Heather Anderson

25 Jun 2026   Action Mesothelioma Day 2026 (draft)

I, too, thank Marie McNair for securing the debate and bringing this important motion to the chamber today.I start by stressing how important it is that we continue to raise awareness of mesothelioma. I do not have a family member who cont…

24 Jun 2026   Portfolio Question Time (draft)

I associate myself with the comments of the previous two speakers. I welcome young people entering further and higher education; their choices should not be talked down or denigrated in any way. There was bumper funding for the education p…

23 Jun 2026   Decision Time (draft)

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I could not connect, either. I would have voted yes.

23 Jun 2026   Climate Change (draft)

I will be guided by the cabinet secretary, who was here in previous sessions, but the main thing is that we are trying to involve farmers in the move to net zero. We are trying to support farmers to survive and to diversify the way they re…

23 Jun 2026   Climate Change (draft)

No, I am not taking an intervention. The member got to put out a lot of misinformation earlier. I am carrying on.The 10 warmest years on record here in Scotland have been in the past 27 years, with 2022 recorded as Scotland’s hottest year …

23 Jun 2026   Climate Change (draft)

I declare an interest, in that I am an elected councillor on Dundee City Council.I will start my speech by stating an inconvenient truth. Climate change is real. It has been an emergency for some time and it is already affecting communitie…

23 Jun 2026   Climate Change (draft)

There is no industry more subsidised than the nuclear industry, despite what Duncan Massey seems to be suggesting. Historically, subsidy for nuclear far outstretches what has gone into renewables.

18 Jun 2026   Universities (draft)

I thank Maggie Chapman for bringing this debate to the chamber: she and I have communicated a lot this week about issues in Dundee. It has, understandably, been a rough week for staff and students at the University of Dundee in my constitu…

18 Jun 2026   Child Poverty (draft)

How is the Government is going to develop whole family support as an approach to eradicating child poverty?

18 Jun 2026   Child Poverty (draft)

I refer members to my entry in the register of interests and declare that I am a serving councillor on Dundee City Council.During the previous parliamentary session, families in Dundee benefited from the Scottish Government-funded pathfind…

16 Jun 2026   First Minister’s Question Time (draft)

This morning, I was dismayed to learn that the principal of the University of Dundee has gone ahead with an announcement of a further £20 million of cuts, which would require up to 200 more job losses at the university. The impact that tha…

16 Jun 2026   General Question Time (draft)

—in 30 of our primary schools, we do not know how safe our children are from damaging air pollution. Would the cabinet secretary welcome Dundee City Council piloting an air monitoring project at primary schools in our city?

16 Jun 2026   General Question Time (draft)

We know that there is a correlation between areas of high deprivation and poor air quality for children and adults, which exacerbates pre-existing health inequalities. We also know that children are among the most susceptible to harm from …

16 Jun 2026   General Question Time (draft)

I refer to my entry in the register of members’ interests and declare that I am a serving councillor on Dundee City Council.To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to calls from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh for …

11 Jun 2026   General Question Time (draft)

I thank Mr Marra for his interest in waiting times across NHS Tayside, and I share some of his concerns. However, I am very conscious that the Scottish National Party Government has achieved month-on-month reductions in waiting times for 1…

9 Jun 2026   Growing Scotland’s Economy (draft)

My statistics are taken from reports from the industry, which explain those costs. I am not working in the industry, so I cannot answer the member’s question directly, but I am relying on reliable resources, which gave me those prices from…

9 Jun 2026   Growing Scotland’s Economy (draft)

I am very conscious of the time, so I will continue.That is because our natural resources are not globally traded or subject to volatile price hikes. New onshore wind is now half the cost of new gas, and new offshore wind is 40 per cent ch…

9 Jun 2026   Growing Scotland’s Economy (draft)

As one of the few people in the chamber who has run a medium-sized business, which I did for 15 years, I start by expressing my admiration and support for everybody in Scotland who has had the courage and determination to start up and run …

9 Jun 2026   Growing Scotland’s Economy (draft)

Made a request to intervene.

9 Jun 2026   Greenhouse Gas Emissions Statistics 2024 (draft)

I will reduce my question, Presiding Officer.I welcome the cabinet secretary to her role, and I declare an interest as someone who believes in the science of climate change.I welcome the Climate Change Committee’s approval of our revised c…

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