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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: 12 June 2025
Monica Lennon (Central Scotland) (Lab): "I am grateful to have the opportunity to take part in the debate. I congratulate my colleague Colin Smyth and commend him for securing it and for uniting members on this issue…
Chamber meeting date: 12 June 2025
Monica Lennon (Central Scotland) (Lab): "Emissions from buildings remain largely unchanged, so the Government must go faster to switch households to clean heating sources and improve the energy efficiency of existing homes…
Chamber meeting date: 11 June 2025
Monica Lennon (Central Scotland) (Lab): "In securing the debate, Scottish Labour is confronting the crisis that is gripping the NHS in Scotland. That crisis is not simply measured in statistics; it is felt in the lives of patients, nurses, doctors and families across our nation…
Chamber meeting date: 10 June 2025
Monica Lennon (Central Scotland) (Lab): "I support Jackie Baillie’s amendments and the other amendments in the group. This has been a long time coming and it is really important that we get it right…
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee meeting date: 3 June 2025
Monica Lennon (Central Scotland) (Lab): "In an earlier discussion with Mark Ruskell, Mr Lumsden made reference to net zero. I hear the distinction that he makes between public interest and community interest and his point that they might not add up to the same thing…
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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 against
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 voted for
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 for
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 Monica Lennon has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Lennon, Monica, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 12 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to (a) local authorities and (b) the public regarding the use of exempt fireplaces and stoves in smoke control areas, and how it ensures that the list of DEFRA-approved appliances for Scotland is kept up-to-date and accessible."
Answer expected on 26 June 2025
Asked by: Lennon, Monica, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 12 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what measures are in place to ensure that local authorities effectively enforce smoke control area regulations and address complaints, particularly regarding the use of unauthorised fuels in domestic wood-burning stoves…
Answer expected on 26 June 2025
Asked by: Lennon, Monica, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 12 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what safeguards are in place to ensure that public funds do not contribute to the production and export of weapons used in human rights violations."
Answer expected on 26 June 2025
Asked by: Lennon, Monica, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 12 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-02239 by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 September 2016, which states that the Scottish Law Commission had agreed to consider the Division of Commonties Act 1695 as part of its work on statute law repeals, what the outcome was of that work."
Answer expected on 26 June 2025
Asked by: Lennon, Monica, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 10 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the ongoing industrial dispute between Scottish Water and the trade unions, Unite, GMB and UNISON, including regarding reports that Scottish Water incurred contingency costs of almost £3 million on water operations and contractors during recent industrial action."
Answer expected on 24 June 2025
Asked by: Lennon, Monica, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 10 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-28609 by Christina McKelvie on 6 August 2024, when the result of the Public Health Scotland investigation into the apparent decline in alcohol treatment numbers, which was due for completion in 2024, will be published."
Answer expected on 24 June 2025
Asked by: Lennon, Monica, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 10 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-36288 by Neil Gray on 17 April 2025, whether it will provide an update on the publication of the UK-wide clinical guidelines on alcohol treatment."
Answer expected on 24 June 2025
Asked by: Lennon, Monica, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 10 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Alcohol brief interventions: A review of strategy and recommendations for policy (ABIs), which was published by Public Health Scotland in October 2024, and how it will take forward the recommendations from the report."
Answer expected on 24 June 2025
Asked by: Lennon, Monica, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what alternative environmental taxes, such as those related to incineration, have been considered to replace the Scottish Landfill Communities Fund."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 10 June 2025
Asked by: Lennon, Monica, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in the event that the Scottish Landfill Communities Fund is not continued, what assessment has been undertaken of any impact that this will have on the ability to deliver against the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy delivery plans."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 10 June 2025
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