public Administration Committee meeting date: 16 April 2024
Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape
Michael Marra (North East Scotland) (Lab): "Ms MacMillan, we are trying to draw out broader lessons from your report at the outset of our inquiry. The discussion has been useful so far…
Chamber meeting date: 27 March 2024
Economic Inactivity
Michael Marra (North East Scotland) (Lab): "I am sure that the cabinet secretary will share Labour’s concern that the numbers of people who are economically inactive are rising, particularly among younger people…
Chamber meeting date: 27 March 2024
Public Finances (Impact of Stagnation)
Michael Marra (North East Scotland) (Lab): "Those of us on the Labour benches agree that we need to get rid of the rotten Tory Government, which crashed the economy, left working people paying higher prices on bills and mortgages and has now led the country into recession…
Finance and Public Administration Committee meeting date: 26 March 2024
Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
Michael Marra (North East Scotland) (Lab): "Do you accept the costs as presented in the evidence from Police Scotland?"
Votes
How Michael Marra has voted in Parliament
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Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council Bill
Submitted by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, April 18, 2024
Result 20 for, 95 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Business Programme
Submitted by: Meghan Gallacher, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Supported by: Jeremy Balfour, Alexander Burnett, Sharon Dowey, Tim Eagle, Russell Findlay, Pam Gosal, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Rachael Hamilton, Liam Kerr, Douglas Ross, Brian Whittle
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Result 53 for, 60 against, 5 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Approval of SSI
Submitted by: George Adam, Paisley, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Result 88 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Repealing the Hate Crime Act
Submitted by: Russell Findlay, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, April 15, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Result 64 for, 29 against, 25 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Passed
Repealing the Hate Crime Act
Submitted by: Pauline McNeill, Glasgow, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Supported by: Katy Clark
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Result 20 for, 97 against, 1 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Motions
Motions made by Michael Marra in Parliament
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Questions
Questions Michael Marra has asked
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Asked by: Marra, Michael, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 17 April 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported situation facing former clients of McClure Solicitors, what discussions it has had regarding enabling the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission to consider groups of complaints, rather than considering complaints purely on an individual basis."
Taken in the Chamber on 24 April 2024
Asked by: Marra, Michael, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 12 February 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 24 January 2024 regarding additional funding for local authorities of £600 million, how much the Scottish Government will receive in Barnett consequential funding, and if the quantum is not yet known, when it…
Answered by Tom Arthur on 11 March 2024
Asked by: Marra, Michael, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 2 February 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how many people in (a) Scotland and (b) each NHS board are currently waiting for elective vasectomy surgery."
Answered by Neil Gray on 20 February 2024
Asked by: Marra, Michael, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 2 February 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government when each of Scotland’s NHS boards last performed an elective vasectomy surgery."
Answered by Neil Gray on 20 February 2024
Asked by: Marra, Michael, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 6 December 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the letter of 21 September 2023 from the Minister for Public Health and Women's Health to Michael Marra, how many of the 142 women who were waiting for urethral bulking, fascial sling repair or colposuspension have now undergone the procedure for which they were waiting."
Answered by Jenni Minto on 15 December 2023
Asked by: Marra, Michael, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 1 November 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government what policies it has in place to prevent the auto-deletion of any messages by ministers and special advisors before they become part of official records."
Answered by Shona Robison on 15 November 2023
Asked by: Marra, Michael, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 11 September 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government, following the meeting of 20 July 2023, on which two further dates its Tax Advisory Group will meet in 2023."
Answered by Shona Robison on 26 September 2023
Asked by: Marra, Michael, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 14 August 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the review of credit card spending by the civil service, announced by the First Minister on 8 August 2023, what the terms of reference will be; who will lead the review; to whom it will report; how many civil servants will be assigned to work on the review; what the estimated budget is for the review, and…
Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 September 2023
Asked by: Marra, Michael, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 6 September 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government when it agreed the Investment Zones selection method with the UK Government."
Taken in the Chamber on 14 September 2023
Asked by: Marra, Michael, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 4 September 2023
"To ask the First Minister, following the publication of NHS Tayside’s Due Diligence Review of Documentation Held Relating to Professor Eljamel, whether the Scottish Government will immediately approve an independent public inquiry."
Taken in the Chamber on 7 September 2023
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