Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for Lothian (Region) 2016 - 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: 20 November 2025
Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con): "In Scotland, people living with chronic pain have been expressing concern that the Scottish national residential pain management programme, which is based in Glasgow and provides intense support to people from all over Scotland who live with chronic pain, will no longer be directly funded by the Scottish Government. The Scottish Parliament voted to…
Chamber meeting date: 20 November 2025
Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con): "I thank Clare Adamson for securing the debate once again this year. I sometimes wonder where the year goes between these debates…
Chamber meeting date: 19 November 2025
Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con): "On Monday, Russell Findlay and I visited Edinburgh College to tour its construction facility—the Minister for Higher and Further Education will know it well, as it is in his constituency…
Chamber meeting date: 19 November 2025
Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con): "I start on a positive note by thanking the Labour Party for sponsoring a debate on education. It is important that we have those; in January, the Scottish Conservatives sponsored a similar debate about our school environments…
Education, Children and Young People Committee meeting date: 19 November 2025
Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con): "Will the minister give way? 09:45"
Find out how Miles Briggs has voted recently.
Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Supported by: Natalie Don-Innes, Ben Macpherson
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Result 64 for, 53 against, 1 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, November 17, 2025
Supported by: Pam Duncan-Glancy
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Result 61 for, 57 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Result 53 for, 63 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Submitted by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Glasgow, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, November 17, 2025
Supported by: Paul Sweeney, Martin Whitfield
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Result 63 for, 54 against, 1 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Submitted by: Ben Macpherson, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Supported by: Natalie Don-Innes, Kate Forbes, Jenny Gilruth
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Result 58 for, 60 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
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: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 19 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many controlled parking zones have been introduced by each local authority in each year since 1999, also broken down by how many parking permits have been sold for these each year, and how much has been raised by these sales."
Asked by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 19 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many school days have been lost due to industrial action in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority."
Asked by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 19 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what new funding will be given to the Cancer Strategy for Scotland 2023–2033."
Asked by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 19 November 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the number of police officers in Edinburgh and the Lothians, in light of the growth in the population of south east Scotland and any additional policing duties in the capital."
Asked by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 7 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 19 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many buildings with cladding have had the Single Building Assessment completed."
Asked by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 7 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 18 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many additional credits for college courses have been delivered as part of the just transition in each year since 2019, broken down by college."
Asked by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 7 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 18 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many buildings with cladding have had remedial works carried out as a result of the Single Building Assessment."
Asked by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 7 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 18 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many times its Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE) team has been deployed to support businesses in each year since 2009."
Asked by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 29 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 12 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many veterans have declared themselves homeless in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority."
Asked by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 29 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to develop a national prostate cancer screening programme."