Scottish National Party
MSP for East Lothian (Constituency) 2021 - present day
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30 March 2023 - 11 June 2025
Scottish Government
17 June 2021 - 11 April 2023
Member
31 March 2022 - 11 April 2023
Member
17 June 2021 - 25 November 2021
Member
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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
The Minister for Housing (Paul McLennan): "The Scottish Government has established a comprehensive cladding remediation system…
Chamber meeting date: 5 June 2025
The Minister for Housing (Paul McLennan): "The procurement exercise to appoint the grant fund manager for the homelessness prevention pilots is under way. The contract is due to be awarded by 1 July 2025, and we expect the fund to open for bids shortly after that…
Chamber meeting date: 5 June 2025
The Minister for Housing (Paul McLennan): "Increasing affordable housing supply is the best way to reduce time in temporary accommodation. We have provided £80 million through our voids and acquisitions fund last year and this year to increase the supply of social and affordable homes…
Chamber meeting date: 29 May 2025
The Minister for Housing (Paul McLennan): "I recognise that it is a very difficult time for households that are affected by RAAC. Homeowners are generally responsible for maintenance costs…
Chamber meeting date: 29 May 2025
The Minister for Housing (Paul McLennan): "The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice made a statement to the Parliament on the issue on 22 May…
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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 against
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 for
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 abstained
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Paul McLennan has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: McLennan, Paul, East Lothian, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 13 March 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government, in the event that any bids that it receives for National Park status cover contiguous or overlapping areas, whether the Scottish Ministers will be able to consider combining those bids into one larger National Park."
Answered by Lorna Slater on 27 March 2023
Asked by: McLennan, Paul, East Lothian, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 16 March 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has been advised by the UK Government of any Barnett consequential funding regarding the announcement in the Spring Budget of a one-year fund made up of £40 million to make swimming pools more energy efficient in the long term and £23 million in grants to leisure centres with swimming pools that…
Answered by Maree Todd on 25 March 2023
Asked by: McLennan, Paul, East Lothian, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 23 March 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) decarbonisation seabed leasing round, and what the next steps are for INTOG."
Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 March 2023
Asked by: McLennan, Paul, East Lothian, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 10 March 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government how it engages with the Ministry of Defence regarding objections to wind farm projects within the 50km safeguarding zone at Eskdalemuir."
Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 March 2023
Asked by: McLennan, Paul, East Lothian, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 15 March 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to celebrate and mark St Andrew's Day 2023."
Taken in the Chamber on 22 March 2023
Asked by: McLennan, Paul, East Lothian, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 15 February 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its Hydrogen Action Plan, including regarding the role that local authorities can play in defining demand."
Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2023
Asked by: McLennan, Paul, East Lothian, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 6 February 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how much funding has been allocated for the construction of Changing Places toilets in the current parliamentary session, and by what date it expects this will be made available."
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 13 February 2023
Asked by: McLennan, Paul, East Lothian, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 2 February 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the findings of the Local Governance Review."
Taken in the Chamber on 9 February 2023
Asked by: McLennan, Paul, East Lothian, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 25 January 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any benefits to the structure of legal aid payments of the agreement on Scottish court legal aid fees between the Scottish Government, Scottish Solicitors Bar Association and the Law Society."
Taken in the Chamber on 1 February 2023
Asked by: McLennan, Paul, East Lothian, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 9 January 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12681 by Màiri McAllan on 13 December 2022, whether detailed marine spatial plans, as opposed to broad spatial areas, will be provisionally set in the new National Marine Plan (NMP2), in line with section 11(2)(a)(ii) of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010, unless and until…
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 January 2023
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