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3 Apr 2025, 3:01 p.m. - House of Commons
"Problems lie in the real world. The John Smith Centre stresses that "
Susan Murray MP (Mid Dunbartonshire, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
14 Oct 2025, 1:05 p.m. - House of Commons
"became the. Scotland. >> John Smith. >> Whose legacy as leader. >> Of the Labour. "
Christine Jardine MP (Edinburgh West, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
14 Oct 2025, 12:47 p.m. - House of Commons
"predecessors, his old Glasgow University friend John Smith, to join the Labour Party as a young "
Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP, The Prime Minister (Holborn and St Pancras, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
22 Oct 2025, 3:55 p.m. - House of Commons
">> His great friend John Smith. >> And by Labour Party and trade union members across the country. >> And. >> Of course. >> By. >> Colleagues in the. "
Patricia Ferguson MP (Glasgow West, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript


Parliamentary Debates
Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Fifth sitting)
97 speeches (15,260 words)
Thursday 4th December 2025 - Public Bill Committees
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) , Sam Dayan, Georgina Rood, Terry Davies, Jonny Fitzpatrick, Catriona MacDonald, Naomi Sephton, John Smith - Link to Speech

Devolution in Scotland
151 speeches (27,754 words)
Wednesday 22nd October 2025 - Commons Chamber
Scotland Office
Mentions:
1: Jamie Stone (LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) People like me and others saw the Scottish Parliament as, to quote the late, great John Smith, the“settled - Link to Speech
2: Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow West) The idea was kept alive by Donald, his great friend John Smith, Labour party and trade union members - Link to Speech
3: Kenneth Stevenson (Lab - Airdrie and Shotts) I will always be grateful to those who have gone before us, such as my constituency predecessor John Smith - Link to Speech

Speaker’s Statement
19 speeches (5,508 words)
Tuesday 14th October 2025 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) This was despite many overtures from one of my predecessors, his old Glasgow University friend John Smith - Link to Speech
2: Christine Jardine (LD - Edinburgh West) together and been great friends: Donald Dewar, who became the first First Minister of Scotland; John Smith - Link to Speech

Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
104 speeches (33,743 words)
Committee stage
Monday 16th June 2025 - Grand Committee
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) We could either go to banks and say, “Here is Mr John Smith, please give us everything you know about - Link to Speech

Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
44 speeches (11,285 words)
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons
Monday 2nd June 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Lord Rooker (Lab - Life peer) I can remember back to the late 1990s: the Labour Front Bench was sent by John Smith to Templeton College - Link to Speech

St George’s Day and English Affairs
29 speeches (11,932 words)
Thursday 8th May 2025 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) I can talk of Sir Isaac Newton, John Smith of the pilgrim fathers, the great poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Link to Speech

UK Democracy: Impact of Digital Platforms
64 speeches (15,767 words)
Thursday 3rd April 2025 - Commons Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Martin Rhodes (Lab - Glasgow North) A recent survey published by the University of Glasgow’s John Smith centre, based in my constituency, - Link to Speech
2: Susan Murray (LD - Mid Dunbartonshire) The John Smith Centre stresses that politicians should be more open and transparent and address young - Link to Speech

Ukraine: Humanitarian Assistance
13 speeches (5,802 words)
Thursday 12th December 2024 - Grand Committee
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Baroness Suttie (LD - Life peer) including as an ambassador for the homelessness charity Depaul International and as a trustee of the John Smith - Link to Speech

Georgia
26 speeches (3,471 words)
Tuesday 3rd December 2024 - Commons Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Stephen Gethins (SNP - Arbroath and Broughty Ferry) refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as a trustee of the John Smith - Link to Speech

Rule of Law
51 speeches (34,642 words)
Tuesday 26th November 2024 - Lords Chamber
Scotland Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Keen of Elie (Con - Life peer) rather callow junior, to find that Thompsons had instructed, on the other part of the case, one John Smith - Link to Speech

The Ukraine Effect (European Affairs Committee Report)
45 speeches (23,622 words)
Thursday 21st November 2024 - Lords Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Baroness Suttie (LD - Life peer) Lords to my register of interests and previous work in the Parliament in Kyiv as well as with the John Smith - Link to Speech

Great British Energy Bill
61 speeches (40,281 words)
2nd reading
Monday 18th November 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Mentions:
1: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab - Life peer) She held our party together during the dark days that followed the tragic death of John Smith. - Link to Speech

Pubs Code: Guest Beers
22 speeches (3,982 words)
Tuesday 12th November 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Gareth Snell (LAB - Stoke-on-Trent Central) Titanic is so-called because Captain John Smith was from Stoke-on-Trent. - Link to Speech

Employment Rights Bill
315 speeches (51,502 words)
2nd reading
Monday 21st October 2024 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Kenneth Stevenson (Lab - Airdrie and Shotts) in Shotts to this day; and from John Reid, a pivotal figure in the last UK Labour Government, to John Smith - Link to Speech

International Investment Summit
76 speeches (22,187 words)
Thursday 17th October 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Kanishka Narayan (Lab - Vale of Glamorgan) I also commit to him some continuity in the service that he and his predecessor, the Labour MP John Smith - Link to Speech

Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2024
7 speeches (2,251 words)
Tuesday 15th October 2024 - Grand Committee

Mentions:
1: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) Devolution happened because of the efforts of two of my political heroes, the late John Smith and Donald - Link to Speech

Draft Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2024
9 speeches (2,082 words)
Wednesday 9th October 2024 - General Committees
Scotland Office
Mentions:
1: Ian Murray (Lab - Edinburgh South) Devolution happened because of political giants such as the late John Smith and Donald Dewar who believed - Link to Speech

Great British Energy Bill
184 speeches (43,105 words)
2nd reading
Thursday 5th September 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Mentions:
1: Elaine Stewart (Lab - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) will end with this: the day before his tragic, untimely death, the late leader of the Labour party John Smith - Link to Speech
2: Julie Minns (Lab - Carlisle) would not have become involved in politics and would not have had the privilege of campaigning for John Smith - Link to Speech

King’s Speech
135 speeches (53,523 words)
Thursday 25th July 2024 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Defence
Mentions:
1: Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale (Lab - Life peer) leading to lasting peace.In December 1993, I accompanied the leader of the Opposition, the late John Smith - Link to Speech
2: Baroness Suttie (LD - Life peer) On Monday this week, I met a Georgian fellow of the John Smith Trust—I declare an interest as a trustee—who - Link to Speech

King’s Speech
78 speeches (31,079 words)
Tuesday 23rd July 2024 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Lord Cromwell (XB - Excepted Hereditary) served here for a decade.The noble Lord, Lord Reid, and others referred last week to the words of John Smith - Link to Speech

King’s Speech
17 speeches (8,721 words)
Wednesday 17th July 2024 - Lords Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Lord Reid of Cardowan (Lab - Life peer) coming years, we could not choose a better one than the final words of the final speech of the late John Smith - Link to Speech
2: Baroness Hazarika (Lab - Life peer) good friend Lord Reid cited the inspiring words about the opportunity to serve from the late great John Smith—perhaps - Link to Speech

Members Sworn
8 speeches (2,234 words)
Tuesday 9th July 2024 - Commons Chamber

Mentions:
1: Lindsay Hoyle (Spk - Chorley) Hereford and South HerefordshireRight honourable Stephen Mark Flynn, Aberdeen SouthNicholas Desmond John Smith - Link to Speech

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
137 speeches (19,606 words)
Tuesday 21st May 2024 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Integration of Primary and Community Care (Committee Report)
27 speeches (14,742 words)
Thursday 9th May 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Lord Allan of Hallam (LD - Life peer) For example, John Smith, who lives in the High Street, was treated at some vaguely named health centre - Link to Speech

Foreign Affairs
82 speeches (33,311 words)
Tuesday 5th March 2024 - Lords Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Baroness Suttie (LD - Life peer) interests in the register: my work in central Asia since 2017 and, more recently, as a trustee of the John Smith - Link to Speech

Poverty Reduction
31 speeches (18,200 words)
Thursday 22nd February 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Lord Desai (XB - Life peer) convincing way I have seen to tackle poverty.There was a social justice commission appointed by John Smith - Link to Speech

Ukraine
63 speeches (35,151 words)
Friday 26th January 2024 - Lords Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Baroness Suttie (LD - Life peer) well as through leadership programmes for future generations of Ukrainians, such as through the John Smith - Link to Speech

Tackling Islamophobia
67 speeches (22,837 words)
Thursday 7th December 2023 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) A newspaper investigation has shown that if someone simply changes their name to Mohammed from John Smith - Link to Speech

Violence Reduction, Policing and Criminal Justice
168 speeches (45,449 words)
Wednesday 15th November 2023 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Michael Shanks (Lab - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) Another Lanarkshire Labour MP and a political hero of mine, John Smith, put it well in 1993:“a choice - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 13th January 2026
Written Evidence - The Foreign Policy Centre
SFT0096 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: need for proper resourcing of governmental soft power actors, including the British Council, the John Smith

Tuesday 9th December 2025
Written Evidence - Foreign Policy Centre
UKA0209 - Future of UK aid and development assistance

Future of UK aid and development assistance - International Development Committee

Found: In a July 2025 article for FPC, Ainur Kanafina (John Smith Trust Fellow and Programme Specialist at

Thursday 6th November 2025
Formal Minutes - Scottish Affairs Committee Formal Minutes 2025 - 2026

Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: Unite The Union Address of donor: John Smith

Wednesday 5th November 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-11-05 09:30:00+00:00

Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: It is worth remembering that the late great John Smith as Energy Minister established the British National

Wednesday 24th September 2025
Written Evidence - Full Fact
SCS0056 - Speaker’s Conference on the security of candidates, MPs and elections

Speaker’s Conference on the security of candidates, MPs and elections - Speaker's Conference (2024) Committee

Found: Manifesto 16 Royal Holloway (4 July 2024) Nearly half of young people are unhappy with UK democracy; John Smith

Tuesday 20th May 2025
Oral Evidence - The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), The Resolution Foundation, The University of Liverpool, and Maynooth University

Work and Pensions Committee

Found: a second—there was a very substantial commitment by the Labour party, under shadow Chancellor John Smith

Tuesday 20th May 2025
Oral Evidence - Member of the House of Lords, Member of the House of Lords, and Department of Health and Social Care

Work and Pensions Committee

Found: a second—there was a very substantial commitment by the Labour party, under shadow Chancellor John Smith

Friday 25th April 2025
Report - 1st Report - Appointment of Delyth Evans as S4C Chair

Welsh Affairs Committee

Found: Arts and heritage consultant, Adrian Ellis Associates (1994–1998) Speechwriter to John Smith MP , Leader

Monday 14th April 2025
Formal Minutes - Scottish Affairs Committee Formal Minutes 2024 - 2025

Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: Unite The Union Address of donor: John Smith

Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Oral Evidence - Home Office, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Home Office, and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Speaker’s Conference on the security of candidates, MPs and elections - Speaker's Conference (2024) Committee

Found: John Smith—that is the obvious one, but it could be Jean Smith—comes along, says, “This is who I am

Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Correspondence - Letter from Unite the Union, regarding GB Energy and the net zero transition inquiry, dated 27 March 2025

Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: Sharon Graham General Secretary www.unitetheunion.org John Smith House 145-165 West Regent Street

Wednesday 15th January 2025
Formal Minutes - Scottish Affairs Committee Formal Minutes 2024 - 2025

Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: Unite The Union Address of donor: John Smith

Monday 25th November 2024
Scrutiny evidence - Bundle of evidence from Baroness Deech et al

Holocaust Memorial Bill Select Committee (Lords)

Found: Buxton Memorial’s colourful spire will remain on axis and in view from Dean Stanley Street and St John Smith

Tuesday 7th May 2024
Scrutiny evidence - Note of visit to Shetland, Scotland, 24 - 26 March 2024

Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: Council Chief Executive •Neil Grant, Shetland Islands Council Director of Development Services •John Smith

Monday 19th February 2024
Oral Evidence - Mr Douglas Alexander, Lord Browne of Ladyton, and Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke

Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998 - Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: of politicians—to get to a point where the Scottish constitutional convention, in the words of John Smith

Thursday 25th January 2024
Special Report - Second Special Report - Countries at crossroads: UK engagement in Central Asia: Government Response to the Committee’s Tenth Report of Session 2022–23

Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: The FCDO also supports The John Smith Trust, which offers fellowships to professionals from across Central

Thursday 23rd November 2023
Scrutiny evidence - Draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) instruments and statutory code: Trades Union Congress submission and government responses

Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

Found: Will the employer’s notice have specific names - John Smith, Claire Jones etc - or will it just sa y

Monday 13th November 2023
Written Evidence - Rt Hon Tony Blair
IGR0013 - Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998

Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998 - Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: I then took over as Leader of the Opposition from John Smith, who had committed to further devolution

Friday 10th November 2023
Report - Tenth Report - Countries at crossroads: UK engagement in Central Asia

Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: UK as well as its proximity to the rest of Europe. 201 The Chevening Scholarship programme and John Smith

Tuesday 5th September 2023
Written Evidence - Mr John Smith
ATL0098 - Accessible transport: legal obligations

Accessible transport: legal obligations - Transport Committee

Found: ATL0098 - Accessible transport: legal obligations Mr John Smith Written Evidence

Tuesday 5th September 2023
Oral Evidence - Police Service of Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Found: Somebody makes an FOI request —Mr John Smith of 32 Acacia Avenue —and they get their request answered

Wednesday 10th May 2023
Written Evidence - FCDO
ECA0023 - The UK’s engagement in Central Asia

The UK’s engagement in Central Asia - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: In 2022/23, the UK welcomed 23 scholars from across CA. 5.7 The John Smith Trust (JST) The JST runs

Tuesday 9th May 2023
Oral Evidence - University of Exeter, University of Ulster, and Oliver Bullough

The UK’s engagement in Central Asia - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: languages in the region; you had Chevening scholarships—I am a Chevening alumna; you had the John Smith

Tuesday 9th May 2023
Oral Evidence - Worcester College, Oxford University, Foreign Policy Centre, and Chatham House

The UK’s engagement in Central Asia - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: languages in the region; you had Chevening scholarships—I am a Chevening alumna; you had the John Smith



Written Answers
John Smith Trust: Finance
Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)
Friday 21st November 2025

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to support John Smith Trust fellowship programmes during the Spending Review Period.

Answered by Chris Elmore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

We are proud to be supporting the John Smith Trust this year to run their excellent fellowship programme in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, supporting leading professionals to take action in their countries on climate change. We are working through detailed decisions on how the Official Development Assistance budget will be used from 2026/27 to 2028/29, informed by internal and external consultation and impact assessments. We plan to publish indicative allocations for the next three years in the coming months.

Post Office: Public Appointments
Asked by: Lord Sikka (Labour - Life peer)
Tuesday 13th February 2024

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many director nominations or appointments they have made or approved to the board of the Post Office in each of the years since 2000.

Answered by Lord Offord of Garvel

Nominations to the Board of Post Office Limited are generally made by Post Office Limited’s Nominations Committee (‘NomCo’, a sub-Committee of the Post Office Board) with the resulting appointments confirmed by the Board, on the advice of the NomCo. The Shareholder Representative Non-Executive Director sits on NomCo, and the Shareholder (the Department for Business and Trade) approves the appointment. The exceptions to these processes are the appointment of the Shareholder Non-Executive Director and the appointment of the Chair, which are made by the Shareholder.

A historic record of appointments, as set out on Companies House, is provided below.

Name

Position

Occupation

Appointment date

Resignation date

Ms Maria Luisa Cassoni

Director

Director

01/02/2001

17/06/2002

Mr Peter Michael Corbett

Director

Director

13/11/2001

01/07/2009

Mr John Basil Larkins

Director

Director

13/11/2001

25/04/2002

Mr David William Miller

Director

Director

13/11/2001

31/07/2006

Mr Paul Andrew Rich

Director

Director

13/11/2001

15/04/2002

Mr Allan Leslie Leighton

Director

Director

08/01/2002

25/03/2009

Mr David Mills

Director

Director

15/04/2002

31/12/2005

Mr Alan John Munro Barrie

Director

Director

03/09/2002

08/06/2004

Mr John Charles Main

Director

Director

03/09/2002

01/07/2003

Mr Gordon Ramsay Steele

Director

Director

03/09/2002

31/01/2006

Elmar Toime

Director

Director

10/04/2003

16/11/2004

Mr Michael Hodgkinson

Director

Director

01/05/2003

31/08/2007

Mr John Barnetson Anderson

Director

Director

01/07/2003

14/04/2007

Mr Stephen Graham Halliday

Director

Director

20/08/2003

31/07/2006

Mr Brian Joseph Goggin

Director

Director

01/09/2004

21/07/2006

Mr Alan Ronald Cook

Director

Director

22/02/2005

15/03/2010

Mr Richard Phillip Francis

Director

Director

02/03/2005

02/05/2008

Ms Sue Rachel Whalley

Director

Director

01/09/2006

05/11/2009

Mr David Ian Glynn

Director

Director

26/10/2006

31/10/2009

Mr Gary Hockey Morley

Director

Director

26/10/2006

31/10/2009

Ms Deborah Lois Moore

Director

Director

12/06/2007

31/10/2009

Mr Michael Thomas Young

Director

Director

01/08/2008

31/10/2009

Mr Donald Hood Brydon

Director

Director

01/05/2009

22/09/2011

Mr Michael John Moores

Director

Director

01/07/2009

10/06/2011

Mr David John Smith

Director

Director

06/04/2010

13/06/2011

Moya Marguerite Greene

Director

Director

18/10/2010

17/12/2010

Mr Arthur Leslie Owen

Director

Director

18/10/2010

15/03/2012

Ms Paula Anne Vennells

Director

Director

18/10/2010

30/04/2019

Mr Matthew Lester

Director

Director

17/12/2010

01/11/2011

Ms Alice Elizabeth Perkins

Director

Director

21/07/2011

31/07/2015

Mr Christopher Mark Day

Director

Director

22/09/2011

28/01/2015

Mr Neil McCausland

Director

Director

22/09/2011

30/09/2015

Ms Virginia Anne Holmes

Director

Director

04/04/2012

27/03/2018

Ms Susannah Jemima Storey

Director

Civil Servant

18/04/2012

26/03/2014

Mr Alasdair Marnoch

Director

Director

23/05/2012

31/07/2015

Mr Timothy Franklin

Director

Director

19/09/2012

31/12/2019

Mr Richard John Callard

Director

Director

26/03/2014

27/03/2018

Mr Alisdair Charles John Cameron

Director

Chief Financial Officer

28/01/2015

NA

Mr Timothy Charles Parker

Director

Chairman

01/10/2015

30/09/2022

Mr Kenneth Stanely McCall

Director

Director

21/01/2016

26/01/2022

Ms Carla Rosaline Stent

Director

Director

21/01/2016

17/02/2023

Mr Thomas Knut Glenn Cooper

Director

Non Executive Director

27/03/2018

11/05/2023

Ms Shirine Khoury-Haq

Director

Director

24/05/2018

18/07/2019

Mr Nicholas James Read

Director

Chief Executive Officer

16/09/2019

NA

Zarin Homi Patel

Director

Non Executive Director

26/11/2019

13/03/2023

Ms Lisa Harrington

Director

Director

08/04/2020

01/06/2023

Mr Sarfaraz Gulam Ismail

Director

Director

03/06/2021

NA

Mr Elliot Marc Jacobs

Director

Director

03/06/2021

NA

Mr Brian Gaunt

Director

Director

25/01/2022

NA

Mr Henry Eric Staunton

Director

Chairman

01/12/2022

27/01/2024

Mr Simon Jeffreys

Director

Non Executive Director

23/03/2023

NA

Ms Amanda Jane Burton

Director

Director

27/04/2023

NA

Ms Lorna Rachel Gratton

Director

Director

12/05/2023

NA

Mr Andrew Atta Darfoor

Director

Director

20/06/2023

NA



Parliamentary Research
The office and role of Speaker - CBP-9974
Jul. 09 2024

Found: legislative union between England and Scotland in May 1707, the incumbent English Commons Speaker , John Smith

Finances of the Monarchy - CBP-9807
Nov. 27 2023

Found: The then Labour Party leader John Smith challenged the Prime Minister on the need for a blanket exemption



Early Day Motions
Monday 3rd March

Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill

14 signatures (Most recent: 10 Mar 2025)
Tabled by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar)
That this House congratulates Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill on her retirement from the House of Lords; thanks her for her over 30 years of service in the other place promoting social justice, opportunity and the importance of democracy; believes her work in setting up the John Smith Memorial Trust in …


APPG Publications

Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025


Document: Annual Report 2013-2014

Found: Please find enclosed sample communications as appendix 144 The John Smith Memorial Trust Above Trust



Department Publications - Transparency
Thursday 15th January 2026
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Source Page: FOI2025/00259: Government Art Collection - A list of artwork removed from Nos. 9,10,11 and 12 Downing Street
Document: (webpage)

Found: Houbraken Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl Godolphin (1645-1712) Financier HMT 8762 Sir Godfrey Kneller - John Smith

Thursday 15th January 2026
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Source Page: FOI2025/00259: Government Art Collection - A list of artwork removed from Nos. 9,10,11 and 12 Downing Street
Document: View online (webpage)

Found: "govuk-table__cell">8762

Sir Godfrey Kneller - John Smith

Monday 15th December 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: Commonwealth Scholarship Commission annual report 2025: Together we thrive
Document: (PDF)

Found: Educational Adviser at the US-UK Fulbright Commission, and managed the fellowship programme at the John Smith

Monday 15th December 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: Commonwealth Scholarship Commission annual report 2025: Together we thrive
Document: (PDF)

Found: Educational Adviser at the US-UK Fulbright Commission, and managed the fellowship programme at the John Smith

Tuesday 2nd December 2025
Cabinet Office
Source Page: Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: October 2025
Document: (webpage)

Found: Lord Vallance 2025-10-01 Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre Tickets Yes 80 Lord Vallance 2025-10-30 John Smith

Tuesday 2nd December 2025
Cabinet Office
Source Page: Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: October 2025
Document: View online (webpage)

Found:

2025-10-30 John Smith

Thursday 30th October 2025
Cabinet Office
Source Page: Cabinet Office: special advisers' gifts, hospitality and meetings with senior media figures, April to June 2025
Document: View online (webpage)

Found:

2025-05-14 John Smith

Thursday 30th October 2025
Cabinet Office
Source Page: Cabinet Office: special advisers' gifts, hospitality and meetings with senior media figures, April to June 2025
Document: (webpage)

Found: by Guest James Kilmartin Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Alaina Macdonald 2025-05-14 John Smith

Wednesday 22nd January 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: Commonwealth Scholarship Commission annual report 2024
Document: (PDF)

Found: Educational Adviser at the US-UK Fulbright Commission, and managed the fellowship programme at the John Smith

Friday 29th December 2023
Cabinet Office
Source Page: New Year Honours List 2024: High Awards
Document: New Year Honours List 2024: High Awards (PDF) (PDF)

Found: In 1992 she was elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and after the death of John Smith, she briefly

Tuesday 19th December 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: Commonwealth Scholarship Commission annual report 2023
Document: Commonwealth Scholarships annual report for the year ending September 2023: forging a sustainable and peaceful common future (PDF)

Found: Educational Adviser at the US-UK Fulbright Commission, and managed the fellowship programme at the John Smith

Friday 17th November 2023
Northern Ireland Office
Source Page: Department of Education Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023
Document: Department of Education Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 for the year ended 31 March 2023 (PDF)

Found: Replaced by Ronnie Armour on 3 July 2023 Deputy Secretary Linsey Farrell Deputy Secretary John Smith



Department Publications - Statistics
Monday 3rd November 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Source Page: Electoral Resilience and Democratic Engagement Programme: Voter identification research
Document: (ODS)

Found: John Smith) 836.9219443839808 4.214476316411145 276.19569391320545 269.6106621596674 291.1155883111086

Thursday 20th March 2025
Home Office
Source Page: Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences
Document: (PDF)

Found: John Smith Subject The email subject line.

Thursday 20th March 2025
Home Office
Source Page: Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences
Document: (PDF)

Found: D41d8cd98f00b 204e9800998e cf8427e File Created By The name of the person who created John Smith

Tuesday 23rd July 2024
Cabinet Office
Source Page: Infected Blood Inquiry reports
Document: (PDF)

Found: Attendees at the meeting chaired by Dr John Smith (NIBSC) included Dr John Petricianni of the Food and

Tuesday 23rd July 2024
Cabinet Office
Source Page: Infected Blood Inquiry reports
Document: (PDF)

Found: This will continue to be resisted for the reasons given in this paper. ” Memo from John Smith to Dora



Department Publications - News and Communications
Monday 12th May 2025
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Source Page: Government announces confirmed Chair and Board appointments to the S4C Board
Document: Government announces confirmed Chair and Board appointments to the S4C Board (webpage)

Found: Delyth has declared she worked as a speechwriter for John Smith MP, Leader of the Labour Party between

Thursday 13th June 2024
Ministry of Defence
Source Page: Two World War One Soldiers Buried in France
Document: Two World War One Soldiers Buried in France (webpage)

Found: The service for Serjeant (Sjt) John Smith, of Gloucestershire, and Gunner (Gnr) Charles Lightfoot, of

Thursday 21st March 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Source Page: Chair Reappointed to the Sports Ground Safety Authority
Document: Chair Reappointed to the Sports Ground Safety Authority (webpage)

Found: award winning, including the UK’s top architectural award – The RIBA Building of the Year for the John Smith



Department Publications - Guidance
Tuesday 25th June 2024
Department of Health and Social Care
Source Page: New MCCD: check that your organisation is on the distribution list
Document: (ODS)

Found: CENTRE IG11 8RJ DR KM ALKAISY PRACTICE RM9 6EA GABLES SURGERY RM8 2LD DR M FATEH'S PRACTICE RM10 9AT JOHN SMITH

Tuesday 12th March 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Fingermark visualisation manual: second edition
Document: Fingermark Visualisation Manual Second Edition 2022 (PDF)

Found: NS.1 Kenny Laing, SPSA 5.NS.5 (all photos) Kenny Laing, SPSA 5.CF .7 (top left and right) John Smith

Monday 11th December 2023
Department for Work and Pensions
Source Page: National Insurance number instructions for staff
Document: A to Z of common actions (PDF)

Found: catered for by the title, first forename, other forename(s) and surname fields, such as Lord John Smith



Non-Departmental Publications - Transparency
Dec. 15 2025
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
Source Page: Commonwealth Scholarship Commission annual report 2025: Together we thrive
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: Educational Adviser at the US-UK Fulbright Commission, and managed the fellowship programme at the John Smith

Dec. 15 2025
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
Source Page: Commonwealth Scholarship Commission annual report 2025: Together we thrive
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: Educational Adviser at the US-UK Fulbright Commission, and managed the fellowship programme at the John Smith

Apr. 16 2025
Marine Management Organisation
Source Page: The Ports of Fleetwood and Silloth Harbour Revision Order
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: - - - - - Ann Rushton Ditto Lawrence Fairclough Ditto Edward Barrow James Threlfall, John Smith

Mar. 11 2025
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Source Page: Vehicle operators who committed road safety offences in 2023
Document: (webpage)
Transparency

Found: LIMITED 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 OB1107763 C & C HORSE TRANSPORT LIMITED 16 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 OB1107863 JOHN SMITH

Mar. 11 2025
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Source Page: Vehicle operators who committed road safety offences in 2023
Document: (webpage)
Transparency

Found: LINCOLN LTD 99 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 PF0002431 SULLIVAN BUS & COACH LTD 77 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 PF0002454 DAVID JOHN SMITH

Jan. 22 2025
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
Source Page: Commonwealth Scholarship Commission annual report 2024
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: Educational Adviser at the US-UK Fulbright Commission, and managed the fellowship programme at the John Smith

Dec. 19 2023
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
Source Page: Commonwealth Scholarship Commission annual report 2023
Document: Commonwealth Scholarships annual report for the year ending September 2023: forging a sustainable and peaceful common future (PDF)
Transparency

Found: Educational Adviser at the US-UK Fulbright Commission, and managed the fellowship programme at the John Smith



Non-Departmental Publications - Guidance and Regulation
Oct. 30 2025
Forestry Commission
Source Page: Managing trees in the landscape
Document: Guidance on managing ancient and veteran trees, including advice on how to achieve pollarding correctly (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: Helen Read, Mick Boddy, Reg Harris, Peter Herring, Paul Melerange, Suzanne Perry, John Smith, Luke Steer

Jul. 16 2025
NHS England
Source Page: Cervical screening: quarterly coverage data reports 2024
Document: (ODS)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: 5441 234 0.569377990430622 London North East London Icb North East London Icb - A3A8R [F82040] The John Smith

Jul. 16 2025
NHS England
Source Page: Cervical screening: quarterly coverage data reports 2024
Document: (Excel)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: Surgery13807900.5724637681159423143454460.5523465703971119Greater Manchester IcbGreater Manchester Icb - 00T[F82040] The John Smith

Jan. 29 2025
Legal Aid Agency
Source Page: Civil Legal Advice Contracts 2025
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: Mr John Smith, Civil Legal Advice, London Specialist Telephone Advice Centre, London, WI. 2.33 You

Apr. 02 2024
Government Digital Service
Source Page: How to publish senior officials' business expenses, hospitality and meetings
Document: Senior Officials Transparency Guidance (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: and discuss the cost of hiring apprenticeship s Carlisle, UK Car Private 102 150.30 N/A 252.30 John Smith

Apr. 02 2024
Government Digital Service
Source Page: How to publish special advisers’ gifts, hospitality and meetings
Document: Special Advisers Transparency Guidance (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: adviser Temitope Alatise 2023-11-01 Hamper Lord Mustermann, Lady Smith 65.99 Used for hospitality John Smith

Feb. 01 2024
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Source Page: Buy and manage MOT slots for your MOT testing business
Document: Buy and manage MOT slots for your MOT testing business (webpage)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: Select your business name, for example ‘John Smith Motors Ltd’.

Oct. 31 2023
NHS England
Source Page: Cervical screening: quarterly coverage data reports 2023
Document: (Excel)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: Poologanathan2773520.7869318181818182[F82039] Poologanathan & Poologanathan5117820.6534526854219949[F82040] The John Smith

Oct. 31 2023
NHS England
Source Page: Cervical screening: quarterly coverage data reports 2023
Document: (ODS)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: 430 0.6034229828850856 London North East London Icb North East London Icb - A3A8R [F82040] The John Smith

Oct. 31 2023
NHS England
Source Page: Cervical screening: quarterly coverage data reports 2023
Document: (ODS)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: 343 0.5973451327433629 London North East London Icb North East London Icb - A3A8R [F82040] The John Smith

Oct. 31 2023
NHS England
Source Page: Cervical screening: quarterly coverage data reports 2023
Document: (ODS)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: Medical Centre 150 210 0.7142857142857143 [F82040] The John Smith Medical Centre 403 683 0.5900439238653001

Aug. 31 2023
Office of the Public Guardian
Source Page: Avoiding errors when completing a lasting power of attorney form
Document: Avoiding errors when completing a lasting power of attorney form (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: initials next to the correction In this example, ‘Mr Joe Bloggs’ is the attorney and ‘Mr John Smith

Jul. 20 2023
HM Revenue & Customs
Source Page: Tax relief on work expenses: communication resources
Document: Employee help card: Get the right pay faster (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: Also make sure that your forename(s) and surname are in the correct order (for example, John Smith and



Non-Departmental Publications - Statistics
Sep. 25 2025
NHS England
Source Page: Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening: standards report 2024 to 2025
Document: (ODS)
Statistics

Found: PRACTICE London 13 13 100 AAA-S01 F82039 DR P & S POOLOGANATHAN London 23 23 100 AAA-S01 F82040 JOHN SMITH

Sep. 26 2024
NHS England
Source Page: Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening: standards report 2023 to 2024
Document: (ODS)
Statistics

Found: PRACTICE London 13 13 100 AAA-S01 F82039 DR P & S POOLOGANATHAN London 16 16 100 AAA-S01 F82040 JOHN SMITH

Dec. 05 2023
NHS England
Source Page: Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening: standards report 2022 to 2023
Document: (ODS)
Statistics

Found: PRACTICE London 27 27 100 AAA-S01 F82039 DR P & S POOLOGANATHAN London 22 22 100 AAA-S01 F82040 JOHN SMITH



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
May. 12 2025
S4C
Source Page: Government announces confirmed Chair and Board appointments to the S4C Board
Document: Government announces confirmed Chair and Board appointments to the S4C Board (webpage)
News and Communications

Found: Delyth has declared she worked as a speechwriter for John Smith MP, Leader of the Labour Party between

Jan. 15 2025
Environment Agency
Source Page: Stafford fishing licence dodger prosecuted
Document: Stafford fishing licence dodger prosecuted (webpage)
News and Communications

Found: enforcement officers clamp down on illegal angling to protect fish stocks and make fishing sustainable John Smith

Jun. 13 2024
Veterans UK
Source Page: Two World War One Soldiers Buried in France
Document: Two World War One Soldiers Buried in France (webpage)
News and Communications

Found: The service for Serjeant (Sjt) John Smith, of Gloucestershire, and Gunner (Gnr) Charles Lightfoot, of

Mar. 21 2024
Sports Grounds Safety Authority
Source Page: Chair Reappointed to the Sports Ground Safety Authority
Document: Chair Reappointed to the Sports Ground Safety Authority (webpage)
News and Communications

Found: award winning, including the UK’s top architectural award – The RIBA Building of the Year for the John Smith

Sep. 11 2023
Environment Agency
Source Page: Angler fined £443 for illegal fishing in Staffordshire
Document: Angler fined £443 for illegal fishing in Staffordshire (webpage)
News and Communications

Found: At Northampton magistrates on 30 August 2023, the Environment Agency successfully prosecuted John Smith



Non-Departmental Publications - Services
Aug. 14 2024
HM Revenue & Customs
Source Page: Gift Aid schedule spreadsheets to claim back tax on donations
Document: (ODS)
Services

Found: full stops Amount DON'T use a £ sign Prof Henry House Martin 152A M99 2QD 2015-03-24 240 Mr John Smith

Aug. 14 2024
HM Revenue & Customs
Source Page: Gift Aid schedule spreadsheets to claim back tax on donations
Document: (ODS)
Services

Found: full stops Amount DON'T use a £ sign Henry House Martin 152A M99 2QD 2015-03-24 00:00:00 240 John Smith



Arms Length Bodies Publications
Jul. 26 2023
NICE
Source Page: Afamelanotide for treating erythropoietic protoporphyria
Publication Type: Expected publication
Document: Register of interests (PDF 473 KB) (webpage)
Published

Found: interest Description of interest Interest arose Interest declared Interest ceased Comments Mr John Smith



MP Financial Interests
7th April 2025
Stephen Gethins (Scottish National Party - Arbroath and Broughty Ferry)
4. Visits outside the UK
International visit to Montenegro between 21 March 2025 and 23 March 2025
Source

Found: Purpose: Attending a conference with John Smith Trust Fellows
Start Date: 21 March 2025
End Date

30th September 2024
Stephen Gethins (Scottish National Party - Arbroath and Broughty Ferry)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: John Smith Trust
Address of donor: 3rd Floor Suite, 207 Regent Street, London, England, W1B 3HH
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, meals and car parking at Edinburgh airport, value £2,798.34
Destination of visit: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (Tbilisi airport (transfer))
Dates of visit: 25 August 2024 to 29 August 2024
Purpose of visit: To conduct interviews for new Fellows for the John Smith Trust
(Registered 19 September 2024)
Source

Found: Visits outside the UK Name of donor: John Smith Trust
Address of donor: 3rd Floor Suite, 207 Regent

4th August 2024
Stephen Gethins (Scottish National Party - Arbroath and Broughty Ferry)
8. Miscellaneous
Trustee of John Smith Trust. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 16 July 2024)
Source

Found: Miscellaneous Trustee of John Smith Trust. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 16 July 2024)

4th August 2024
Adrian Ramsay (Green Party - Waveney Valley)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor: John Smith
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 to support campaigning in the Waveney Valley constituency
Donor status: individual
(Registered 4 August 2024)
Source

Found: received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: John Smith

4th August 2024
Maureen Burke (Labour - Glasgow North East)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Unite The Union
Address of donor: John Smith House, 145/165 West Regent Street, Glasgow G2 4RZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 for my parliamentary election campaign.
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 1 August 2024)
Source

Found: indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: Unite The Union
Address of donor: John Smith

29th April 2024
Lord Gove (Conservative - Life peer)
8. Miscellaneous
Member of the Board of the John Smith Centre at the University of Glasgow.
Date interest arose: 17 April 2024
Additional information: The John Smith Centre works to inspire and empower new and diverse voices to engage with and enter British politics through advocacy; research and paid internship and development programmes.
(Registered 19 April 2024)
Source

Found: Miscellaneous Member of the Board of the John Smith Centre at the University of Glasgow.



Deposited Papers
Thursday 22nd August 2024

Source Page: Infected Blood Inquiry. The Report. 7 volumes.
Document: Volume_3_-_What_happened_and_why.pdf (PDF)

Found: Attendees at the meeting chaired by Dr John Smith (NIBSC) included Dr John Petricianni of the Food and

Thursday 22nd August 2024

Source Page: Infected Blood Inquiry. The Report. 7 volumes.
Document: Volume_6_-_Response_of_Government_and_Public_Bodies.pdf (PDF)

Found: This will continue to be resisted for the reasons given in this paper. ” Memo from John Smith to Dora




John Smith mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Cross Party Group Publications
Minute of the Meeting of 4 June 2025 (PDF)
Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Children and Young People
Published: 4th Jun 2025

Found: Siobhan Brown MSP Invited guests Dr Elizabeth Loose, Research & Engagement Manager at John Smith

Minute of the Meeting on 24 September 2024 (PDF)
Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Ukraine
Published: 24th Sep 2024

Found: of Dundee Varvara Mishyna, Project Inspiration Daniel Smith, AstroAgency Anna Makhlay, The John Smith

Annual Return 2024 to 2025 (PDF)
Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Children and Young People

Found: Presentations were delivered by: Dr Elizabeth Loose, Research & Engagement Manager at John Smith Centre



Scottish Government Publications
Wednesday 3rd December 2025

Source Page: Humanitarian spend on Democratic Republic Of Congo crisis documentation: FOI release
Document: FOI 202500482900 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: [redacted s.38(1)(b)]@gov.scot  Jamie Livingstone Oxfam Scotland c/o Oxford House John Smith

Thursday 13th November 2025
Chief Nursing Officer Directorate
Chief Medical Officer Directorate
Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Primary Care Directorate
Source Page: Transforming Roles paper 6: allied health professions advanced practice
Document: Transforming Nursing, Midwifery and Health Professions’ (NMaHP) Roles: pushing the boundaries to meet health and social care needs in Scotland Paper 09 (PDF)

Found: The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Fiona Smith AHP Director, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde  John Smith

Wednesday 12th November 2025

Source Page: International strategy: annual report 2024 to 2025
Document: Scotland’s International Strategy Annual Report 2024-25 (PDF)

Found: In June 2024 the Scottish Government supported the John Smith Trust Ukrainian Women’s Leadership programme

Monday 2nd June 2025
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Source Page: Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts: February 2025
Document: Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts: February 2025 (Excel)

Found: Roundtable - 15 employers across key sectors Skills 2025-02-25 00:00:00MeetingEmin Jabbarov, Fellow, John Smith

Wednesday 16th April 2025

Source Page: Private jet tax documentation: FOI release
Document: FOI 202500453335 - Information released - Annex (PDF)

Found: Registered office: Oxfam House, John Smith Drive, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2JY.

Thursday 27th March 2025

Source Page: Planning Hubs and Planning apprenticeships information: EIR release
Document: EIR 202500447903 - Information Released - Documents (PDF)

Found: Action Owner 1 Example Activity In Progress 10d 01/08/2024 15/08/2024 01/08/2024 15/08/2024 John Smith

Tuesday 18th February 2025
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Source Page: Freedom of Information request queries: FOI release
Document: Freedom of Information request queries: FOI release (webpage)

Found: John Smith), or first initial and surname (e.g. J Smith), or title and surname (e.g. Mrs Smith).

Friday 31st January 2025
Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Source Page: Housing Tender Return analysis: FOI release
Document: FOI 202500448727 - Information released - 5. Model Services Contract - Schedule 2 Pricing Schedule (UPDATED 03.11.22) (Excel)

Found: Organisation (if not lead organisation)Day Rate Number of Days on Project Total Cost (auto-populating)John Smith

Monday 23rd September 2024
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Source Page: Communication with Scottish Water: EIR release
Document: EIR 202400422424 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: )] SW Private Personal [Not in scope] Document 27.1 John Smith

Wednesday 4th September 2024
External Affairs Directorate
Source Page: Foreign policy correspondence: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400415784 - Information released - Annex A (PDF)

Found: Registered office: Oxfam House, John Smith Drive, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2JY.

Thursday 15th August 2024
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Source Page: Scottish Water pay review, transformation, modernisation reward foundation: EIR release
Document: EIR 202300385228 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: Greer Organiser GMB Scotland Sharon Graham General Secretary www.unitetheunion.org John Smith

Wednesday 14th August 2024
Tax and Revenues Directorate
Source Page: Wealth tax in Scotland correspondence: FOI release
Document: FOI 202300378648 - Information released - Annex B (PDF)

Found: Registered office: Oxfam House, John Smith Drive, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2JY.

Friday 24th May 2024
External Affairs Directorate
Source Page: Scottish Peace Programme: request for proposals.
Document: Call for Funding & Application Form: Grant to Support The Scottish Peacebuilding Programme (PDF)

Found: Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) get ready for UK residential programme | John Smith

Wednesday 6th March 2024
Mental Health Directorate
Source Page: Scotland's Mental Health and Wellbeing Delivery Plan: Equality Impact Assessment
Document: Scotland’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Delivery Plan Equality Impact Assessment (PDF)

Found: the inquiry into Islamophobia in Scotland by the Cross -Party Group on Tackling Islamophobia - John Smith

Thursday 21st December 2023
Legal Services (Solicitor to the Scottish Government)
Source Page: Planning and environmental appeals: guidance for reporters
Document: Note 10 - Reporters' decisions, house style.pdf (PDF)

Found: For example, Mr John Smith may be split, with ‘Mr John’ on one line and ‘Smith’ on the next line.

Wednesday 20th December 2023
Safer Communities Directorate
Justice Directorate
Source Page: Decision-making on Bail and Remand in Scotland: final report - December 2023
Document: Decision-making on Bail and Remand in Scotland: Final Report December 2023 (PDF)

Found: non -individualised approaches: “…they’re not seeing people as individuals…they are seeing Mr John Smith

Saturday 16th December 2023
Constitution Directorate
Source Page: Correspondence in relation to offshore wind: FOI release
Document: FOI - 202300344494 - Information release (PDF)

Found: to operate the machine, and sometimes they used it to help find seats for rising stars such as John Smith

Thursday 14th December 2023
People Directorate
Source Page: Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts: October 2022
Document: Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts: October 2022 (Excel)

Found: Human Rights Defender FellowshipHuman Rights2022-10-04 00:00:00MeetingKezia Dugdale, Director, John Smith

Tuesday 28th November 2023
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Source Page: John Smith Centre payments: FOI release
Document: John Smith Centre payments: FOI release (webpage)

Found: John Smith Centre payments: FOI release

Tuesday 7th November 2023
Mental Health Directorate
Source Page: Mental health and wellbeing : workforce action plan 2023-2025
Document: Mental Health Equality Evidence Report 2023 (PDF)

Found: John Smith Centre.

Tuesday 7th November 2023
Mental Health Directorate
Source Page: Mental health and wellbeing strategy: delivery plan 2023-2025
Document: Mental Health Equality Evidence Report 2023 (PDF)

Found: John Smith Centre.

Tuesday 7th November 2023
Mental Health Directorate
Source Page: Mental health and wellbeing strategy: delivery plan 2023-2025
Document: Scotland’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Delivery Plan - Equality Impact Assessment (PDF)

Found: the inquiry into Islamophobia in Scotland by the Cross -Party Group on Tackling Islamophobia - John Smith

Tuesday 7th November 2023
Mental Health Directorate
Source Page: Mental health and wellbeing strategy: delivery plan 2023-2025 - easy read
Document: Mental Health Equality Evidence Report 2023 (PDF)

Found: John Smith Centre.

Tuesday 7th November 2023
Mental Health Directorate
Source Page: Mental health and wellbeing strategy: delivery plan 2023-2025 - easy read
Document: Scotland’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Delivery Plan - Equality Impact Assessment (PDF)

Found: the inquiry into Islamophobia in Scotland by the Cross -Party Group on Tackling Islamophobia - John Smith

Wednesday 28th June 2023
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Culture and Major Events Directorate
Digital Health and Care Directorate
Early Learning and Childcare Directorate
Jobs and Wellbeing Directorate
Education Reform Directorate
Health Workforce Directorate
Learning Directorate
Lifelong Learning and Skills Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Mental Health Directorate
People Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Social Care and National Care Service Development
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Source Page: Anti-racism in Scotland: progress review 2023
Document: Anti-Racism in Scotland - Progress Review 2023: The Race Equality Framework and the Immediate Priorities Plan (PDF)

Found: Theme 2: Community Cohesion and Safety Action #: 8 Continued support and delivery of the John Smith



Scottish Parliamentary Debates
Portfolio Question Time
97 speeches (49,531 words)
Wednesday 7th January 2026 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) reconstruction, including through the UK-Ukraine 100-year partnership and initiatives such as the John Smith - Link to Speech

Swimming Pools
63 speeches (81,194 words)
Tuesday 6th January 2026 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: MacGregor, Fulton (SNP - Coatbridge and Chryston) In contrast, the nearby John Smith pool in the cabinet secretary’s constituency has been closed for some - Link to Speech
2: Gray, Neil (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) groups in Airdrie and Coatbridge in order to get investment from North Lanarkshire Council for the John Smith - Link to Speech

Legal Mechanism for any Independence Referendum
115 speeches (89,800 words)
Thursday 27th November 2025 - Committee
Mentions:
1: None The phrase came from John Smith prior to the idea of there ever being a referendum on devolution and - Link to Speech

Dying in Poverty in Scotland 2024
51 speeches (49,446 words)
Thursday 5th December 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Leonard, Richard (Lab - Central Scotland) It was John Smith who said that the job of the Labour Party was to“persuade millions of the strength - Link to Speech

Ukraine
32 speeches (100,539 words)
Thursday 26th September 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) is being delivered in partnership with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy.In addition, the John Smith - Link to Speech

British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly
18 speeches (50,850 words)
Tuesday 23rd January 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: O'Kane, Paul (Lab - West Scotland) Parliament of that historic moment, with the support of the Irish consul, Mr Jerry O’Donovan, the John Smith - Link to Speech

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee Report: “How Devolution is Changing Post-EU”
75 speeches (128,700 words)
Tuesday 9th January 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Allan, Alasdair (SNP - Na h-Eileanan an Iar) An early example was when the then Speaker of the House of Commons, John Smith, said, on receipt from - Link to Speech

Challenge Poverty Week 2023
11 speeches (44,681 words)
Tuesday 24th October 2023 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Leonard, Richard (Lab - Central Scotland) fundamental transformation in the established relations of power.Let me conclude with the words of John Smith - Link to Speech

First Minister’s Question Time
65 speeches (47,801 words)
Thursday 1st June 2023 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) I shudder to think what greats such as John Smith and Donald Dewar—those architects of devolution—would - Link to Speech

Deposit Return Scheme
53 speeches (34,115 words)
Tuesday 30th May 2023 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Slater, Lorna (Green - Lothian) Back in the days of Donald Dewar and John Smith, Labour championed devolution as an opportunity to address - Link to Speech




John Smith mentioned in Welsh results


Welsh Government Publications
Tuesday 24th October 2023

Source Page: Reducing emissions from domestic burning of solid fuels
Document: Summary of responses (PDF)

Found: Rambton, Georgina Cooke, Tony Jones, Robert Rhys Roberts, Richard Darron Cowton, Ian Kennedy, John Smith

Thursday 28th May 2020

Source Page: Global Centre of Rail Excellence planning pre-application
Document: Environmental statement volume 2: appendices 7a to 15c (PDF)

Found: not mandatory for File Note) Prepared by Checked by Approved by Name Rob Varley Miguel Piedra John Smith

Tuesday 10th October 2017

Source Page: Electoral reform in local government in Wales
Document: Summary of responses (PDF)

Found: Calder John Crocker John David Wilkins John Ellis John Ivor Jones John Matthews John Sexton John Smith



Welsh Senedd Debates
3. Debate: The Infected Blood Inquiry Report

Tuesday 4th June 2024
Mentions:
1: John Griffiths (Welsh Labour - Newport East) of three victims of the contaminated blood scandal from my constituency in Newport East: Colin John Smith - Link to Speech

7. Debate: The Final Budget 2020-2021

Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Mentions:
1: None It wasn't Gordon Brown, sorry, I take that back—Mike Hedges will correct me—it was John Smith. - Link to Speech