Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for North East Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
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The Scottish Parliament
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28 June 2023 - 08 October 2024
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
17 June 2021 - 29 June 2023
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21 May 2021 - 28 June 2023
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21 May 2021 - 28 June 2023
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
21 May 2021 - 28 June 2023
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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: 8 May 2025
Douglas Lumsden (North East Scotland) (Con): "The 250 jobs going from Harbour Energy will be a devastating blow for the families involved. Enough is enough…
Chamber meeting date: 6 May 2025
Douglas Lumsden (North East Scotland) (Con): "Well, here we are, a year from the Scottish Parliament election and, rather than the Government coming to the Parliament to offer a bold vision for an economic, prosperous Scotland, we once again have an SNP First Minister who is standing on a history of broken promises and economic decline, on a record of failure and missed targets and on a…
Chamber meeting date: 30 April 2025
Douglas Lumsden (North East Scotland) (Con): "Underpinning project willow is the need to have an energy strategy, which would provide some clarity. Where is it? When will it be published…
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee meeting date: 29 April 2025
Douglas Lumsden (North East Scotland) (Con): "I want to ask about speeding up journey times. I am a regular bus user and something that frustrates me is how long it sometimes takes at a bus stop for people to get off and on. Are there any ways that that could be sped up?"
Chamber meeting date: 24 April 2025
7. Douglas Lumsden (North East Scotland) (Con): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it will publish the outcome of the latest A96 corridor review. (S6O-04566)"
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Submitted by: Jamie Greene, West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Result 30 for, 84 against, 1 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Friday, May 2, 2025
Supported by: Tom Arthur, Richard Lochhead, Paul McLennan, Shirley-Anne Somerville, Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Result 59 for, 55 against, 1 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Result 28 for, 88 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Paul O'Kane, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Result 48 for, 68 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Lorna Slater, Lothian, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Result 7 for, 108 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Find out what motions Douglas Lumsden has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Lumsden, Douglas, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 7 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the estimated annual number of seabird and raptor collisions at operational (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind farms, broken down by (i) species and (ii) year in each of the last five years."
Answer expected on 21 May 2025
Asked by: Lumsden, Douglas, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 7 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the proportion of new wind farm consents granted since 1 January 2022 that include legally enforceable conditions requiring (a) bird-strike monitoring, (b) adaptive management plans and (c) financial bonds for remedial action."
Answer expected on 21 May 2025
Asked by: Lumsden, Douglas, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 7 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with consumer representative groups to assess any perceived fairness issues in relation to the potential introduction of zonal electricity pricing in Scotland, and what timeline it has set for any such engagement."
Answer expected on 21 May 2025
Asked by: Lumsden, Douglas, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 7 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what the implications are of its Scottish Biodiversity Strategy to 2045 for the consenting and operation of wind farm developments in areas of high ornithological sensitivity."
Answer expected on 21 May 2025
Asked by: Lumsden, Douglas, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 7 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the cumulative impact of (a) existing, (b) consented and (c) proposed wind farm developments on (i) kittiwake, (ii) gannet, (iii) white-tailed eagle and (iv) hen harrier populations, and whether it will publish any underlying data modelling."
Answer expected on 21 May 2025
Asked by: Lumsden, Douglas, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 7 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what research it has commissioned or funded since 1 January 2020 into technological or operational measures to reduce bird collisions with wind-turbine blades, and what the total expenditure has been on any such research, broken down by project."
Answer expected on 21 May 2025
Asked by: Lumsden, Douglas, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 7 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to update the Scottish seabird sensitivity map to reflect the latest population trends and collision-risk research, and, if so, when it expects the revised map to be published."
Answer expected on 21 May 2025
Asked by: Lumsden, Douglas, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 7 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the workforce and skills requirements associated with the potential implementation of zonal electricity pricing reforms in Scotland, broken down by skills category."
Answer expected on 21 May 2025
Asked by: Lumsden, Douglas, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 7 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the effectiveness of turbine shutdown on demand systems in mitigating bird strikes at onshore wind farms, and what evidence it has evaluated to reach this position."
Answer expected on 21 May 2025
Asked by: Lumsden, Douglas, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 7 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many post-construction ornithological monitoring reports it has received from wind farm operators in each of the last five years, and what summary findings it has identified from any such reports in relation to bird mortality."
Answer expected on 21 May 2025
See all of Douglas Lumsden's questions submitted in Parliament