Gordon MacDonald

Scottish National Party MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands

@GMacdonaldMSP

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Scottish National Party MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands

Entered the Scottish Parliament on 6 May 2011 — Election

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  • Scottish Parliament: Food Waste Reduction Target 27 Mar 2024

    Recent major food organisations have warned that new Brexit border rules could cut the shelf life of fresh fruit from mainland Europe by a fifth and leave some deliveries from the European Union unsaleable. Does the minister share those concerns, and has the Scottish Government made any assessment of the impact of Brexit border rules on increased food waste?
  • Scottish Parliament: Public Finances (Impact of Stagnation) 27 Mar 2024

    1. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact that stagnation has had on Scotland’s public finances, in light of the final report of the Resolution Foundation’s economy 2030 inquiry, which found that the United Kingdom is a decade and a half into a period of stagnation. (S6O-03268)
  • Scottish Parliament: Public Finances (Impact of Stagnation) 27 Mar 2024

    I thank the Deputy First Minister for that answer. The Resolution Foundation found that benefit levels have not kept pace with prices, and that people who rely on benefits have had their incomes reduced by £3,000 at the same time that wealth has risen from three times to more than seven times national income since the 1980s. Given the powers that it has, what steps could the Scottish...

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