Margaret Mitchell
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for Central Scotland (Region) 2003 - present day
About Margaret Mitchell
Contact details
Contact at the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 5639
Text relay calls welcome.
Contact at their Constituency
Suite 4B
91 Bothwell Road
Hamilton
ML3 0DW
Phone: 01698 282815
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Find out when the MSP's surgery times are on their website.
Committees
Margaret is a member of 3 committees
Justice Committee
Substitute Member
Justice Sub-Committee on Policing
Deputy Convener
Cross-party groups
Margaret is a member of 3 cross-party groups
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Dyslexia
Convener
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Taiwan
Co-Convener
Parliamentary and Government Roles
Margaret has 1 parliamentary and government role
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Branch Executive
Member
Party Roles
Margaret has 1 party role
Deputy Party Spokesperson on Community Safety
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Previous roles
Margaret has had 23 previous roles
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
14 June 2016 - 20 August 2020
Justice Committee
Convener
14 June 2016 - 20 August 2020
Conveners Group
Member
06 February 2019 - 20 February 2019
Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints
Member
29 September 2016 - 29 June 2017
Culture Tourism Europe and External Relations Committee
Substitute Member
06 October 2016 - 27 October 2016
Justice SubCommittee on Policing
Member
28 June 2016 - 29 September 2016
European and External Relations Committee
Substitute Member
08 June 2016 - 14 June 2016
Justice Committee
Member
06 September 2013 - 23 March 2016
Party Spokesperson on Justice
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
13 March 2013 - 23 March 2016
Justice SubCommittee on Policing
Member
10 September 2013 - 23 March 2016
Justice Committee
Member
16 November 2011 - 11 September 2013
Local Government and Regeneration Committee
Member
10 November 2011 - 06 September 2013
Party Spokesperson on Planning
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
10 November 2011 - 06 September 2013
Party Spokesperson on Local Government
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
23 June 2011 - 07 March 2013
Justice Committee
Substitute Member
01 June 2011 - 16 November 2011
Equal Opportunities Committee
Member
19 June 2007 - 22 March 2011
Conveners Group
Member
19 June 2007 - 22 March 2011
Equal Opportunities Committee
Convener
27 June 2007 - 16 June 2010
Local Government and Communities Committee
Substitute Member
13 June 2007 - 19 June 2007
Equal Opportunities Committee
Member
04 June 2003 - 02 April 2007
Justice 1 Committee
Member
10 October 2005 - 02 April 2007
Party Spokesperson on Justice
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
03 September 2003 - 02 April 2007
Justice 2 Committee
Substitute Member
22 May 2003 - 10 October 2005
Deputy Party Spokesperson on Justice and Home Affairs
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Register of interests
Margaret's register of interests
MSP's 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 Margaret Mitchell. The date of their initial statement was 31 May 2016.
Remuneration and related undertaking
No registrable interests
Gifts
No registrable interests
Overseas visits
From 8 October to 14 October 2013, I participated in a cross-party visit to the Republic of China (Taiwan) at the invitation of the Director General, Taipei Representative Office (Edinburgh Office) in the UK, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China Department (of 1 Melville Street Edinburgh, EH3 7PE). The delegation attended National Day, met President Ma and held meetings with a number of government department ministers as well as representatives from trade and cultural organisations. The cost of the visit was £2,050 for return flights, £725 for hotel accommodation, £191 for meals and £142 for transport. All costs (which totalled £3,108) were met by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan).
From 11 to 14 November 2014 I participated in a fact-finding and educational seminar on the Holocaust at Yad Vashem Jerusalem. The total costs of the trip, including travel and accommodation, were £1,600 and a portion of these costs were met by Yad Vasham Resource Centre (£450) (a non-profit education and dialogue organisation of the International School of Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem) with the majority of the costs being met by the Council of Christians and Jews. The trip included a visit to Ramallah to meet with an official from the Palestinian Authority. [Amended interest 22 February 2017]
From 13 to 18 August 2005 I visited Taiwan to observe and study the economy, its public services and its relationship with its neighbours. The Republic of China Government met the costs of the visit, £1,965.
Controlled transactions
No registrable interests
Heritable property
No registrable interests
Interest in shares
No registrable interests
Voluntary
I own 1% of the issued share capital in Fairfield Properties Limited, a property investment company.
Recent Activity
What was said
What Margaret Mitchell 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.
Development of Policy on Handling Harassment Complaints
Margaret Mitchell made 32 Contributions to this discussion
Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints - 15 September 2020
Margaret Mitchell (Central Scotland) (Con): "Good morning. You have already said that you were permanent secretary from 2010 to 2015. In 2010, the fairness at work policy was revised to include complaints against ministers. When was that policy signed off?"
Decision Time
Margaret Mitchell made 1 Contribution to this discussion
Chamber - 08 September 2020
Margaret Mitchell (Central Scotland) (Con): "I was not able to vote. I would have voted yes."
Development of Policy on Handling Harassment Complaints
Margaret Mitchell made 22 Contributions to this discussion
Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints - 08 September 2020
Margaret Mitchell (Central Scotland) (Con): "In your previous evidence of 18 August, you state that in developing the 2017 policy, “we took advice from Police Scotland”.—Official Report, Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints, 18 August 2020; c 35…
Judicial Review
Margaret Mitchell made 10 Contributions to this discussion
Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints - 08 September 2020
Margaret Mitchell: "My first questions are to the Lord Advocate. In your written submission, you state: “I can also confirm on behalf of the Government that there was no decision to withhold documents relevant to the judicial review…
Development of Policy on Handling Harassment Complaints
Margaret Mitchell made 17 Contributions to this discussion
Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints - 01 September 2020
Margaret Mitchell (Central Scotland) (Con): "My questions will concentrate on the written submissions—possibly more on the FDA submission than on the PCS submission—and to a freedom of information release from February 2018, which referred to the work that went on with the unions and the Scottish Government between 2008 and 2010 to change the policy. We know from the FOI release that there…
Votes
Motions
Written questions
Written questions Margaret Mitchell 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.
S5W-31581 - Unanswered
03 September 2020
Mitchell, Margaret: "To ask the Scottish Government how many applications there have been for legal aid under the Advice and Assistance (Proceedings for Recovery of Documents) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 in each year since they came into force, and how many of those applications have been successful."
S5W-31580 - Unanswered
03 September 2020
Mitchell, Margaret: "To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to raise awareness of the Advice and Assistance (Proceedings for Recovery of Documents) (Scotland) Regulations 2017."
S5O-04497 - Unanswered
12 August 2020
Mitchell, Margaret: "To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the prison estate and whether it is fit for purpose."
S5W-27982 - Answered
16 March 2020
Mitchell, Margaret: "To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to increase the identification of dyslexia in young people and adults who were not recognised with the condition when they were at school."
S5W-27980 - Answered
16 March 2020
Mitchell, Margaret: "To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to concerns that there is wide variability across local authorities in identifying rates of dyslexia among secondary school pupils."
See all of Margaret Mitchell's written questions submitted in Parliament