Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for Central Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
Post-d: Stephen.Kerr.msp@parliament.scot
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
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06 November 2024 - 26 June 2025
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29 June 2023 - 28 March 2024
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22 June 2022 - 29 June 2023
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22 September 2022 - 29 June 2023
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20 September 2022 - 28 June 2023
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18 May 2021 - 22 September 2022
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21 May 2021 - 20 September 2022
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21 May 2021 - 20 September 2022
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23 June 2021 - 25 May 2022
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23 June 2021 - 25 May 2022
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17 June 2021 - 23 June 2021
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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: 16 December 2025
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con): "That is absolutely scandalous."
Chamber meeting date: 16 December 2025
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con): "That is absolutely scandalous."
Chamber meeting date: 10 December 2025
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con): "The Deputy First Minister has talked about support for manufacturing, but communities across Forth Valley are still waiting for basic transparency about the future of the Ineos Olefins and Polymers plant at Grangemouth…
Chamber meeting date: 10 December 2025
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con): "Will Claire Baker give way on that point?"
Economy and Fair Work Committee meeting date: 10 December 2025
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con): "I am not a lawyer and I am certainly not a professor of any of these matters. Some of the language, terminology and new words continue to nearly bamboozle me…
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Submitted by: Russell Findlay, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Thursday, December 11, 2025
Supported by: Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Jackson Carlaw, Finlay Carson, Sharon Dowey, Tim Eagle, Murdo Fraser, Meghan Gallacher, Maurice Golden, Dr Pam Gosal MBE, Dr Sandesh Gulhane, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Rachael Hamilton, Craig Hoy, Liam Kerr, Stephen Kerr, Douglas Lumsden, Roz McCall, Edward Mountain, Oliver Mundell, Douglas Ross, Liz Smith, Alexander Stewart, Sue Webber, Annie Wells, Tess White, Brian Whittle
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Result 57 for, 67 against, 1 abstained, 4 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Result 1 for, 95 against, 18 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Submitted by: Maurice Golden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Friday, December 12, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Result 119 for, 2 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Liz Smith, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Thursday, December 11, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Result 120 for, 0 against, 1 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, December 11, 2025
Result 79 for, 27 against, 0 abstained, 23 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Find out what motions Stephen Kerr has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 15 December 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 12 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the alleged lack of crucial detail in the UK Warm Homes Plan and the impact on the Scottish Government's plans to introduce a Heat in Buildings Bill, what discussions it has had with UK Government ministers on this matter, and whether it will publish any related correspondence."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 4 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the safety risks associated with patients being treated in corridors and other non-clinical areas in hospitals."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 4 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that NHS boards record and publish corridor care data consistently."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 4 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase patient capacity in community and social care settings in order to reduce hospital overcrowding."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 4 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the Royal College of Nursing's findings in its report, On the frontline of the UK's corridor care crisis, regarding staff providing daily care in unsuitable settings."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 4 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to mandatory national reporting on corridor care in hospitals."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 4 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that patients have access to suitable equipment and facilities when they are treated outside standard hospital wards."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 4 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will investigate any reported incidents of harm, including cardiac arrests, linked to corridor care in hospitals, in the last five years."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 4 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the number of patients treated in unsuitable settings due to hospital overcrowding in each of the last five years."
Asked by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 5 December 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has made of the reported rise in attempted murders perpetrated by children."