Russell Findlay
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for West Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
About Russell Findlay
Contact details
Contact online
Email: [email protected]
Contact at the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 6975
Text relay calls welcome.
Committees
Cross-party groups
Russell is a member of 2 cross-party groups
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Human Trafficking
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Ukraine
Member
Parliamentary and Government Roles
Russell does not have any parliamentary or government roles
Party Roles
Russell has 1 party role
Party Spokesperson on Justice
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Previous roles
Russell has had 3 previous roles
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
21 May 2021 - 28 June 2023
Deputy Party Spokesperson on Community Safety
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
22 September 2021 - 08 September 2022
Health Social Care and Sport Committee
Substitute Member
17 June 2021 - 22 June 2021
Criminal Justice Committee
Member
Register of interests
Russell's register of interests
MSPs must provide details of their financial interests in the Register of Interests. They make an initial statement on becoming or being returned as an MSP. This is then updated with any changes they provide.
Here is the register for Russell Findlay. The date of their initial statement was 10 June 2021.
Remuneration and related undertaking
No registrable interests
Gifts
On Sunday 30 April 2023, I attended the Scottish FA Cup semi-final at Hampden Park, Glasgow as a guest of MFGC Holdings Ltd (of 87 West Regent Street, Glasgow G2 2AW). The approximate total value of a match ticket and hospitality I received was £390. [Registered 5 May 2023]
Overseas visits
No registrable interests
Controlled transactions
No registrable interests
Heritable property
No registrable interests
Interest in shares
No registrable interests
Voluntary
I am a member of the National Union of Journalists.
On 11 February 2023 I was a guest of NatWest Group at the Scotland vs. Wales Six Nations rugby match. The value of the ticket was £122 and hospitality £40. [Registered 21 February 2023]
Recent Activity
What was said
What Russell Findlay has said in Parliament
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: 16 May 2024
Prison Population
Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "I begin by accepting the cabinet secretary’s offer of a meeting to discuss Scotland’s prison crisis…
Chamber meeting date: 16 May 2024
Horizon Information Technology Prosecutions
Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "I thank the Lord Advocate for advance sight of her statement. In January, she told Parliament: “This miscarriage of justice is truly exceptional—nothing similar has ever been seen before. Its facts and circumstances are unique”…
Chamber meeting date: 15 May 2024
“The Vision for Justice in Scotland” Delivery Plan
Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "Every single police officer across the United Kingdom, except in Scotland, has the protection of a body-worn camera as standard. That remains a shameful failing of the Scottish National Party Government…
Chamber meeting date: 9 May 2024
Post Office Horizon System
Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "The Scottish Conservatives have tried to get the Lord Advocate in here three times to answer Pauline McNeill’s questions, and many other questions, because Scotland’s Post Office victims deserve those answers, yet the Scottish National Party and the Greens voted against that reasonable request. I ask, again: why will John Swinney not do the right…
Chamber meeting date: 9 May 2024
Welfare of Dogs (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): "Excuse my ignorance on the matter, but there is a significant involvement of organised crime in dog breeding in Scotland and I wonder whether, during its inquiry, the committee managed to ascertain the extent of that."
Votes
How Russell Findlay has voted in Parliament
Find out how Russell Findlay has voted recently.
Stand Up for Teaching
Submitted by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Supported by: Roz McCall
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Result 29 for, 95 against, 0 abstained, 5 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Defeated
Scotland’s Housing Emergency
Submitted by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, May 13, 2024
Supported by: Sarah Boyack, Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Result 95 for, 29 against, 0 abstained, 5 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Stand Up for Teaching
Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Supported by: Graeme Dey, Natalie Don
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Result 62 for, 62 against, 0 abstained, 5 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Stand Up for Teaching
Submitted by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Glasgow, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, May 13, 2024
Supported by: Paul Sweeney, Martin Whitfield
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Result 62 for, 61 against, 1 abstained, 5 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Scotland’s Housing Emergency
Submitted by: Paul McLennan, East Lothian, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Supported by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Result 69 for, 33 against, 22 abstained, 5 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Motions
Motions made by Russell Findlay in Parliament
Find out what motions Russell Findlay has submitted recently.
Questions
Questions Russell Findlay has asked
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 16 May 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-27231 by Angela Constance on 13 May 2024, whether it will provide the information requested regarding whether it has sought from (a) the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and (b) Police Scotland a full list of criminal offences that can be disposed of by way of a…
Answer expected on 3 June 2024
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 2 May 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has sought from (a) the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and (b) Police Scotland a full list of criminal offences that can be disposed of by way of a Recorded Police Warning, and, if it has such a list, whether it will provide this."
Answered by Angela Constance on 13 May 2024
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 10 May 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any concerns raised by firefighters and/or their representatives regarding the reportedly alleged unsuitability of new Ford Ranger vehicles purchased by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service."
Answer expected on 28 May 2024
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 10 May 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any concerns that have been raised by firefighters and/or their representatives regarding the reportedly alleged unsuitability of new Angloco all-terrain vehicles that have been purchased by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service."
Answer expected on 28 May 2024
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 10 May 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any drug-free wings within the Scottish Prison Service estate."
Answer expected on 28 May 2024
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 10 May 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of (a) the number of paediatric pathologists based in Scotland and (b) any paediatric pathology services that have been acquired from elsewhere in the UK, over the past 24 months."
Answer expected on 28 May 2024
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 2 May 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any communications that it has had in the last 24 months with the Information Commissioner’s Office regarding the vulnerable persons database that is operated by Police Scotland."
Answer expected on 17 May 2024
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 2 May 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any communications that it has had with the (a) Lord President of the Court of Session and (b) Judicial Office for Scotland regarding a public inquiry into criminal prosecutions relating to the takeover of Rangers FC, since the Scottish Government announced in February 2021 that it…
Answer expected on 17 May 2024
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 2 May 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any communications that it has had in the last 24 months with (a) Police Scotland and (b) the Scottish Police Authority regarding the vulnerable persons database that is operated by Police Scotland."
Answer expected on 17 May 2024
Asked by: Findlay, Russell, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 2 May 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any research that it has commissioned into the functions of the Law Officers, including the scope of any such research and its anticipated timescales."
Answer expected on 17 May 2024
See all of Russell Findlay's questions submitted in Parliament