13 Facts About Stuart McMillan

Stuart McMillan was born on 6 May 1972 and is a Scottish politician serving as Convener of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee since 2021.

Stuart McMillan was born in Barrow in Furness in Cumbria, England, on 6 May 1972.

Stuart McMillan moved to Inverclyde when he was a child, where he attended Port Glasgow High School.

Stuart McMillan contested the seat again in the 2011 election which McNeil won with a majority of 511 and McMillan returned to parliament through the regional list.

In 2014, Stuart McMillan led a Members' Debate in the Scottish Parliament calling on the Scottish and Westminster Government's to take action on, what he described as "cash cows" for bookmakers.

Stuart McMillan has lobbied the Scottish Government for money to support flood prevention measures in Inverclyde.

In 2014, Stuart McMillan led a Members' Debate in the Scottish Parliament on the increasing reliance of food banks in Scotland.

Stuart McMillan was the first MSP to raise the issue in the Scottish Parliament and continues to work with and support the local foodbanks.

At present, Stuart McMillan is the Deputy Convener of the Scottish Parliament's Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee and is a member of the COVID-19 Committee and Convenes the Cross-Party Groups on Tourism, Visual Impairment and Recreational Boating and Marine Tourism.

Stuart McMillan is the Scottish Parliament's Parliamentary Piper and plays the pipes at official functions for the Parliament.

In 2017, Stuart McMillan toured the country and played the pipes at all 42 senior football grounds in Scotland raising money for charity.

Stuart McMillan is a lifetime honorary member of Action on Asbestos and is currently taking forward a Member's Bill to recovery the NHS the medical costs relating to industrial disease.

In November 2020, Stuart McMillan condemned Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie for claims of "anti-English rhetoric" by the SNP during the COVID-19 pandemic.