Member of the House of Lords
Scottish National Party
House of Lords
GB - SW1A 0PW - London
United Kingdom
Working language: English
Declarations of interests:
2026
, 2025
, 2024
Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)
01/10/2025 | 18:47:15 Thank you, Chair. Chair, can I firstly thank my colleague and my Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) colleague, Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS, for his hard work on this? This has been a difficult, but I think everybody will agree, an incredibly important task. So thanks to him for his work. But I'm sure he won't mind if I thank, in particular, the Ukrainian delegation and the Russian democrats who have engaged with this so positively. This is a challenging issue and one for which those who want... 26/06/2025 | 18:27:02 Thank you, Mister President. Can I firstly thank all colleagues who have made very powerful contributions? If I may, I'm going to start with the words that you, Mister President, used. Democracy is hard, but a lack of democracy is harder. That was an important point to start off with and one which speaks to why we're talking about this today. We've heard about what's going on in Georgia. We're worried about what's going on in Georgia. If I may, I will mention my two United Kingdom colleagues... 26/06/2025 | 17:43:42 Thank you so much, Mister President, and thank you to you and your colleagues for time here today. This is a serious debate for us, but a particular serious debate for our friends in Georgia and our beloved Sakartvelo. The Convention and the rights that we enjoy are not simply as a result of us living on the continent of Europe. Being a state in Europe does not make you a member and does not grant you rights, as Russia and Belarus are well aware. That's why we as parliamentarians are here... 24/06/2025 | 11:55:47 Thank you, Mr Chairman, Can I first of all commend my colleagues, Ms YASKO and Mr KROSS, for their powerful testimony, but also for their hard work and their insights around Russia's war and aggression and the release of prisoners. Mr Chair, this is my first time speaking in this Chamber, and I can think of no more appropriate issue to be my opening speech than on this one. Ukraine and Russia's war is a defining issue for us as Europeans, and how we react and continue to react will be pivotal...
21/04/2026 | Doc. 16386 | Written declaration Vladimir Putin's Russia should not be allowed to the Venice Biennale 13/03/2026 | Doc. 16358 | Motion for a resolution The security of critical infrastructure as a pillar of democratic stability in Europe 20/02/2026 | Doc. 16348 | Motion for a resolution Towards a Euro-Atlantic strategy for the Arctic in support of the rules-based international order 07/10/2025 | Doc. 16219 | Written declaration The imperative to hold the Russian Federation accountable through the confiscation of frozen State assets 03/10/2025 | Doc. 16280 | Motion for a resolution Towards a coherent European policy on veterans
01/10/2025 | Doc. 16237, vote on the draft text for resolution Journalists matter: the need to step up efforts to liberate Ukrainian journalists held in captivity by the Russian Federation 01/10/2025 | Doc. 16270, vote on the draft text for opinion Draft convention establishing an international claims commission for Ukraine 01/10/2025 | Doc. 16246, vote on the draft text for resolution Post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria 01/10/2025 | Doc. 16247, vote on the draft text for resolution Russian democratic forces 26/06/2025 | Doc. 16211, vote on the draft text for resolution Women's rights in Europe – Progress and challenges