Information between 1st May 2023 - 25th January 2026
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Parkinson’s Awareness Month
34 speeches (15,455 words) Thursday 1st May 2025 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow West) Awareness Month.I would like to begin by paying tribute to my old friend and former colleague Margo MacDonald - Link to Speech |
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)
141 speeches (33,989 words) Thursday 30th January 2025 - Public Bill Committees Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Sarah Green (LD - Chesham and Amersham) Dr Ward: I was the adviser on the previous Bill in Scotland as well, under Margo MacDonald MSP and Patrick - Link to Speech |
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Winnie Ewing
49 speeches (8,661 words) Tuesday 4th July 2023 - Commons Chamber Scotland Office Mentions: 1: Ian Blackford (SNP - Ross, Skye and Lochaber) people in particular who we owe an enormous debt of gratitude: one is Winnie, and the other is Margo MacDonald - Link to Speech |
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National Numeracy Day
13 speeches (7,740 words) Thursday 18th May 2023 - Westminster Hall Department for Education Mentions: 1: Peter Grant (SNP - Glenrothes) percentages mean.I am sad to say that the first example I can find comes from the late, much-lamented Margo MacDonald - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 4th July 2023
Written Evidence - Roundtable Transcript, Group 5 Event 1, 17.05.23 ADY0519 - Assisted dying/assisted suicide Assisted dying/assisted suicide - Health and Social Care Committee Found: Two points, the 2010 Margo MacDonald Bill in Holyrood recognised the need to exclude coercion and |
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Wednesday 30th April 2025
Report - Lead Committee report by the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee on the general principles of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. Stage 1 report: Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill Health, Social Care and Sport Committee Found: Two proposals lodged by the late Margo Macdonald MSP did secure sufficient support to be introduced as |
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Friday 2nd February 2024
External Affairs Directorate Source Page: Regarding Humza Yousaf's meeting with Pakistan Consulate: FOI review Document: FOI 202300348980 Information released (PDF) Found: (SG Release 12 December) Independent MSP Margo MacDonald said: “I’m glad that the government is |
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Definitions of terminal illness in assisted dying legislation
Thursday 25th September 2025 This briefing firstly sets out the definition of terminal illness in the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. It then explores other definitions of terminal illness as set out in existing or proposed legislation in the UK and overseas. View source webpage Found: and finds life intolerable.”15 The following definition was included within the Bill: • 2013: Margo MacDonald |
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20 Years of the Scottish Parliament
Thursday 27th June 2019 This is a special briefing to mark the 20th anniversary of the Scottish Parliament. This briefing provides an overview of the path to devolution; the work of the Parliament to date, and considers what may be next for the Scottish Parliament. View source webpage Found: The two Greens, Robin Harper MSP and Patrick Harvie MSP , and independent, Margo MacDonald MSP , abstained |
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Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
245 speeches (100,193 words) Tuesday 25th November 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Baillie, Jackie (Lab - Dumbarton) I know that Patrick Harvie and Margo MacDonald introduced such bills previously, but this is the furthest - Link to Speech |
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Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
281 speeches (144,796 words) Tuesday 18th November 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: Harvie, Patrick (Green - Glasgow) make a minor point for clarity: the previous bill that the member referred to was introduced by Margo MacDonald - Link to Speech |
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Scottish Public Inquiries (Cost-effectiveness)
180 speeches (90,409 words) Tuesday 17th June 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: None The late Margo MacDonald, of blessed memory, rather bullied Jack McConnell into starting the inquiry - Link to Speech |
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Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
122 speeches (259,370 words) Tuesday 13th May 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) colleagues including Jeremy Purvis, Patrick Harvie and the late Margo MacDonald.Fifteen years ago, Margo MacDonald - Link to Speech 2: Baillie, Jackie (Lab - Dumbarton) change.I did not support the first two bills that came before Parliament, which were proposed by Margo MacDonald - Link to Speech 3: Harvie, Patrick (Green - Glasgow) In parliamentary terms, I recognise the work of Jeremy Purvis and then Margo MacDonald, whose second - Link to Speech 4: Carlaw, Jackson (Con - Eastwood) I cannot look up to where Paul Sweeney and Maggie Chapman are sitting and not think of Margo MacDonald - Link to Speech |
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Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
143 speeches (121,175 words) Tuesday 4th February 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) Proposals and bills were previously introduced on the issue by Patrick Harvie, the late Margo MacDonald - Link to Speech 2: None makes it the person’s decision as to the time and place and who is there.I was involved with Margo MacDonald - Link to Speech |
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Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
155 speeches (115,468 words) Tuesday 12th November 2024 - Committee Mentions: 1: None I gave internal advice on the very first bill on the subject, which was introduced by Margo MacDonald - Link to Speech |
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Prostitution Law Reform
8 speeches (34,409 words) Thursday 18th January 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Thomson, Michelle (SNP - Falkirk East) pursued with vigour by a number of members from different parties and, not least, the redoubtable Margo MacDonald - Link to Speech |
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Katharine Stewart-Murray
15 speeches (38,744 words) Thursday 7th December 2023 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Brown, Keith (SNP - Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) strikes.There are those who came after Katharine Stewart-Murray’s time, such as Winnie Ewing and Margo MacDonald - Link to Speech |
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Dewars Centre
21 speeches (42,481 words) Wednesday 31st May 2023 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Smith, Liz (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) I know that my predecessor, the late Margo MacDonald, would have been saying exactly the same thing in - Link to Speech |