Sue Webber
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for Lothian (Region) 2021 - present day
About Sue Webber
Contact details
Contact online
Post-d: Sue.Webber.msp@parliament.scot
Website: suewebber.uk
Post-d: @suejwebber
Facebook: Sue's facebook
Contact at the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 6763
Text relay calls welcome.
Committees
Sue is a member of 2 committees
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Substitute Member
Cross-party groups
Sue is a member of 9 cross-party groups
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Beer and Pubs
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Cancer
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Co-Operatives
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Culture and Communities
Deputy Convener
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Drug and Alcohol Misuse
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Fair Trade
Deputy Convener
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Life Sciences
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on the Prevention and Healing of Adverse Childhood Experiences
Convener
Parliamentary and Government Roles
Sue has 1 parliamentary and government role
Conveners Group
Member
Party Roles
Sue has 2 party roles
Deputy Party Spokesperson on Drugs Policy
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Deputy Party Spokesperson on Mental Wellbeing
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Previous roles
Sue has had 8 previous roles
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
22 September 2021 - 22 June 2022
Standards Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Substitute Member
25 May 2022 - 31 May 2022
Education Children and Young People Committee
Member
23 September 2021 - 25 May 2022
Health Social Care and Sport Committee
Member
16 September 2021 - 20 May 2022
Deputy Party Spokesperson on Public Health
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
16 September 2021 - 20 May 2022
Deputy Party Spokesperson on Women's Health
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
16 September 2021 - 20 May 2022
Deputy Party Spokesperson on Sport
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
17 June 2021 - 23 September 2021
Constitution Europe External Affairs and Culture Committee
Member
08 September 2021 - 22 September 2021
Health Social Care and Sport Committee
Substitute Member
Register of interests
Sue's register of interests
MSPs must provide details of their financial interests in the Register of Interests. They make an initial statement on becoming or being returned as an MSP. This is then updated with any changes they provide.
Recent Activity
What was said
What Sue Webber has said in Parliament
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: 29 September 2022
Extra-curricular Activities in Schools (Funding)
6. Sue Webber (Lothian) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the funding of extra-curricular activities in schools. (S6O-01409)"
Chamber meeting date: 29 September 2022
Mesh Treatment Clarity
Sue Webber (Lothian) (Con): "As other members have done, I thank Daniel Johnson for raising this important issue. These women have suffered, and in many cases, continue to suffer huge amounts of stress and anguish…
Chamber meeting date: 29 September 2022
Excellence in Scottish Education
Sue Webber (Lothian) (Con): "Like other members who have spoken in the debate, I commend, in the words of the Scottish Government’s motion, “the hard work of ..…
Chamber meeting date: 28 September 2022
Ferries
Sue Webber (Lothian) (Con): "Will the member take an intervention on that point?"
Chamber meeting date: 22 September 2022
Skills Delivery Landscape
Sue Webber (Lothian) (Con): "A recent Audit Scotland report highlighted the Scottish Government’s inability to settle differences between the Scottish Funding Council and Skills Development Scotland…
Votes
How Sue Webber has voted in Parliament
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Excellence in Scottish Education
Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Supported by: Clare Haughey, Jamie Hepburn
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 29, 2022
Result 65 for, 50 against, 0 abstained, 14 no vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Addressing NHS Waiting Times
Submitted by: Dr. Sandesh Gulhane, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, September 26, 2022
Supported by: Sharon Dowey, Meghan Gallacher, Liam Kerr, Douglas Lumsden
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 29, 2022
Result 65 for, 52 against, 0 abstained, 12 no vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Excellence in Scottish Education
Submitted by: Stephen Kerr, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 29, 2022
Result 29 for, 64 against, 23 abstained, 13 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Excellence in Scottish Education
Submitted by: Michael Marra, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Supported by: Paul Sweeney, Martin Whitfield
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 29, 2022
Result 51 for, 65 against, 0 abstained, 13 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Scottish Government Handling of Ferry Contracts
Submitted by: Graham Simpson, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, September 26, 2022
Supported by: Sharon Dowey, Liam Kerr
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 29, 2022
Result 64 for, 53 against, 0 abstained, 12 no vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Motions
Motions made by Sue Webber in Parliament
Find out what motions Sue Webber has submitted recently.
Written questions
Written questions Sue Webber has submitted in Parliament
These are the questions that this MSP has asked the Scottish Government about its work. It also includes any answer to these questions.
Asked by: Webber, Sue, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 29 July 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government what budget it has allocated for smoking cessation services in (a) each of the last five financial years, including 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23, and what budget it has provisionally allocated for smoking cessation services over the remainder of the current parliamentary session."
Answered by: Maree Todd on 16 August 2022
Asked by: Webber, Sue, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 30 June 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to extending the sunset clause on minimum unit pricing until June 2023, when Public Health Scotland plans to publish its final, overarching report on the policy."
Answered by: Maree Todd on 18 July 2022
Asked by: Webber, Sue, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 28 June 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of mixed-sex wards in NHS hospitals in Scotland."
Answered by: Humza Yousaf on 13 July 2022
Asked by: Webber, Sue, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 28 June 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government when the recommendations of the Ventilation Short-Life Working Group (a) were submitted to the Scottish Government and (b) will be published, and what the reasons are for any delay."
Answered by: John Swinney on 5 July 2022
Asked by: Webber, Sue, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 25 May 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to developing a cross-government delivery plan for ME based on the two core principles outlined by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in his statement of 12 May 2022, and whether it will commit to listening to those with lived experience of ME/CFS in the development of healthcare…
Answered by: Maree Todd on 7 June 2022
Asked by: Webber, Sue, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 25 May 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported increasing numbers of long COVID patients who have ME/CFS, the publication of NICE guideline, NG206, on the diagnosis and management of ME/CFS, published on 29 October 2021, and the Scottish Government’s reported commitment to implementing the NICE guideline in Scotland, what its…
Answered by: Maree Todd on 7 June 2022
Asked by: Webber, Sue, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 11 May 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported findings of the recent report by the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership, with Cancer Research UK, that in 38…
Answered by: Humza Yousaf on 26 May 2022
Asked by: Webber, Sue, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 5 May 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to gather data on restraint practices applied to care-experienced children while being securely transported."
Answered by: Clare Haughey on 19 May 2022
Asked by: Webber, Sue, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 5 May 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government what data exists regarding the use of restraint applied to care-experienced children while being securely transported."
Answered by: Clare Haughey on 18 May 2022
Asked by: Webber, Sue, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 12 April 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government how much funding the Chief Scientist Office provided for clinical research in each year since 2012."
Answered by: Maree Todd on 10 May 2022
See all of Sue Webber's written questions submitted in Parliament