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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Karen Adam

Scottish National Party

MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast (Constituency) 2021 - present day

About Karen Adam

Contact details

Contact online

Facebook: Karen's facebook

Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 6811
Text relay calls welcome.

Contact at local office

20 Chapel Street
Peterhead
AB42 1TL

Phone: 01779 400 601
Text relay calls welcome.

Committees

Cross-party groups

Karen is a member of 9 cross-party groups

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Children and Young People

Co-Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Deafness

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on End of Life Choices

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Fisheries and Coastal Communities

Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on France

Deputy Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Heart and Circulatory Diseases

Co-Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on International Development

Deputy Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on LGBTI+

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Tourism

Member

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Karen has 1 parliamentary and government role

Conveners Group

Member

Party Roles

Karen does not have any party roles

Previous roles

Karen has had 4 previous roles

Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.

06 March 2024 - 18 September 2024

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Substitute Member

17 June 2021 - 20 February 2024

Equalities Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Member

01 February 2023 - 14 February 2024

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Member

17 June 2021 - 01 February 2023

Rural Affairs Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Member

Register of interests

Karen's register of interests

MSPs must provide details of their financial interests in the Register of Interests. They make an initial statement on becoming or being returned as an MSP. This is then updated with any changes they provide.

Here is the register for Karen Adam. The date of their initial statement was 02 June 2021.

Remuneration and related undertaking

Until 31 May 2021, when I resigned, I was a local authority Councillor for Aberdeenshire Council (of Woodhill House, Westburn Rd, Aberdeen AB16 5GB). I spent in the region of 40 hours per week on this role. I received a salary and use of a mobile phone and laptop. I estimate the total combined value of this remuneration was between £15,001 and £20,000 per annum. I received a final payment of salary on 27 May 2021.

Gifts

On 22 and 23 January 2025 I attended the Offshore Wind Conference 2025. My ticket to the conference was valued at £700 and was provided by Scottish Renewables (a trade body representing the renewable energy sector in Scotland of 24 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, G1 2EU). [Registered 17 March 2025]

Overseas visits

From 6 to 13 October 2024, as a co-convenor of the Cross-Party Group on Taiwan, I visited Taiwan as a guest of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan). The trip was arranged by the Taipei Representative Office (Edinburgh) in the UK, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (of 1 Melville Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7PE). The Tapei Representative Office (Edinburgh) offers quasi-consular assistance to Taiwanese nationals in Scotland and represents the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the United Kingdom through a manner of cultural, academic, and economic activities. On my visit to Taiwan, I met a number of Government departments, as well as trade, faith-based and cultural organisations. The visit was made up of a cross-party delegation all of whom were, at the time of the trip, members of the Cross Party Group on Taiwan. The total cost of the flights, hotels and ancillary expenses was £8,800. These costs were met entirely by the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) as detailed above. [Registered 13 November 2024]

Controlled transactions

No registrable interests

Heritable property

No registrable interests

Interest in shares

No registrable interests

Voluntary

No registrable interests

Recent Activity

What was said

What Karen Adam has said in Parliament

These are the official transcripts of what was said by this MSP in the chamber and at committee meetings. You'll find the topic discussed and how many times this MSP has contributed to the discussion.

Chamber meeting date: 6 May 2025

Programme for Government

Karen Adam (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP): "I welcome the expansion of specialist regional centres in order to deliver 150,000 additional appointments and procedures, which will reduce waiting times and waiting lists…

Chamber meeting date: 30 April 2025

Aberdeenshire Council (Finances)

Karen Adam (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP): "I welcome the fact that this year’s Scottish budget provides an increase of more than 7 per cent in funding for Aberdeenshire Council…

Chamber meeting date: 30 April 2025

Fishing Industry

Karen Adam (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP): "It is hard to talk about fishing and the industry as a whole without talking about Brexit, so I found it quite insulting that, at the beginning of the debate, it was said that SNP members might raise Brexit…

Chamber meeting date: 30 April 2025

Grangemouth (Cessation of Refining)

Karen Adam (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP): "This is another example of successive London-based Governments snubbing Scotland. The Acorn project at St Fergus in my constituency, which was delayed again and again, was key to Grangemouth, and now that project is in jeopardy. That is a disgrace…

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee meeting date: 29 April 2025

Decision on Taking Business in Private

The Convener: "Welcome back. Under agenda item 2, do members agree to take in private agenda items 4 and 5…

Votes

How Karen Adam has voted in Parliament

Find out how Karen Adam has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6M-17437.1

Programme for Government: Building the Best Future for Scotland

Submitted by: Jamie Greene, West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Result 30 for, 84 against, 1 abstained, 13 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-17437

Programme for Government: Building the Best Future for Scotland

Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Friday, May 2, 2025

Supported by: Tom Arthur, Richard Lochhead, Paul McLennan, Shirley-Anne Somerville, Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Result 59 for, 55 against, 1 abstained, 13 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-17437.4

Programme for Government: Building the Best Future for Scotland

Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Result 28 for, 88 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-17437.2

Programme for Government: Building the Best Future for Scotland

Submitted by: Paul O'Kane, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Result 48 for, 68 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-17437.3

Programme for Government: Building the Best Future for Scotland

Submitted by: Lorna Slater, Lothian, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Result 7 for, 108 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motions

Questions

Questions Karen Adam has asked

These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.

Question ref. S6O-04550

Asked by: Adam, Karen, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 16 April 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its strategy to further the case for Scottish independence, in light of recent reported polling indicating a majority in support."

Taken in the Chamber on 23 April 2025

Question ref. S6O-04465

Asked by: Adam, Karen, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 12 March 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to Aberdeenshire Council’s decision to remove the nightwatch service at Macduff Harbour, in light of reported concerns about the economic impact of the decision."

Answered by Jim Fairlie on 20 March 2025

Question ref. S6O-04482

Asked by: Adam, Karen, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 19 March 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what immediate and longer-term actions it can take to support businesses, including in the seafood processing sector, to compete effectively in a UK and global market."

Taken in the Chamber on 26 March 2025

Question ref. S6O-04425

Asked by: Adam, Karen, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 5 March 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what immediate steps it can take to ensure that vulnerable individuals are not harmed as a result of the reported planned withdrawal of some health and social care services in Aberdeenshire."

Answered by Maree Todd on 12 March 2025

Question ref. S6W-35284

Asked by: Adam, Karen, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 26 February 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to set out its proposals for the reform of the legal aid system."

Answered by Siobhian Brown on 27 February 2025

Question ref. S6O-04402

Asked by: Adam, Karen, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 26 February 2025

Question ref. S6O-04270

Asked by: Adam, Karen, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 22 January 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether feasibility studies and development expenditure for ports and harbours will be eligible for funding as part of the investment in maintaining and improving ports and harbours that is proposed in its draft Budget 2025-26."

Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2025

Question ref. S6O-04178

Asked by: Adam, Karen, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 18 December 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported calls from constituents to save local government services, in light of reports that some services across Banffshire and Buchan Coast are under threat of closure."

Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2025

Question ref. S6O-04025

Asked by: Adam, Karen, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 20 November 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what support is available this winter to people on low incomes, particularly as temperatures drop and in light of the reported predicted increase in energy prices."

Taken in the Chamber on 28 November 2024

Question ref. S6F-03493

Asked by: Adam, Karen, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 4 November 2024

"To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to ensure that young people are equipped with the skills to recognise online misinformation and disinformation."

Taken in the Chamber on 7 November 2024

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