Chris Law

Scottish National Party MP for Dundee Central since 7 May 2015 (elected). An MP continuously since 7 May 2015.

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Entries on this tracker

197

Each filed under the party they sat for that day

As currently published

Declared while sitting for SNP

£1,898

2 of 8 entries state an amount

Party affiliation

Party	Office	Area	Period	Began	Ended	Source
SNP	MP	Dundee Central	7 May 2015 – present	elected	—	Party history

Parliament's party history for this member: Scottish National Party (7 May 2015 – present).

Register of interests

Every entry the member has in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, as Parliament currently publishes it. The wording and values are the member's own declarations; nothing here has been assessed by this site.

Totals add only the entries that declare an amount received: payments for work, donations, gifts, and funded visits (register categories 1.1, 2, 3, 4 and 5). Ongoing employment is listed but not added, because its figure is a rate rather than a sum received. Each entry is dated by when the benefit happened, not when it was registered, and placed under the party the member sat for on that date. A member who changed party therefore has a separate total for each.

Date	Category	Entry	Declared value	Sitting for	Source
24 May 2026	4. Visits outside the UK	International visit to India between 24 May 2026 and 30 May 2026Office of Tibet - London	£1,000	SNP	Register record
23 Jan 2026	4. Visits outside the UK	International visit to India between 23 January 2026 and 26 January 2026International Buddhist Confederation	£898	SNP	Register record
20 May 2025	8. Miscellaneous	Non-executive Board Member of the Parliamentary Knowledge Schemes. This is an unpaid role.	—	SNP	Register record
4 Mar 2020	8. Miscellaneous	A Member of the Executive Committee of the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. This is an unpaid role.	—	SNP	Register record
27 Feb 2019date registered	8. Miscellaneous	Unpaid director of CMAL Ltd, financial services company.	—	SNP	Register record
26 May 2015date registered	6. Land and property	Residential in Aberdeen	—	SNP	Register record
26 May 2015date registered	6. Land and property	Residential in Dundee	—	SNP	Register record
26 May 2015date registered	7. Shareholdings	Shares in CMAL Limited	—	SNP	Register record

Latest on this tracker 197

3 Nov 2026ParliamentChris Law
Poundland
The news that Poundland has filed a notice of intention to enter administration will cause deep concern to the many thousands of employees whose jobs are in jeopardy and the millions of customers who rely on its low prices. With almost 50 stores in Scotland, including the Poundland in my city of Dundee, my thoughts are with the many families who are now worried about jobs and livelihoods at the worst possible time, the run-up to Christmas. Given that discount retailers would normally be expected to perform strongly during a cost of living crisis, does the Minister recognise that Poundland’s potential administration is yet another damning failure of this UK Government to improve consumer confidence and the health of UK high streets, and to alleviate the financial pressures facing low-income households?
Hansard source
27 Oct 2026ParliamentChris Law
West Bank: Illegal Settlements
The Foreign Secretary pledged to take action against specific companies that provide services for settlement expansion in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Delek Group, which supports illegal settlements through the provision of refuelling services to Israeli military vehicles and the operation of fuel stations in East Jerusalem and the west bank, has been flagged by the UN for human rights concerns and could receive more than £200 million in revenue through its majority stake in Ithaca Energy if the Rosebank field is approved. Given that the Foreign Secretary has already said that approval of Rosebank would be “climate vandalism”, what does he have to say about profits from Scotland’s oil supporting illegal settlement expansion in the west bank?
Hansard source
15 Oct 2026ParliamentChris Law
Topical Questions
As well as breaking the UK’s legally binding climate commitments and contributing to a global climate disaster, the approval of Rosebank will result in the UK continuing to facilitate illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine and being complicit in breaches of international law. Israeli energy company Delek Group, which owns Ithaca Energy, has been named in the United Nations list of businesses whose activities in the west bank have raised particular human rights concerns, and it has received over £200 million in revenue from the Rosebank field. Given that Norway’s sovereign wealth fund and largest pension fund have already divested from Delek, will the Secretary of State confirm that Delek Group Ltd will be one of the companies sanctioned for its role in illegal settlement expansion?
Hansard source
12 Oct 2026ParliamentChris Law
International Update
The Prime Minister, as a proud Unionist, will be acutely aware that despite Scotland voting overwhelmingly to remain in the EU, it was dragged out against its will because it is part of the United Kingdom. Since then, support for Scottish independence has only risen. Two thirds of the last 22 independent polls show support for independence, the Scottish Parliament has the highest majority ever of pro-independence MSPs, and it voted 72 to 55 in favour of a section 30 agreement for a referendum on Scotland’s future. In the Prime Minister’s own words to me last month, a “clear consensus” has now been met, so I ask him a simple question: what steps is he now taking with the Scottish Government to secure a legal pathway so that Scotland can decide its own future and rejoin the EU?
Hansard source
9 Sep 2026ParliamentChris Law
Engagements
<Question HRSContentId="{742812E2-74BE-46DD-B6D3-D71BC0F79BD1}">Q11. <QuestionText HRSContentId="{7BD247DC-7090-432A-8332-7081DA291098}"></QuestionText>In response to my question last week, the Prime Minister stated that he was “very aware of every word in the Good Friday agreement, and I will stick to it 100% as Prime Minister.”—[Official Report, 1 September 2026; Vol. 790, c. 50.]He will therefore know that the Northern Ireland Act 1998 contains a provision for a referendum on leaving the United Kingdom, but no equivalent provision exists in the law for Scotland. Does he recognise that the people of Scotland have an equal right to choose their own future, and that the conditions for a second independence referendum should be set out in law?</Question>
Hansard source
1 Sep 2026ParliamentChris Law
Topical Questions
<Question HRSContentId="{44E25F3C-7667-4380-BF2F-060A5B41CFAD}">T5. <QuestionText HRSContentId="{AEC71348-FB90-4B37-B736-1D15A9A60D9F}"></QuestionText>It is beyond doubt that Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories are illegal, and the Foreign Secretary has stated that sanctions for those who participate in illegal settlement expansion will be brought forward. Sadly, Labour MPs in this House are trying to prevent that on the basis that it could result in retaliatory measures from the US. Can the Foreign Secretary assure the House that the UK’s adherence to international law will not be traded away, that the rights of the Palestinian people are not bargaining chips, and that he will not be bullied by Back Benchers or President Trump into allowing continued settler violence and the deliberate destruction of the two-state solution?</Question>
Hansard source
1 Sep 2026ParliamentChris Law
Direction of Government
Yes!
Hansard source
1 Sep 2026ParliamentChris Law
Direction of Government
The Prime Minister has spoken about his desire for a written constitution, arguing that a formal legal framework is necessary for the devolution agenda, yet in his short time in office he has already attempted unilaterally to defy the legally binding Good Friday agreement by declaring that a border poll is “off the table”. Does the Prime Minister recognise that he has no mandate to defy the constitutional wishes of the people of Northern Ireland, the people of Scotland or the people of Wales, and that any written constitution or devolution agenda must include a pathway for each of those nations to choose their own future?
Hansard source
9 Jul 2026ParliamentChris Law
Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban
In the interests of time, I will focus my speech on four key areas, having waited nearly 10 months for a response to a letter that I sent to the Minister in which he neglected to answer the questions posed. First is the issue of complexity. The Government argue that it is just too complex to differentiate between goods produced in green-line Israel, legitimate Palestinian goods and those from illegal settlements. However, the Minister is acutely aware that the UK free trade agreement with Israel already requires settlement goods and those from green-line Israel to be differentiated. At the same time, the UK’s trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority means that Palestinian goods have completely different import codes, so the UK should already be distinguishing between goods. Therefore, why is it too complex to implement a ban on illegal settlement goods when, as was mentioned, the Government can apply complex trade sanctions relating to territory in Ukraine illegally occupied by Russia, including an outright ban on goods imported from Crimea?
Hansard source
9 Jul 2026ParliamentChris Law
Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban
I completely agree with the hon. Member. That point could be made the other way round: if Israel cannot differentiate its goods—or it is hiding goods among others—why do we not just ban all goods until Israel proves otherwise? That would be a way to deal with it.
Hansard source

2024 General Election: Dundee Central

Held 4 Jul 2024. Recorded result: SNP Hold. Majority 675. 38,848 votes cast from an electorate of 74,221. Parties are as each candidate stood at the time.

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Chris Law	Scottish National Party	15,544	40.0%
Richard McCready	Labour	14,869	38.3%
Daniel Coleman	Liberal Democrat	2,402	6.2%
Vicky McCann	Reform UK	2,363	6.1%
Emma Farquhar	Conservative	1,569	4.0%
Alan Ross	Alba Party	813	2.1%
Jim McFarlane	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	600	1.5%
Susan Ettle	Scottish Family Party	357	0.9%
Raymond Mennie	Workers Party of Britain	192	0.5%
Niko Omilana	Independent	139	0.4%

Election result on Parliament's site

Parliamentary career

Seats held

Seat	Dates
Dundee CentralElected 1 time	4 Jul 2024 – present
Dundee WestElected 3 times	7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024

Opposition posts

Post	Dates
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Business)Opposition Department	10 Jul 2024 – present
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (International Development)Opposition Department	10 Jul 2024 – present
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Trade)Opposition Department	10 Jul 2024 – present
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Climate Justice)Opposition Department	20 Jun 2017 – 1 Jul 2018
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (International Development)Opposition Department	20 Jun 2017 – 12 Dec 2022

Committee memberships 8

Committee	Dates
Employment Rights Bill	13 Nov 2024 – 16 Jan 2025
Committees on Arms Export Controls	6 Jul 2020 – 16 Jan 2024
International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact	10 Mar 2020 – 30 May 2024
International Development Committee	2 Mar 2020 – 30 May 2024
Committees on Arms Export Controls	10 Oct 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact	13 Sep 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
International Development Committee	11 Sep 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
Scottish Affairs Committee	6 Jul 2015 – 3 May 2017