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Scott Arthur

Labour MP for Edinburgh South West

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Committees

In the UK Parliament, committees are groups of MPs or Peers who examine specific issues in more detail than can be done in debates.

Some committees focus on checking the government’s decisions and spending, while others investigate specific topics and proposed legislation.

Scott Arthur is currently a member of the following committees:

Member, Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill Committee

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Member, Transport Committee

The Transport Committee is nominated by the House of Commons to scrutinise the Department for Transport.

Its formal remit is to hold Ministers and Departments to account, and to investigate matters of public concern where there is a need for accountability to the public through Parliament.

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Committee memberships held in the past

  • Member, Rare Cancers Bill Committee (26 Jun 2025 to 2 Jul 2025)
  • Member, Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill Committee ( 9 Jun 2025 to 11 Jun 2025)

All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs)

All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal cross-party groups made up of MPs and Peers who share an interest in a particular country or subject.

They do not have formal powers or funding, but can book rooms on the parliamentary estate and may receive funding from outside organisations and companies.

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Scott Arthur is an officer of the following groups

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Women in Transport (Officer)

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  • Purpose: To provide a forum to discuss and overcome the under-representation of women in transport by promoting best practice examples of employers leading the way in gender diversifying their workforce and by being the voice for all women using the UK’s transport networks.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://www.womenintransport.com/appg
  • APPG register: Parliament website

Scott Arthur is a member of the following groups

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Aviation

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  • Purpose: To promote the objective - as set out by the British Government - of making the UK the best country in the world for aviation through inspiring both current and future generations to take up science, technology, engineering and mathematics, thereby creating high-tech jobs and growth in our economy.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://aviationappg.uk/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Breast Cancer

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for British Buses

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  • Purpose: The APPG provides a forum for Parliamentarians to discuss policies to support the UK bus manufacturing industry.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Bus and Coach

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  • Purpose: To provide a forum for parliamentarians and industry stakeholders, generate debate, disseminate knowledge, drive new initiatives and campaigns relating to the industry, its growth and survival.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change

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  • Purpose: To run events and activities in parliament with the purpose of advancing understanding of policy issues surrounding climate change and enabling cross-party discussion and action on climate policy.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://www.climateappg.co.uk/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking

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  • Purpose: To champion cycling and walking in the context of the growing importance of all forms of active travel. Our main aim is to get more people cycling and walking in the UK, more often and more safely.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://appgcw.org/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Defibrillators

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  • Purpose: To provide a forum for parliamentary discussion on the issues surrounding sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) defibrillators and resuscitation, whilst providing evidence-based solutions to improve the survival rates of SCA.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://defibrillatorappg.wordpress.com/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections

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  • Purpose: To enhance the integrity of UK democracy by: replacing First Past the Post with a proportional electoral system; eliminating dark money and undemocratic influence from politics; countering disinformation in public discourse. The APPG's goal is to deliver clean and fair elections where all votes count.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://fairelections.org.uk/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Students

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  • Purpose: To recognise the internationalisation and global prominence of UK education; to promote the value of international students to UK education, economy and ‘soft power’; to raise awareness of issues affecting international students; and to provide a platform for collaboration between parliamentarians, educators, professionals and business leaders.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://internationalstudents.org.uk/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Less Survivable Cancers

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Net Zero All-Party Parliamentary Group

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  • Purpose: The APPG accelerates policy change, promotes zero carbon solutions, supports clean growth technology, and embeds the UK’s commitment to a net zero carbon economy. It provides a forum for MPs and peers to collectively advocate for urgent government action for a low carbon future in the UK.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://netzeroappg.org.uk/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Parkrun

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  • Purpose: To celebrate and promote the health and wellbeing advantages of Parkrun in Parliament and throughout the UK
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Transport Safety

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  • Purpose: To provide opportunities to debate transport safety matters (on road, rail, air and water) and to encourage the government to address transport safety issues. To work in partnership with others supporting safe, sustainable and healthy transport.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://transportsafetyappg.org.uk/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ukraine

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  • Purpose: To promote and strengthen relations between the UK and Ukrainian parliaments.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Video Games and Esports

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  • Purpose: To work with the games and interactive entertainment industry, including with its trade body UK Interactive Entertainment, to supercharge the industry's economic, technological and cultural contributions within parliament.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

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