Joan McAlpine
Scottish National Party
MSP for South Scotland (Region) 2011 - present day
About Joan McAlpine
Contact details
Contact at the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 6885
Text relay calls welcome.
Committees
Joan is a member of 1 committee
Cross-party groups
Joan is a member of 9 cross-party groups
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Carers
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Commercial Sexual Exploitation
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Culture
Convener
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Germany
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on International Development
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Learning Disability
Deputy Convener
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Poland
Co-Convener
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rail
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Recreational Boating and Marine Tourism
Member
Parliamentary and Government Roles
Joan has 1 parliamentary and government role
Conveners Group
Member
Party Roles
Joan does not have any party roles
Previous roles
Joan has had 13 previous roles
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
07 September 2016 - 13 December 2018
Environment Climate Change and Land Reform Committee
Substitute Member
29 September 2016 - 06 September 2018
Culture Tourism Europe and External Relations Committee
Convener
16 June 2016 - 29 September 2016
European and External Relations Committee
Convener
08 June 2016 - 16 June 2016
European and External Relations Committee
Member
27 November 2014 - 23 March 2016
Welfare Reform Committee
Member
03 April 2014 - 23 March 2016
Economy Energy and Tourism Committee
Member
24 June 2011 - 09 January 2015
Parliamentary Liaison Officer to the First Minister
Scottish Government
03 April 2014 - 27 November 2014
Education and Culture Committee
Substitute Member
18 September 2012 - 03 April 2014
Economy Energy and Tourism Committee
Substitute Member
01 June 2011 - 03 April 2014
Education and Culture Committee
Member
18 June 2013 - 21 January 2014
Burrell Collection Lending and Borrowing Scotland Bill Committee
Convener
12 June 2013 - 18 June 2013
Burrell Collection Lending and Borrowing Scotland Bill Committee
Member
09 June 2011 - 01 May 2012
Scotland Bill Committee
Member
Register of interests
Joan'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 Joan McAlpine. The date of their initial statement was 01 June 2016.
Remuneration and related undertaking
From February 2012 until 14 August 2017 I wrote a weekly column for the Scottish Daily Record newspaper (of One Central Quay, Glasgow, G3 8DA). I earned £400 per column, a total of £20,000 per annum, for this work. [Amended interest 14 September 2017]
Gifts
No registrable interests
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 trustee and chairperson of the Robert Burns Ellisland Trust, a charity devoted to safeguarding and promoting Ellisland Farm near Dumfries. This position is not remunerated. [Registered 10 February 2020]
I occasionally write freelance journalism but have received no remuneration for this since 2017, when my regular column with the Daily Record ceased. {Amended interest 16 April 2020]
I was a trustee of The George Wylie Foundation, a registered charity. This position was not remunerated. [Amended interest 30 March 2020, Ceased interest 30 March 2020
Recent Activity
What was said
What Joan McAlpine 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: 21 January 2021
Rural Economy (Impact of European Union Exit)
Joan McAlpine (South Scotland) (SNP): "The Northern Ireland protocol has undoubtedly made trade with Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland much more complex and costly. The cabinet secretary mentioned the problems that are being faced by sheep farmers…
Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee meeting date: 14 January 2021
Tourism Sector (Impact of Covid-19)
The Convener (Joan McAlpine): "Good morning, and welcome to the first meeting in 2021 of the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee. We have received apologies from Dean Lockhart and Ross Greer…
Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee meeting date: 14 January 2021
The Convener: "Agenda item 2 is consideration of written biannual updates from the Scottish Government in relation to a range of European Union issues—namely, the one-plus-two languages policy, horizon 2020, and the European social fund and European regional development fund. Members have a copy of the updates in their meeting papers. Do members have any…
Chamber meeting date: 13 January 2021
Joan McAlpine (South Scotland) (SNP): "The JCVI’s advice on vaccination priorities says that the clinically extremely vulnerable group of younger adults will be vaccinated as part of group 4, at the same time as the over-70s…
Chamber meeting date: 13 January 2021
Click and Collect (Restrictions)
Joan McAlpine (South Scotland) (SNP): "The click-and-collect measures that the First Minister announced today are difficult but necessary…
Votes
How Joan McAlpine has voted in Parliament
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Approval of SSI
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Result 100 for, 1 against, 21 abstained, 7 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Approval of SSI
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Result 118 for, 1 against, 2 abstained, 8 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Approval of SSI
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Result 96 for, 5 against, 18 abstained, 10 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Protecting Scotland’s Health and Care Workforce
Submitted by: Donald Cameron, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Supported by: Maurice Golden
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Result 56 for, 62 against, 5 abstained, 6 no vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Protecting Scotland’s Health and Care Workforce
Submitted by: Jeane Freeman, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Supported by: Mairi Gougeon, Clare Haughey
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Result 64 for, 58 against, 0 abstained, 7 no vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Motions
Motions made by Joan McAlpine in Parliament
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Written questions
Written questions Joan McAlpine has submitted in Parliament
These are the questions that this MSP has asked the Scottish Government about its work. It also includes any answer to these questions.
Asked by: McAlpine, Joan, South Scotland, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 15 January 2021
"To ask the Scottish Government whether frontline health care staff in each NHS board area who work in private practices will receive their COVID-19 vaccination at the same time as NHS health care workers."
Awaiting answer
Asked by: McAlpine, Joan, South Scotland, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 3 December 2020
"To ask the Scottish Government whether the £500 bonus scheme for NHS and social care workers is being extended to those who live in Scotland but are employed by NHS trusts in northern England."
Answered by: Jeane Freeman on 17 December 2020
Asked by: McAlpine, Joan, South Scotland, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 3 December 2020
"To ask the Scottish Government whether the £500 bonus scheme for NHS and social care workers will apply to people who are employed on zero-hours contracts."
Answered by: Jeane Freeman on 16 December 2020
Asked by: McAlpine, Joan, South Scotland, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17 November 2020
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on extending householder responsibility to ensure that waste is disposed of legally."
Answered by: Roseanna Cunningham on 2 December 2020
Asked by: McAlpine, Joan, South Scotland, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17 November 2020
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it is consider introducing further punitive action that can be taken against illegal waste carriers."
Answered by: Roseanna Cunningham on 2 December 2020
Asked by: McAlpine, Joan, South Scotland, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17 November 2020
"To ask the Scottish Government when it will deliver its national flytipping strategy."
Answered by: Roseanna Cunningham on 30 November 2020
Asked by: McAlpine, Joan, South Scotland, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17 November 2020
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on establishing a national flytipping database that will include information about incidents on private land and published annually."
Answered by: Roseanna Cunningham on 30 November 2020
Asked by: McAlpine, Joan, South Scotland, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17 November 2020
"To ask the Scottish Government what urgent assistance it provides to land managers when responding to flytipping incidents of a hazardous nature."
Answered by: Roseanna Cunningham on 30 November 2020
Asked by: McAlpine, Joan, South Scotland, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17 November 2020
"To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is implementing to deal with flytipping."
Answered by: Roseanna Cunningham on 30 November 2020
Asked by: McAlpine, Joan, South Scotland, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17 November 2020
"To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it provides to (a) local authorities to assist land managers in cleaning up and disposing flytipped waste and (b) SEPA and the Police to investigate and convict flytippers."
Answered by: Roseanna Cunningham on 30 November 2020
See all of Joan McAlpine's written questions submitted in Parliament