Scottish National Party
MSP for Airdrie and Shotts (Constituency) 2021 - present day
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08 February 2024 - 08 May 2024
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30 March 2023 - 08 February 2024
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11 March 2022 - 30 March 2023
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25 January 2022 - 11 March 2022
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23 June 2021 - 25 January 2022
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23 June 2021 - 25 January 2022
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17 June 2021 - 23 June 2021
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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: 16 September 2025
The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care (Neil Gray): "Under this Government, nursing and midwifery staffing has increased by almost 19 per cent since 2006…
Chamber meeting date: 10 September 2025
The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care (Neil Gray): "The NHS Scotland support and intervention framework is one of the key elements of monitoring performance and managing risk across the national health service in Scotland…
Chamber meeting date: 10 September 2025
The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care (Neil Gray): "My priority is to expand national health service capacity to cut waiting times. That is why we have invested a record £21.7 billion in the budget—which, I note, Labour MSPs refused to support…
Chamber meeting date: 4 September 2025
The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care (Neil Gray): "Our approach to reform focuses on primary and community care, aiming to shift the balance of care where appropriate for people and their families…
Chamber meeting date: 2 September 2025
The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care (Neil Gray): "We are investing a record £21.7 billion in health and social care this year, in a budget that Jackie Baillie refused to support. The focused investment coming from that budget is delivering tangible improvements in health and social care performance…
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Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Supported by: Richard Lochhead
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 11, 2025
Result 60 for, 49 against, 7 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 11, 2025
Result 23 for, 91 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 11, 2025
Result 26 for, 88 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Supported by: Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Result 72 for, 45 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, September 8, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Result 91 for, 27 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Neil Gray has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Gray, Neil, Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 10 January 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will support public sector employers to pilot a four-day working week."
Answered by Kate Forbes on 25 January 2022
Asked by: Gray, Neil, Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 10 January 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been allocated to North Lanarkshire Council to build council housing in each year since 1999."
Answered by Shona Robison on 24 January 2022
Asked by: Gray, Neil, Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 19 January 2022
Asked by: Gray, Neil, Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 12 January 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it and Transport Scotland have had with ScotRail and Network Rail regarding the accessibility of Shotts railway station."
Taken in the Chamber on 20 January 2022
Asked by: Gray, Neil, Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 22 December 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government what support and treatment is available for people diagnosed with phenylketonuria."
Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2022
Asked by: Gray, Neil, Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 8 December 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in NHS Lanarkshire."
Taken in the Chamber on 15 December 2021
Asked by: Gray, Neil, Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17 November 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the roll-out of the new Child Disability Payment."
Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2021
Asked by: Gray, Neil, Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 3 November 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government what impact its revised rules on the use of fireworks have had on antisocial behaviour complaints related to bonfire night."
Taken in the Chamber on 10 November 2021
Asked by: Gray, Neil, Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 20 October 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its policies and actions across government to support the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and how these have been impacted by the reported cross-sector labour shortages."
Taken in the Chamber on 27 October 2021
Asked by: Gray, Neil, Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 27 September 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government how many children in the Airdrie and Shotts constituency it expects will receive support from the proposed expansion of child winter heating assistance."
Answered by Ben Macpherson on 14 October 2021