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22 September 2021 - 25 April 2023
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22 June 2021 - 25 April 2023
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31 May 2021 - 10 April 2023
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17 June 2021 - 22 June 2021
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Chamber meeting date: 11 December 2024
7. Paul O’Kane (West Scotland) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish the next medium-term financial strategy. (S6O-04103)"
Chamber meeting date: 11 December 2024
Paul O’Kane (West Scotland) (Lab): "As convener of the cross-party group on changing places toilets, I welcome another opportunity to discuss this important issue in the chamber. Indeed, it is our second debate this year…
Chamber meeting date: 10 December 2024
Paul O’Kane (West Scotland) (Lab): "I welcome the Scottish Government’s on-going positive engagement with the British-Irish Council, which is a very important body for promoting peace and stability across these islands…
Chamber meeting date: 10 December 2024
Paul O’Kane (West Scotland) (Lab): "I am pleased to open on behalf of Scottish Labour in this debate marking human rights day…
Chamber meeting date: 5 December 2024
Paul O’Kane (West Scotland) (Lab): "I am pleased to close on behalf of Scottish Labour in an important debate…
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Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Supported by: Ivan McKee
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Result 73 for, 28 against, 21 abstained, 7 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, December 9, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Result 94 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Result 73 for, 49 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Siobhian Brown, Ayr, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, December 9, 2024
Supported by: Angela Constance
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Result 119 for, 0 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Tess White, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, December 9, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Result 28 for, 89 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Find out what motions Paul O'Kane has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 12 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comments by the Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport during the members' business debate on motion S6M-14427 (Reversal of £10 Million Funding for Changing Places Toilets) on 11 December 2024, whether it will provide the draft criteria for the planned Changing Places Toilet Fund to…
Answer expected on 9 January 2025
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 12 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comments by the Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport during the members' business debate on motion S6M-14427 (Reversal of £10 Million Funding for Changing Places Toilets) on 11 December 2024, by what date it plans to have published the application form for the planned Changing…
Answer expected on 9 January 2025
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 12 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comments by the Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport during the members' business debate on motion S6M-14427 (Reversal of £10 Million Funding for Changing Places Toilets) on 11 December 2024, by what date in the 2025-26 financial year it hopes to have opened the Changing Places…
Answer expected on 9 January 2025
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 12 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comments by the Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport during the members' business debate on motion S6M-14427 (Reversal of £10 Million Funding for Changing Places Toilets) on 11 December 2024, how much funding has been allocated from within its draft mental health budget for…
Answer expected on 9 January 2025
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 12 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comments by the Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport during the members' business debate on motion S6M-14427 (Reversal of £10 Million Funding for Changing Places Toilets) on 11 December 2024, whether it plans to publish the draft criteria for the planned Changing Places Toilet…
Answer expected on 9 January 2025
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 11 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what recent engagement its ministers have had with Disabled People's Organisations to discuss any concerns of disabled people."
Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2024
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 27 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Great School Libraries campaign to bring libraries and access to librarians back to every school in the UK, as it relates to Scotland."
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 11 December 2024
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 27 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it (a) can take and (b) is taking to support local authorities to ensure that licensed taxi drivers comply with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to refusing or attempting to refuse to carry visually impaired people due to them travelling with their guide dog."
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 10 December 2024
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 4 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish the next Medium-Term Financial Strategy."
Taken in the Chamber on 11 December 2024
Asked by: O'Kane, Paul, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 28 November 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what support it has provided to local authorities for the provision of school (a) libraries and (b) librarians in the current financial year, and in each year since 2021."
Answer expected on 13 December 2024