Scottish Labour
MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 2007 - present day
Former MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 1999 - 2003
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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: 7 May 2025
Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): "When discussing food security with the UK Government, did the Scottish Government share its proposals for the human rights bill, specifically in relation to how it would implement a right to food…
Chamber meeting date: 7 May 2025
Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): "The programme for government is an attempt at damage limitation by the Scottish Government. There is the reinstatement of plans for the cancelled Barra hospital, which were delayed for years but are now being brought back the year before an election…
Chamber meeting date: 30 April 2025
Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): "It is absolutely crass to suggest that fishing will be negotiated for national security. Surely, the member recognises that."
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 30 April 2025
Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): "Section 13 adds nature restoration as a reason for intervention in deer management. However, control schemes under section 8 powers of the 1996 act have not been used until quite recently…
Chamber meeting date: 24 April 2025
3. Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been done of any impact on CAMHS waiting times targets, in light of reports of autism assessment services being cancelled leaving more children in distress and unable to access support that requires a diagnosis. (S6O-04562)"
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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 against
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 against
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 Rhoda Grant has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Grant, Rhoda, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 9 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many wind farms are on land owned by it, broken down by megawatts of wind capacity generated, and what proportion of these farms are community owned."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 2 May 2025
Asked by: Grant, Rhoda, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 4 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NatureScot regarding maintaining and growing native oyster populations in Marine Protected Areas, and what actions are being considered."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 1 May 2025
Asked by: Grant, Rhoda, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 4 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what actions are being considered to address any unregulated gathering of native oysters in Marine Protected Areas, in light of recent reports of functional extinction of native oysters."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 29 April 2025
Asked by: Grant, Rhoda, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 4 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is, in light of reports that native oyster numbers within the Loch Sween Marine Protected Area have significantly declined."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 29 April 2025
Asked by: Grant, Rhoda, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what consideration was given to the Scottish Human Rights Commission’s November 2024 report, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Highlands and Islands, when allocating its 2025-26 Budget, and what the outcome was."
Answered by Kaukab Stewart on 25 April 2025
Asked by: Grant, Rhoda, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Human Rights Commission’s November 2024 report, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Highlands and Islands."
Answered by Kaukab Stewart on 25 April 2025
Asked by: Grant, Rhoda, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the findings by the Scottish Human Rights Commission in its November 2024 report, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Highlands and Islands, in areas where the Commission identified obligations that were being (a) partially and (b) not met."
Answered by Kaukab Stewart on 25 April 2025
Asked by: Grant, Rhoda, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 1 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, to ensure timely implementation, what milestones have been set for the delivery of the Fracture Liaison Service audit."
Answered by Jenni Minto on 24 April 2025
Asked by: Grant, Rhoda, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what vessel will be allocated to the Barra-Oban ferry route when the MV Isle of Lewis is retired from service."
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 22 April 2025
Asked by: Grant, Rhoda, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 3 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the procurement of additional marine evacuation systems (MES) for CalMac since August 2016, in light of the document, Contract for the Provision of Ferry Service Between the Scottish Ministers and CalMac Ferries Ltd, stating at page 180, "We will investigate and appraise the…
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 22 April 2025