Miles Briggs

25 Jun 2026   National Health Service Capital Projects (draft)

The Sunday Mail reported on 26 April that ministers had failed to sign off on the business case for the new Monklands hospital prior to the election, so it is important that the cabinet secretary publishes the information that Scottish min…

24 Jun 2026   Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)

I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this debate on nuclear power in Scotland, and I congratulate my friend and colleague Liam Kerr on securing it.Like others, I recognise the immense contribution that Torness power station h…

24 Jun 2026   Nuclear Power in Scotland (draft)

I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this debate on nuclear power in Scotland, and I congratulate my friend and colleague Liam Kerr on securing it.Like others, I recognise the immense contribution that Torness power station h…

17 Jun 2026   Portfolio Question Time (draft)

It has been estimated that, over the past 10 years, NHS Lothian has lost out on more than £200 million of public funding under the Scottish Government’s NHS Scotland resource allocation committee funding formula. Given that the area has th…

11 Jun 2026   General Question Time (draft)

In the cabinet secretary’s response, he stated that SSE Renewables will compensate for any predicted adverse impacts. In the company’s own impact assessment, there are projections that the development could kill 4,000 gannets, guillemots, …

11 Jun 2026   General Question Time (draft)

To ask the Scottish Government what further assessment it has made of any impact on the environment following the granting of planning consent for the Berwick Bank offshore wind farm, in light of the significant updates and changes to guid…

9 Jun 2026   World Pre-eclampsia Day 2026 (draft)

Today, I met a constituent who told me that, when they were pregnant, they were given their medical records to take to meetings, because no digitalised records of such conditions were kept. One of my biggest concerns is that, in a successf…

9 Jun 2026   World Pre-eclampsia Day 2026 (draft)

I start by paying tribute to Patricia Gibson for securing the motion for debate and for campaigning on the issue over many years. In 2019, when she was a member of the House of Commons, she secured the first-ever debate in the Parliament o…

3 Jun 2026   National Health Service (draft)

I start by congratulating Morven-May MacCallum on a really excellent first speech in the Parliament. My father contracted Lyme disease when he was working in forests in Perthshire. He spent months in Perth royal infirmary, and I remember g…

3 Jun 2026   National Health Service (draft)

I welcome the cabinet secretary to her new role in government, and I look forward to working with her in that role. The cabinet secretary and I, as Lothian MSPs, have worked cross-party during all the time that I have served in Parliament,…

2 Jun 2026   Summer of Sport (draft)

This is my first contribution since being returned to serve as a member for the Edinburgh and Lothians East region, so I will start by paying tribute to a number of colleagues who have not been returned. In particular, I thank my former Lo…

2 Jun 2026   Summer of Sport (draft)

I welcome some of what the minister has outlined, but does she agree that it is concerning that the percentage of children who engage in one hour of physical activity per day has declined by 8 per cent since 2016? How will those initiative…

2 Jun 2026   General Question Time (draft)

What the cabinet secretary has had to say is incredibly frustrating. When I raised the matter before we went into the election, the former transport secretary said that she was angry and frustrated that we did not have an opportunity for a…

14 May 2026   Oaths and Affirmations (draft)

I, Miles Briggs, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God.

25 Mar 2026   Mobile Phone Use in Schools (Ban) (draft)

I thank my friend and colleague Pam Gosal for securing the debate and for the work that she has carried out on domestic abuse during the five years that she has served in this session of Parliament, which she should be proud of. I certainl…

25 Mar 2026   Mobile Phone Use in Schools (Ban)

I thank my friend and colleague Pam Gosal for securing the debate and for the work that she has carried out on domestic abuse during the five years that she has served in this session of Parliament, which she should be proud of. I certainl…

24 Mar 2026   Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 (draft)

I, too, pay tribute to Daniel Johnson, who underestimates his role in this matter. Those of us who have attempted to take through or have taken through a private member’s bill in Parliament know the amount of work that that involves. I pay…

19 Mar 2026   Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill (draft)

I, too, take the opportunity to pay tribute to the minister. It is a strange fact that it seems to be only at the end of the parliamentary session that any of us is able to express our respect or friendship for one other.I thought that the…

19 Mar 2026   Portfolio Question Time (draft)

This is my fifth attempt to get a decision on that before we hit the election period. From speaking to drivers across my Lothian region, who are spending hours of their time caught up in traffic every month, I know that there is growing fr…

19 Mar 2026   Portfolio Question Time (draft)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will make an announcement regarding the development of the Sheriffhall junction before the end of the parliamentary session. (S6O-05675)

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