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 not a member of any committees
Cross-party groups
Sue is a member of 9 cross-party groups
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Fair Trade
Deputy Convener
Parliamentary and Government Roles
Sue does not have any parliamentary or government roles
Party Roles
Sue has 4 party roles
Deputy Party Spokesperson on Drugs Policy
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Deputy Party Spokesperson on Public Health
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Deputy Party Spokesperson on Sport
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Deputy Party Spokesperson on Women's Health
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Previous roles
Sue has had 3 previous roles
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
23 September 2021 - 25 May 2022
Member
17 June 2021 - 23 September 2021
Member
08 September 2021 - 22 September 2021
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.
Here is the register for Sue Webber. The date of their initial statement was 02 June 2021.
Remuneration and related undertaking
I am a local authority councillor with the City of Edinburgh Council (of City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1YJ). I spend approximately 21 hours a week on this role. I receive remuneration of between £15,001 and £20,000 per annum, which includes the use of a laptop, mobile phone and iPad. My salary is donated via the Give as You Earn Scheme directly through HR Payroll.
Gifts
No registrable interests
Overseas visits
No registrable interests
Controlled transactions
No registrable interests
Heritable property
No registrable interests
Interest in shares
Until September 2021 I owned 100% of the issued share capital of MEDinburgh Ltd, a company involved in healthcare sales and marketing. The shares were ordinary shares. The business ceased trading in September 2021. [Amended interest 7 October 2021, Ceased interest 7 October 2021]
Voluntary
I am a Board Member of Pentlands Community Space.
I am a Board Member of Wester Hailes Land and Property Trust, through my elected position at the City of Edinburgh Council.
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: 26 May 2022
Drug Deaths
Sue Webber (Lothian) (Con): "We welcome the statement, which has provided some clarity on the Scottish Government’s approach to tackling this national shame…
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee meeting date: 26 May 2022
Future Parliamentary Procedures and Practices Inquiry
Sue Webber (Lothian) (Con) (Committee Substitute): "A lot has been covered. I thank Kimberley Somerside for recognising how the four sessions on Friday and Monday went…
Chamber meeting date: 24 May 2022
Business Motion
Sue Webber (Lothian) (Con): "On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My app was not working. I would have voted yes."
Chamber meeting date: 24 May 2022
Health and Social Care
Sue Webber (Lothian) (Con): "Will the member take an intervention?"
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee meeting date: 24 May 2022
Health Inequalities
Sue Webber (Lothian) (Con): "Claire Stevens, we spoke yesterday in the informal evidence session and I was interested in your comments on proportionate universalism and about Gerry McCartney’s colleague, who is a GP in a deep-end practice, in relation to how we can do some more targeted approaches, and how you think that it might help us to really drill down and take those…
Votes
How Sue Webber has voted in Parliament
Find out how Sue Webber has voted recently.
Update on Delivery of Social Security Benefits
Submitted by: Ben Macpherson, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Supported by: Christina McKelvie, Shona Robison
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, May 26, 2022
Result 65 for, 48 against, 0 abstained, 16 no vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Update on Delivery of Social Security Benefits
Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, May 26, 2022
Result 28 for, 85 against, 0 abstained, 16 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Update on Delivery of Social Security Benefits
Submitted by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Glasgow, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Supported by: Mark Griffin, Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, May 26, 2022
Result 49 for, 64 against, 0 abstained, 16 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Community Wealth Building – Delivering Transformation in Scotland’s Local and Regional Economies
Submitted by: Douglas Lumsden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Result 31 for, 87 against, 0 abstained, 11 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Keeping Care Close to Home and Improving Outcomes
Submitted by: Paul O'Kane, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, May 23, 2022
Supported by: Carol Mochan, Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Result 21 for, 97 against, 3 abstained, 8 no vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Motions
Motions made by Sue Webber in Parliament
Find out what motions Sue Webber has submitted recently.
Watsonians Women's Hockey Team Crowned Scottish Premiership Champions for First Time
Livingston-born Peter Wright Becomes First Scotsman to Reach Number One in the PDC World Rankings
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: 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…
Awaiting answer
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…
Awaiting answer
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 to support clinical research careers in each year since 2012."
Answered by: Maree Todd on 10 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
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 infrastructure in each year since 2012."
Answered by: Maree Todd on 10 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."
Awaiting answer
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."
Awaiting answer
Asked by: Webber, Sue, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 19 April 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has met its target to embed, within every Drug and Alcohol Partnership, the 10 Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) standards by April 2022."
Answered by: Angela Constance on 29 April 2022
Asked by: Webber, Sue, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 4 March 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government from where it has located the additional £6 million funding for the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund, which it announced on 25 February 2022."
Answered by: Kevin Stewart on 28 March 2022
Asked by: Webber, Sue, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 11 March 2022
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-06126 by Maree Todd on 28 February 2022, what assessment it has made, based on current projections, of when all screening centres will be able to offer women aged 53 to 70 a breast screening appointment within 39 months of their previous screening."
Answered by: Maree Todd on 22 March 2022
See all of Sue Webber's written questions submitted in Parliament