Scottish Labour
MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 2007 - present day
Former MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 1999 - 2003
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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: 30 October 2025
Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): "I add my thanks to those who provided evidence to the committee on the bill and to the committee’s support staff, who helped us in our deliberations…
Chamber meeting date: 29 October 2025
Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): "Amendment 65 would require ministers to bring forward guidance on lotting decisions that includes information on how they will consider crofts, agricultural tenancies and smallholdings on the land…
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 29 October 2025
Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): "Crofting is for agricultural use and sustainability. Some time ago, we heard from a group of crofters and smallholders that many of them had already reached net zero and were sequestering carbon…
Chamber meeting date: 28 October 2025
Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): "Amendment 129 would ensure that the public interest was at the forefront of land management plans. Acting in the public interest is a well-understood concept and should be at the very heart of this bill, but, sadly, it is missing…
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee meeting date: 28 October 2025
Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): "Following on from that, I note that some witnesses have told us that part 1 of the bill is not compatible with the UNCRC, because it amends the 1980 act. Is the bill compatible?"
Find out how Rhoda Grant has voted recently.
Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 30, 2025
Result 70 for, 31 against, 11 abstained, 17 did not vote
MSP not voted
Agreed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Result 21 for, 91 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Result 43 for, 70 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Result 85 for, 27 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Result 24 for, 89 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Find out what motions Rhoda Grant has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:30 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its guidance on the proposed phasing out of cages for laying hens."
Asked by: Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:21 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 18 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of whether the Family Court system is compliant with article (a) 3, (b) 9, (c) 12, (d) 18 and (e) 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child."
Asked by: Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:21 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 18 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether penalties for parents or carers who breach contact orders approved by Family Courts are to be introduced."
Asked by: Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:17 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 14 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the reported purchase of Kinrara Estate near Aviemore by Oxygen Conservation is in the public interest."
Asked by: Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:17 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 14 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government where the liability lies for any repayment of planting grants given to the Kinrara Estate, near Aviemore, following the reported sale of the estate by Brewdog to Oxygen Conservation."
Asked by: Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:22 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 6 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Calmare therapy being offered in Ireland, Italy, Germany, USA and Australia, what its position is on the reported view of the UK specialist clinic, the London Spine Unit, that the therapy is an “efficient and safe alternative for several different types of refractory chronic neuropathic pain, with a…
Asked by: Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:22 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 6 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what research it is undertaking into the potential (a) effectiveness and (b) cost-effectiveness of Calmare therapy in offering relief for conditions such as nerve pain, cancer pain, opioid-induced pain and chronic regional pain syndrome, and whether this therapy is being considered for routine commissioning to offer…
Asked by: Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:24 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 1 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of it withdrawing the Scottish Good Practice statement on myalgic enchephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and adopting the NICE Guideline on the condition, how compliant specialist services for ME/CFS are to be instituted and monitored for NICE Clinical Guideline compliance across Scotland, and…
Asked by: Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:29 September 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 27 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered seeking to amend the definition of peatland under the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 to cover areas of peat with a thickness of 30 centimetres or greater, and if so, what the outcome was, in light of the recent decision by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural…
Asked by: Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged:26 September 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to mark the anniversary in November of the founding of the Highlands and Islands Development Board."