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 2016 - 29 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: 18 December 2025
7. Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service’s public consultation on the proposed closure of Marionville fire station in Edinburgh. (S6O-05313)"
Chamber meeting date: 18 December 2025
Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con): "At the heart of many of the challenges that our teachers face around ASN is parents’ inability to seek a diagnosis pathway for autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder…
Chamber meeting date: 18 December 2025
Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con): "At the heart of many of the challenges that our teachers face around ASN is parents’ inability to seek a diagnosis pathway for autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder…
Chamber meeting date: 17 December 2025
Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con): "Will the cabinet secretary agree to report back to the Parliament on any destruction and loss of evidence and records when she is made aware that such an incident has happened…
Chamber meeting date: 16 December 2025
Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con): "In the time that I have served on the Parliament’s Education, Children and Young People Committee, there has been a recurring theme that teachers, parents and carers, trade unions, educationalists and, indeed, most MSPs who serve on the committee will recognise, which is that, after the pandemic, our young people continue to face major challenges.…
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Submitted by: Russell Findlay, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Thursday, December 11, 2025
Supported by: Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Jackson Carlaw, Finlay Carson, Sharon Dowey, Tim Eagle, Murdo Fraser, Meghan Gallacher, Maurice Golden, Dr Pam Gosal MBE, Dr Sandesh Gulhane, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Rachael Hamilton, Craig Hoy, Liam Kerr, Stephen Kerr, Douglas Lumsden, Roz McCall, Edward Mountain, Oliver Mundell, Douglas Ross, Liz Smith, Alexander Stewart, Sue Webber, Annie Wells, Tess White, Brian Whittle
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Result 57 for, 67 against, 1 abstained, 4 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Result 1 for, 95 against, 18 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Submitted by: Maurice Golden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Friday, December 12, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Result 119 for, 2 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Liz Smith, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Thursday, December 11, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Result 120 for, 0 against, 1 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, December 11, 2025
Result 79 for, 27 against, 0 abstained, 23 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
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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: 18 December 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what recommendations it has made regarding ratings for gas boilers versus electric heaters on EPC reports."
Asked by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 18 December 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the evidence given by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs to the Education, Children and Young People Committee on 17 December 2025, in which the Cabinet Secretary commented that she had made a "private call" to a person with no officials present, stating that she subsequently made a note of…
Asked by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 17 December 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Student Awards Agency Scotland regarding the recent audit of student loans by the agency, and what its position is on any additional loan balance adjustments discovered as a result of the audit being added to people’s loans retrospectively, including in cases where it was…
Asked by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 17 December 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the establishment of an independent national whistleblowing office for education and children’s services."
Asked by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 17 December 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the justice secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding any plans to deliver campus police officers across all schools."
Asked by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 15 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 17 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many men in Scotland have received BRCA gene tests in each year since 1999."
Asked by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 3 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many co-ordinated support plans have been made in each local authority, in each year since their introduction."
Asked by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 3 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on breakfast provision from Public Equity Funding (PEF) since the policy was established in 2017."
Asked by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 3 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 16 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the theme of Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Week 2025, "How it Feels", how it plans to shed light on the serious and life-changing nature of the conditions, in order to transform understanding in schools and to ensure that students are better supported to complete their education."
Asked by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 15 December 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 12 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Managed Clinical Network for Children and Young People with Cancer’s (MCN CYPC) transition (from Managed Service Network), what action it is taking to ensure that the MCN CYPC (a) maintains dedicated administrative and data management staffing levels, and (b) has the requisite funding and powers…