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Morrison, Mr Alasdair

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Morrison, Mr Alasdair

Former (left at end of session) Scottish Labour Western Isles

\r\nRepeated the Oath in Gaelic.

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Divisions voted in
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Attendance
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0 "Not Voted" of 0 divisions present
Motions lodged
20
31 questions · 0 unanswered
Hansard contributions
1,610
572 chamber · 1,038 committee
Allowances claimed
£0
0 transactions
Most-discussed topics in Hansard
bill ·189 stage ·149 crofting ·105 reform ·104 executive ·79 fisheries ·57 inquiry ·49 subordinate ·47 legislation ·47 aquaculture ·46 european ·32 programme ·19
Recent motions & questions
Motion success

Of the motions they've lodged that went to a vote, how often did the chamber agree.

Lodged
20
Carried
0
Defeated
0
Not divided
20
Voice fingerprint

Words and phrases this MSP uses far more often than the chamber average (TF-IDF over their Hansard contributions).

tha agus aig mar idhlig sinn airson seo anamh bheil sin nan
Career arc

Unified timeline: party joinings, seat changes, committee appointments, ministerial roles.

  1. ☷
    Left Finance Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  2. ☷
    Left Environment and Rural Development Committee
    02 Apr 2007
  3. ⌂
    Stood down from Western Isles (Dissolution)
    02 Apr 2007
  4. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    02 Apr 2007
  5. ☷
    Joined Finance Committee as Substitute Member
    06 Dec 2006
  6. ☷
    Left European and External Relations Committee
    29 Jun 2005
  7. ☷
    Joined European and External Relations Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  8. ☷
    Joined Environment and Rural Development Committee as Member
    04 Jun 2003
  9. ⌂
    Started representing Western Isles
    01 May 2003
  10. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    01 May 2003
  11. ☷
    Left Rural Development Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  12. ☷
    Left Justice 2 Committee
    31 Mar 2003
  13. ⌂
    Stood down from Western Isles (Dissolution)
    31 Mar 2003
  14. –
    Left Scottish Labour
    31 Mar 2003
  15. ☷
    Joined Rural Development Committee as Member
    29 Nov 2001
  16. ☷
    Joined Justice 2 Committee as Member
    29 Nov 2001
  17. ★
    Left Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning and Gaelic
    28 Nov 2001
  18. ★
    Left Deputy Minister for Highlands and Islands and Gaelic
    01 Nov 2000
  19. ★
    Appointed Deputy Minister for Highlands and Islands and Gaelic
    19 May 1999
  20. ★
    Appointed Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning and Gaelic
    19 May 1999
  21. ⌂
    Started representing Western Isles
    06 May 1999
  22. +
    Joined Scottish Labour
    06 May 1999
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Recent contributions to the Official Report
  • Subordinate Legislation Committee
    28 Mar 2007
    I am grateful to my colleague for his forensic and logical analysis of the events. I am also grateful to Ross Finnie for his response to my question about the …
  • Subordinate Legislation Committee
    28 Mar 2007
    In the final paragraph of his letter to Fergus Ewing, John Elvidge says:"In this instance, the distinction between consultation prior to the decision to introd…
  • SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE Chamber
    22 Mar 2007
    I thank the minister for his answer and his observation. Will he join me in congratulating two enterprising young men, Martin MacLeod and Malcolm MacRae, who h…
  • SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE Chamber
    22 Mar 2007
    To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment its enterprise department has made of the contribution of the alginate industry to the Western Isles economy and …
  • Scotland in the United Kingdom Chamber
    22 Mar 2007
    Such are the ups and downs of politics. I am painting a picture of the reality of 10 years of a Labour Government at Westminster and eight years of unionist pa…
Committee & government roles

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