Russell Findlay
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for West Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
About Russell Findlay
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The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 6975
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Parliamentary and Government Roles
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Party Roles
Russell has 1 party role
Party Spokesperson on Justice
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Previous roles
Russell has had 3 previous roles
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21 May 2021 - 28 June 2023
Deputy Party Spokesperson on Community Safety
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
22 September 2021 - 08 September 2022
Health Social Care and Sport Committee
Substitute Member
17 June 2021 - 22 June 2021
Criminal Justice Committee
Member
Register of interests
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Recent Activity
What was said
What Russell Findlay has said in Parliament
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Chamber meeting date: 20 September 2023
Mental Health Services (Prisons)
Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "Vehicles belonging to prison officers have been destroyed in at least 10 fire bombings outside Scottish prisons…
Chamber meeting date: 19 September 2023
Drug Law Reform
Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "I, too, begin by wishing Elena Whitham a quick recovery from Covid. As every speaker will testify today, Scotland has a deep-rooted, desperate and deadly relationship with substance abuse. Scotland also has a severe problem with organised crime…
Criminal Justice Committee meeting date: 13 September 2023
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-25
Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "Good morning. My question is for DCC Connors. A pilot project in north-east Scotland will see certain crimes not being investigated. Do you envisage that pilot being extended to elsewhere in Scotland?"
Chamber meeting date: 12 September 2023
Police Scotland (Recorded Police Warnings)
1. Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that Police Scotland has issued more than 100,000 recorded police warnings over the past five years. (S6T-01529)"
Chamber meeting date: 7 September 2023
Criminal Justice (Sentencing Guidelines)
Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "Three months ago, I asked the First Minister about a murderer and rapist who received a shorter prison sentence due to new sentencing guidelines for under-25s…
Votes
How Russell Findlay has voted in Parliament
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Approval of SSI
Submitted by: George Adam, Paisley, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Result 83 for, 27 against, 3 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Protecting Specialist Neonatal Services in Lanarkshire
Submitted by: Jenni Minto, Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Supported by: Michael Matheson, Maree Todd
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Result 63 for, 50 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Protecting Specialist Neonatal Services in Lanarkshire
Submitted by: Jackie Baillie, Dumbarton, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, September 18, 2023
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Result 63 for, 50 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Protecting Scotland's Nature
Submitted by: Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, September 18, 2023
Supported by: Paul Sweeney, Mercedes Villalba
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Result 63 for, 50 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Protecting Scotland's Nature
Submitted by: Lorna Slater, Lothian, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Supported by: Neil Gray, Richard Lochhead, Gillian Martin
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Result 63 for, 50 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Motions
Motions made by Russell Findlay in Parliament
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Questions
Questions Russell Findlay has asked
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Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 20 September 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the introduction of road traffic congestion charging schemes."
Taken in the Chamber on 28 September 2023
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 19 September 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government when the next Criminal Proceedings in Scotland statistics are due to be published."
Answer expected on 3 October 2023
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 6 September 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government how many prison officers are equipped with body-worn video cameras across the Scottish Prison Service estate."
Answered by Angela Constance on 19 September 2023
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 11 September 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that Police Scotland has issued more than 100,000 recorded police warnings over the past five years."
Taken in the Chamber on 12 September 2023
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 6 September 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government whether any prison officers at HMP Kilmarnock who are equipped with body-worn cameras will retain these following the planned nationalisation of the prison in March 2024."
Answer expected on 21 September 2023
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 6 September 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has plans to roll out body-worn video cameras to all prison officers working across the Scottish Prison Service estate."
Answer expected on 21 September 2023
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 14 July 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government how many reported incidences of fire-raising of vehicles within the (a) Scottish Prison Service estate and (b) estate of Scotland's two privately operated prisons there have been in each of the last five years."
Answered by Angela Constance on 7 August 2023
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 14 July 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken in response to reported incidences of fire-raising of vehicles belonging to prison service staff."
Answered by Angela Constance on 7 August 2023
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 13 July 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08446 by Keith Brown on 20 May 2022, when the cost consultation exercise in relation to taking HMP Kilmarnock back into public ownership will be completed."
Answered by Angela Constance on 7 August 2023
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 13 July 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost of Serco’s contract to run HMP Kilmarnock has been over the period that it has been active; what the cost has been in each financial year, and what the projected cost is for the 2023-24 financial year."
Answered by Angela Constance on 7 August 2023
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