Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for Lothian (Region) 2016 - present day
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05 September 2023 - 06 November 2024
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17 June 2021 - 10 October 2024
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21 May 2021 - 08 October 2024
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28 June 2023 - 08 October 2024
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28 June 2023 - 08 October 2024
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17 June 2021 - 29 June 2023
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21 May 2021 - 28 June 2023
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21 May 2021 - 28 June 2023
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11 August 2020 - 04 May 2021
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20 August 2020 - 04 May 2021
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14 August 2020 - 04 May 2021
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08 June 2016 - 20 August 2020
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25 February 2020 - 20 August 2020
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28 June 2017 - 11 August 2020
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
28 June 2017 - 11 August 2020
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28 June 2016 - 29 June 2017
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26 May 2016 - 28 June 2017
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26 May 2016 - 28 June 2017
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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: 10 June 2025
Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con): "Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I have red lights flashing up on my screen here—sadly, that is very much like the Sheriffhall roundabout. I thank colleagues across the chamber for supporting my motion and allowing the debate to take place…
Chamber meeting date: 5 June 2025
Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con): "This week, I launched a campaign so that people across Lothian can make their voices heard about this notorious junction. After 20 years of discussion and the spending of more than £6 million on consultation fees, we are no further forward…
Chamber meeting date: 4 June 2025
Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con): "A freedom of information request by the Scottish Conservatives has revealed that teachers in Edinburgh and Aberdeenshire have requested self-defence classes…
Education, Children and Young People Committee meeting date: 4 June 2025
Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con): "Good morning, and thank you for joining us today. I must say that I have found this a frustrating session. We need to understand the human impact of the cuts that we are talking about…
Chamber meeting date: 28 May 2025
Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con): "On Monday evening, I attended a packed public meeting, organised by Change Mental Health, to discuss the concerns of many service users…
Find out how Miles Briggs has voted recently.
Submitted by: Liz Smith, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 12, 2025
Result 24 for, 84 against, 0 abstained, 21 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Michael Marra, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 12, 2025
Result 19 for, 62 against, 27 abstained, 21 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Supported by: Tom Arthur, Richard Lochhead, Paul McLennan, Shirley-Anne Somerville, Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 12, 2025
Result 67 for, 42 against, 0 abstained, 20 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Result 85 for, 32 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jackie Baillie, Dumbarton, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, June 9, 2025
Supported by: Foysol Choudhury, Katy Clark
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Result 91 for, 1 against, 21 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Miles Briggs has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Briggs, Miles, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 30 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many school buildings that have been surveyed still currently contain asbestos, and whether it will provide a list of any such schools, broken down by local authority area."
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 12 June 2025
Asked by: Briggs, Miles, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 11 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to ensure that palliative care becomes a national priority."
Answer expected on 25 June 2025
Asked by: Briggs, Miles, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 11 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that less than 10% of patients survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Scotland, what action Ministers are taking to improve CPR training and defibrillator familiarisation in schools, to improve citizen response to an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest."
Answer expected on 25 June 2025
Asked by: Briggs, Miles, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 11 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many visits to schools for engagement events have been made by community police in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority."
Answer expected on 25 June 2025
Asked by: Briggs, Miles, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 11 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS Scotland regarding increasing the number of centres that can provide CAR T-cell therapy beyond Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen."
Answer expected on 25 June 2025
Asked by: Briggs, Miles, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 11 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that blood cancer patients from Scotland's most deprived areas have equal access to CAR T-cell therapies, following the findings in Public Health Scotland's recent report on CAR-T for haematological malignancies from 2020 to 2023."
Answer expected on 25 June 2025
Asked by: Briggs, Miles, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 11 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on counsellors in schools in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority."
Answer expected on 25 June 2025
Asked by: Briggs, Miles, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 11 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what value of financial penalties on colleges and universities for recruiting above their allocated funded places has been returned to and received by the Scottish Government in each year since 1999, broken down by individual (a) college and (b) university."
Answer expected on 25 June 2025
Asked by: Briggs, Miles, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 11 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it has provided in relation to locating defibrillators outside school buildings."
Answer expected on 25 June 2025
Asked by: Briggs, Miles, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 11 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings laid out in Public Health Scotland's recent report on CAR-T for haematological malignancies from 2020 to 2023."
Answer expected on 25 June 2025