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Scottish National Party MSP for Falkirk East, Former Independent MP for Edinburgh West

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 3 May 2017 — Dissolved for election

Entered the Scottish Parliament on 8 May 2021 — Election

Party was Scottish National Party until 30 Sep 2015; Independent until 3 May 2017

Also represented Edinburgh West

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @MichelleThomson
• https://facebook.com/MichelleThomsonEdi

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

We don't know whether Michelle Thomson campaigned to leave, or stay in the European Union Source: BBC

• HM Treasury
• Home Office
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Department for Transport
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Visas: Fees and Charges
• Green Investment Bank: Privatisation
• Apprentices: Taxation
• Developing Countries: Education
• Apprentices: Scotland

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Business and Trade Committee (17 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Feb 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Feb 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Feb 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Education, Skills and the Economy Sub-Committee ( 1 Dec 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee ( 8 Jul 2015 to 17 Oct 2016)
• Shadow SNP Westminster Group Leader (Business, Innovation and Skills) (20 May 2015 to 1 Oct 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Michael Connarty
• Harry Ewing

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

SNP MPs only attend sittings where the legislation pertains to Scotland.

• Finance Bill Committee (2 out of 6)

Recent appearances

• Scottish Parliament: Just Transition (Grangemouth Area and North-east and Moray) 3 Oct 2024

  Speaking on behalf of the committee will be an interesting departure for me. I am pleased that I got a chance to get my tuppence-worth in earlier, so I thank members who allowed me to intervene. Obviously, there are two reports about which members have spoken, so it might be useful to reflect on themes that were delved into comprehensively by a number of speakers, and areas that...

• Scottish Parliament: Just Transition (Grangemouth Area and North-east and Moray) 3 Oct 2024

  I thank Claire Baker for that. She is absolutely right. Perhaps I had not been clear; I was noting that, despite capacity building being clearly mentioned in the report on the north-east and Moray, it did not come up from our members today. Claire Baker is absolutely correct. The last area that I did not hear much mention of was national outcomes. There is still a lot to discuss,...

• Scottish Parliament: Just Transition (Grangemouth Area and North-east and Moray) 3 Oct 2024

  I made it clear at the time that I had signed a non-disclosure agreement. I have also put on the public record that, at that point, which was several weeks ago, the right people were talking to the right people. That is the only thing that I can confirm with authority. The honest answer is that, beyond that, I do not know. I had better move on, because I know that I have only eight...

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