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.
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 4 September 2024
Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): "On the same theme, local management would give local fishers ownership of their area and create better compliance…
Chamber meeting date: 3 September 2024
Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): "The statement did not mention freight capacity at all…
Chamber meeting date: 27 June 2024
6. Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its consideration of the impact of the change in subsidised air service provider between Uist and Stornoway on access to services, including health services, for people with reduced mobility. (S6O-03650)"
Chamber meeting date: 27 June 2024
Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): "Listing the projects that have been completed instead of the dualling of the A9 simply adds insult to injury for the people of the north, who have waited too long. How much land has been purchased for the A9 and how much remains to be purchased?"
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 26 June 2024
Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): "What thought has been given to climate change? One of the reasons put forward for the decrease in wild salmon numbers is heavy rain at the time of fish spawning in rivers…
Find out how Rhoda Grant has voted recently.
Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Supported by: Graeme Dey, Natalie Don-Innes, Paul McLennan, Shirley-Anne Somerville, Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 5, 2024
Result 67 for, 54 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Paul O'Kane, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Supported by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Michael Marra
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 5, 2024
Result 21 for, 95 against, 4 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 5, 2024
Result 8 for, 113 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 5, 2024
Result 29 for, 91 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Sarah Boyack, Lothian, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Result 58 for, 59 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
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: Grant, Rhoda, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 6 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on whether it will introduce its proposed Human Rights Bill in the current parliamentary session."
Answer expected on 23 September 2024
Asked by: Grant, Rhoda, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 4 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its reported plans to require ScotRail to procure high-speed trains to replace the current fleet that operates on its InterCity routes between Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness, what impact this will have on journey times, and whether this procurement covers improvements to rail track or is…
Answer expected on 19 September 2024
Asked by: Grant, Rhoda, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how much public funding it allocated to (a) Highland, (b) Argyll and Bute, (c) Orkney Islands and (d) Shetland Islands Council for ferry services in each year since 2017-18 to date."
Answer expected on 18 September 2024
Asked by: Grant, Rhoda, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 2 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what plans it has to upgrade train services."
Answer expected on 17 September 2024
Asked by: Grant, Rhoda, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 2 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it remains committed to upgrading the Delmore passing loop."
Answer expected on 17 September 2024
Asked by: Grant, Rhoda, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 2 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government when the Delmore passing loop will be upgraded."
Answer expected on 17 September 2024
Asked by: Grant, Rhoda, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 2 September 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to upgrade train services north of Inverness."
Answer expected on 17 September 2024
Asked by: Grant, Rhoda, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 28 August 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any impact in Scotland, what its response is to the most recent report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences."
Answer expected on 26 September 2024
Asked by: Grant, Rhoda, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 16 July 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to fulfil the Scottish National Party 2021 manifesto commitment to "legislate to ensure equal rights of succession for women in agriculture, and reform trust law that enables avoidance of legal obligations like the pre-emptive right to buy for tenants"."
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 31 July 2024
Asked by: Grant, Rhoda, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 27 June 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what (a) discussions it had, (b) action it took and (c) meetings were held in relation to the decision of the City of Edinburgh Council to defer the planned friendship agreement with the Taiwanese port city, Kaohsiung."
Answered by Angus Robertson on 24 July 2024