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Your MP (David Linden) represents you, and all of the people who live in Glasgow East,
at the UK Parliament in Westminster.
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Scottish National Party MP for Glasgow East
Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 2017 — General election
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Topics of interest
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Home Office
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Scotland Office
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Members: Correspondence
- Jobcentres: Glasgow
- Azerbaijan: Christianity
- Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
- Food Banks: Scotland
Currently held offices
- Member, Work and Pensions Committee (since 9 Jan 2023)
- Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Social Justice) (since 12 Dec 2022)
- Member, Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act (since 10 Nov 2020)
Other offices held in the past
- Member, Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill Committee ( 8 Mar 2023 to 15 Mar 2023)
- Member, Seafarers' Wages Bill [HL] Committee (11 Jan 2023 to 17 Jan 2023)
- Member, UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords] Committee (16 Nov 2022 to 22 Nov 2022)
- Member, Pension Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) Bill Committee (19 Oct 2022 to 26 Oct 2022)
- Member, Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill Committee ( 7 Sep 2022 to 12 Oct 2022)
- Member, Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill Committee (20 Jul 2022 to 7 Sep 2022)
- Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) ( 1 Feb 2021 to 29 Mar 2022)
- Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Housing, Communities and Local Government) ( 7 Jan 2020 to 1 Feb 2021)
- Member, Standing Orders Committee ( 1 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Member, Procedure Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
- SNP Whip (20 Jun 2017 to 7 Jan 2020)
Previous MPs in this constituency
Public bill committees (Sittings attended)
SNP MPs only attend sittings where the legislation pertains to Scotland.
Recent appearances
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Welfare Benefits (Adequacy, Debt and Deductions) Bill: Second Reading – David Linden. Private Members' Bills
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the legality of imports from illegal Israeli settlements.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on smallholder farmers of the measures in the Intellectual Property Chapter of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership relating to the requirement for signatory countries to ratify the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of...
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Last updated: 18 Mar 2024.
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from
UK sources
Name of donor: The
English Football LeagueAddress of donor:
EFL House,10-12 West Cliff, Preston PR1 8HU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One ticket with hospitality for the Carabao Cup Final at Wembley, estimated value £350
Date received: 25 February 2024
Date accepted: 25 February 2024
Donor status: company, registration 00080612
(Registered 27 February 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: The Good Faith Partnership
Address of donor: The Court Yard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Ticket for the
US National Prayer Breakfast, value £577.39
Destination of visit:
Washington DC, United States of AmericaDates of visit: 1-2 February 2023
Purpose of visit: Attendance at the US National Prayer Breakfast.
(Registered 06 March 2023)
8. Miscellaneous
From 6 October 2022, a
Non-Executive Director of Cranhill Development Trust, a charity which supports local residents with employability, health and wellbeing as well as welfare advice. (Registered 31 October 2022)
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