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{{short description|Scottish politician (born 1966)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = 
| name                = Shona Robison
| honorific-suffix    = [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSP]]
| image               = Shona Robison - 53727584039 (cropped).jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 2024
| office              = [[Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government]]{{efn|As Cabinet Secretary for Finance from 29 March 2023 to 8 May 2024|name=Finance}}
| firstminister       = [[Humza Yousaf]]<br>[[John Swinney]]
| term_start          = 29 March 2023
| predecessor         = [[Kate Forbes]]
| office1             = [[Deputy First Minister of Scotland]]
| firstminister1      = [[Humza Yousaf]]
| term_start1         = 29 March 2023
| term_end1           = 8 May 2024
| predecessor1        = [[John Swinney]]
| successor1          = [[Kate Forbes]]
{{Collapsed infobox section begin|Ministerial offices<br />{{nobold|2007{{nbnd}}2023}}
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| office3             = [[Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government]]{{efn|Cabinet Secretary for Commonwealth Games, Sport, Equalities and Pensioners' Rights in 2014.}}
| firstminister3      = [[Nicola Sturgeon]]
| term_start3         = 20 May 2021
| term_end3           = 28 March 2023
| predecessor3        = [[Shirley-Anne Somerville]] (Social Security)<br />[[Aileen Campbell]] (Communities and Local Government)
| successor3          = Shirley-Anne Somerville
| firstminister4      = [[Alex Salmond]]
| term_start4         = 22 April 2014
| term_end4           = 21 November 2014
| predecessor4        = ''Office established''
| successor4          = [[Alex Neil (politician)|Alex Neil]]
| office5             = [[Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport]]
| firstminister5      = Nicola Sturgeon
| term_start5         = 21 November 2014
| term_end5           = 26 June 2018
| predecessor5        = Alex Neil
| successor5          = [[Jeane Freeman]]
| office6            =  [[Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport]]
| firstminister6      = Alex Salmond
| term_start6         = 19 May 2011
| term_end6           = 22 April 2014
| predecessor6        = [[Second Salmond government|''Office created'']]
| successor6          = ''Office abolished''
| office7             = [[Minister for Public Health and Sport]]
| firstminister7      = Alex Salmond
| term_start7         = 17 May 2007
| term_end7           = 19 May 2011
| predecessor7        = [[Lewis Macdonald]]
| successor7          = [[Michael Matheson (politician)|Michael Matheson]]
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{{Collapsed infobox section begin|Parliamentary offices<br />{{nobold|1999{{nbnd}}present}}
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| office3 = [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]]<br />for [[Dundee City East]]<br />{{nobold|[[Dundee East (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Dundee East]] (2003–2011)}}
| majority3 = 13,337 (41.1%)
| term_start3 = 1 May 2003
| term_end3 = 
| predecessor3 = [[John McAllion]]
| successor3 = 
| office4 = Member of the Scottish Parliament<br />for [[North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|North East Scotland]]<br />{{nobold|(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)}}
| term_start4 = 6 May 1999
| term_end4 = 1 May 2003
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| birth_name          = Shona McRory Robison
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1966|05|26|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Redcar]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], England
| birthname           = 
| party               = [[Scottish National Party]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Stewart Hosie]]|1997|2017|reason=divorce}}<ref>Clegg, David (17 May 2019). "SNP infighting more like Game of Thrones plot than conduct of political party". ''dailyrecord''. Retrieved 2 March 2020.</ref>
| children            = 1
| residence           = 
| alma_mater          = {{ubl|[[University of Glasgow]]|[[Jordanhill College]]}}
| website             = {{URL|http://shona.robison.scot}}
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'''Shona McRory Robison''' (born 26 May 1966) is a Scottish politician who has served as [[Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government]] since 2023.{{Efn||name=Finance}} A member of the [[Scottish National Party]] (SNP), she previously served as [[Deputy First Minister of Scotland]] from 2023 to 2024. Robison has been the [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSP) for [[Dundee City East]] since [[2003 Scottish Parliament election|2003]]{{efn|The constituency was known as [[Dundee East (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Dundee East]] until 2011, when it was renamed and redrawn as part of the First Periodical Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/1st_holyrood/1st_holyrood.htm |title=''First Periodical Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries'', Boundary Commission for Scotland website, accessed 20 December 2008 |access-date=15 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080217060718/http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/1st_holyrood/1st_holyrood.htm |archive-date=17 February 2008 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>}} and was an [[Additional member system|additional member]] for the [[North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|North East Scotland]] region from [[1999 Scottish Parliament election|1999]] to [[2003 Scottish Parliament election|2003]].

Robison served as [[Minister for Public Health and Sport]] from 2007 to 2011. She then oversaw the [[Scottish Government]]'s preparations for the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] as [[Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport]] from 2011 to April 2014, when she was promoted to the [[Scottish Cabinet]] by [[Alex Salmond]] as [[Cabinet Secretary for Commonwealth Games, Sport, Equalities and Pensioners' Rights]].  When [[Nicola Sturgeon]] succeeded Salmond as First Minister in November 2014, she appointed Robison the [[Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport]].

In 2018, she resigned from government during a cabinet reshuffle after being widely criticised for her poorly received tenure as Health Secretary.<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-44612923|title=Shona Robison quits as Nicola Sturgeon reshuffles cabinet|work=BBC News|date=26 June 2018|access-date=20 April 2021|archive-date=20 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420220115/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-44612923|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/tom-peterkin-shona-robison-lame-duck-health-secretary-295967|title=Tom Peterkin: Shona Robison is a lame duck Health Secretary &#124; The Scotsman}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/16315851.shona-robisons-tricky-time-health-secretary-dignified-end/|title=A dignified end to Robison's tricky time as Health Secretary|website=The National}}</ref> She returned to the backbenches, where she served on the justice and health committees. In 2021, Robison returned to Sturgeon's government as the [[Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government]]. During her tenure in the position, she oversaw the government's efforts to pass the controversial [[Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill]].

Following Sturgeon's resignation as first minister in 2023, Robison was appointed Deputy First Minister and Finance Secretary by [[Humza Yousaf]] in his new [[First Yousaf government|government]]. After [[2024 Scottish government crisis|Yousaf's resignation]] and the [[2024 Scottish National Party leadership election|subsequent appointment]] of [[John Swinney]] as First Minister in 2024, Robison resigned as Deputy First Minister but retained her finance portfolio in Cabinet, with additional responsibility for local government.

==Early life ==
Shona McRory Robison was born in [[Redcar]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], England, on 26 May 1966.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |last2= |date=5 September 2018 |title=Shona Robison |url=https://www.snp.org/your-team/shona-robison/ |access-date=2 April 2023 |website=Scottish National Party }}</ref> She attended [[Alva Academy]] in [[Clackmannanshire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Shona Robison MSP |url=https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/shona-robison |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020807231621/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/biographies/robisn-s.htm |archive-date=7 August 2002 |access-date=2 April 2023 |website=www.parliament.scot }}</ref> She gained a [[Master of Arts (Scotland)|Master of Arts]] in Social Science at the University of Glasgow in 1989. The following year, she gained a Postgraduate Cert in Community Education at [[Jordanhill College]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-43988436|title=Profile: Shona Robison|date=26 June 2018|access-date=19 August 2019|archive-date=19 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819125614/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-43988436|url-status=live}}</ref>

Robison joined the [[Scottish National Party]] (SNP) in 1988.<ref>{{cite web |date=26 February 2000 |title=Shona Robison MSP |url=https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/shona-robison |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000226232226/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/biographies/robisn-s.htm |archive-date=26 February 2000 |access-date=2 April 2023 |website=Scottish Parliament}}</ref> She was an active member of the party's youth wing the [[Scottish National Party|Young Scottish Nationalist]], now known as Young Scots for Independence, where she met the likes of [[Nicola Sturgeon]] and [[Fiona Hyslop]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Shona Robison MSP {{!}} Dundee City East {{!}} SNP |url=https://www.shonarobison.org/ |access-date=23 March 2022 |website=Shona Robison MSP |archive-date=12 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512023644/https://www.shonarobison.org/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

Before being elected to the [[Scottish Parliament]], she worked in [[Glasgow City Council]]'s Social Work Department.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Shona Robison MSP |url=https://www.gov.scot/about/who-runs-government/cabinet-and-ministers/shona-robison/ |access-date=23 March 2022 |website=www.gov.scot |archive-date=8 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508105203/https://www.gov.scot/about/who-runs-government/cabinet-and-ministers/shona-robison/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date= |title=The Scottish Parliament: MSP Biography – Shona Robison MSP |url=https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/shona-robison |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603162924/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/biogs/robison_shona.htm |archive-date=3 June 2004 |access-date=2 April 2023 |website=Scottish Parliament}}</ref>

==Early parliamentary career==
[[File:Shona Robison MSP 1999.jpg|right|thumb|Official parliamentary portrait, 1999]]

=== SNP in opposition; 1997–2007 ===
Robison contested in the [[1999 Scottish Parliament election|first election]] to the [[1st Scottish Parliament|Scottish Parliament]] for the [[Dundee East (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Dundee East constituency]]. Although she was unsuccessful, having came second to [[Scottish Labour]]'s [[John McAllion]], she was elected as an [[Additional member system|additional member]] for the [[North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|North East Scotland region]]. In her first term, she was member of the Health and Community Care Committee and was the Deputy Convenor of the Equal Opportunities Committee.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shona Robison |url=https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/shona-robison |access-date=23 March 2022 |website=www.parliament.scot |archive-date=24 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324125457/https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/shona-robison |url-status=live }}</ref>

She served in the SNP's opposition cabinet as the [[Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care|shadow deputy minister for health and community care]].

In the [[2003 Scottish Parliament election]], Robison successfully defeated McAllion by just 100 votes in Dundee East. She served as the Shadow Minister for Health and Social Justice in the SNP's opposition benches.<ref name="session2">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.scot/msps/30574.aspx |title=Previous MSPs: Session 2 (2003–2007): Shona Robison MSP |publisher=Scottish Parliament |access-date=14 May 2016 |archive-date=5 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605073410/http://www.parliament.scot/msps/30574.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> Robison was a member of the Health Committee.<ref name=":1" />

=== Junior ministerial career; 2007–2014 ===
[[File:Summer Cabinet in Kirkcaldy - 6096488715.jpg|thumb|left|Robison with Nicola Sturgeon at am Active Nation reception in Kirkcaldy, 2011]]
After the SNP's victory in the [[2007 Scottish Parliament election|2007 election]], Robison was appointed as the [[Minister for Public Health]].<ref>{{cite news |date=17 May 2007 |title=The Scottish Executive |work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)]] |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/the-scottish-executive-1.842205 |access-date=27 September 2014 |archive-date=18 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118070551/http://www.heraldscotland.com/the-scottish-executive-1.842205 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2009, she added [[Minister for Public Health and Sport|Sport]] onto her portfolio.<ref name="session3">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.scot/msps/26650.aspx |title=Previous MSPs: Session 3 (2007–2011): Shona Robison MSP |publisher=Scottish Parliament |access-date=14 May 2016 |archive-date=5 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605070722/http://www.parliament.scot/msps/26650.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[2011 Scottish Parliament election|2011 election]], Robison was re-elected into the newly drawn, [[Dundee City East (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Dundee City East constituency]]. She was appointed [[Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport]].

In the run up to the [[Scottish independence referendum]] in 2014, Robison wrote to the [[University of Dundee]] to complain that a Dundee professor had chaired an event for the [[Better Together (campaign)|Better Together campaign]]. Robison insisted that [[Christopher Whatley]]'s involvement in the Five Million Questions project about the implications of the referendum meant he should have taken a neutral stance on the constitutional issue.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/scotland-travel/snp-minister-in-chilling-bid-to-gag-academics-pfzsqvws58t|title=SNP minister in 'chilling bid to gag academics'|first=Lindsay|last=McIntosh|via=www.thetimes.co.uk|access-date=20 April 2021|archive-date=20 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420220835/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/snp-minister-in-chilling-bid-to-gag-academics-pfzsqvws58t|url-status=live}}</ref> However, [[Scottish Conservative]] leader [[Ruth Davidson]] said: "I'm not sure this kind of bullying and intimidation is the best advert for the SNP's vision of a future separate Scotland. In fact, it is chilling."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10445073/SNP-ministers-waging-dangerous-campaign-to-gag-university-academics.html|title=SNP ministers 'waging dangerous campaign to gag university academics'|website=www.telegraph.co.uk|access-date=20 April 2021|archive-date=20 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420220836/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10445073/SNP-ministers-waging-dangerous-campaign-to-gag-university-academics.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2014, [[Alex Salmond]] promoted her to the full Cabinet position of [[Cabinet Secretary for Commonwealth Games, Sport, Equalities and Pensioners' Rights]].
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==Cabinet Secretary for Health (2014–2018)==
{{main|Premiership of Nicola Sturgeon|First Sturgeon government}}
[[File:Shona Robison speaks at QBR visit to Canadian Parliament (14070892691).jpg|thumb|right|Robison speaking at the [[Parliament of Canada]], 2014]]
On 21 November 2014, Robison was appointed by Sturgeon as [[Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport]], in [[First Sturgeon government|Sturgeon's first government]]. Following the 2016 election, she was reappointed into Sturgeon's cabinet as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport.<ref name="BBC 18May2016">{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-36323276 | title=Scottish cabinet reshuffle: John Swinney becomes education secretary | work=BBC News | date=18 May 2016 | access-date=21 March 2017 | archive-date=18 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818120524/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-36323276 | url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2018, during an appearance at Holyrood's Health and Sport Committee, she was warned by Labour MSP [[Neil Findlay]] of a "drugs disaster".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15816408.health-secretary-shona-robison-warned-drugs-disaster-labour-msp/|title=Health Secretary Shona Robison warned of 'drugs disaster' by Labour MSP|website=HeraldScotland|access-date=3 May 2021|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503093604/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15816408.health-secretary-shona-robison-warned-drugs-disaster-labour-msp/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, Scotland went on to record the highest number of drug deaths per head in the European Union, at a rate nearly three times higher than the UK average.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.scot/news/1-187-drug-deaths-in-2018-up-27-percent-in-a-year/|title=1,187 drug-deaths in 2018: up 27% in a year - gov.scot|website=www.gov.scot|access-date=3 May 2021|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503141631/https://www.gov.scot/news/1-187-drug-deaths-in-2018-up-27-percent-in-a-year/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 26 June 2018, she announced her intention to resign from Cabinet. Shortly after a cabinet reshuffle was made by Sturgeon.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-44612923 |title=Shona Robison quits as Nicola Sturgeon reshuffles cabinet |work=BBC News |date=26 June 2018 |access-date=11 November 2018 |archive-date=18 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118012838/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-44612923 |url-status=live }}</ref> BBC political correspondent [[Glenn Campbell (broadcaster)|Glenn Campbell]] wrote after the reshuffle: "The most widely anticipated departure was t/hat of health secretary, Shona Robison. She's been under considerable pressure over NHS performance. She stood down on the day the Scottish government confirmed its worst cancer waiting times for six years."<ref name="auto"/>

== Backbenches (2018–2021) ==
Following her resignation from government, Robison returned to the [[backbenches]]. She served on the Parliament's Justice Committee and Social Security Committee. Amid the outbreak of the [[Coronavirus pandemic]], she served as a member of the COVID-19 Committee.

In February 2021, [[Audit Scotland]] published a report that concluded the Scottish Government had not prepared adequately for a pandemic. The watchdog also noted that recommendations from pandemic planning exercises during Robison's time as Health Secretary had not been fully implemented. One particular failure it highlighted was that not enough had been done to ensure Scottish hospitals and care homes had enough personal protective equipment (PPE). Overall, it concluded that ministers "could have been better prepared to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic". Nicola Sturgeon said there were "lots of lessons to learn".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-56086995|title=Covid in Scotland: Inadequate preparations for Covid, says watchdog|work=BBC News|date=17 February 2021|access-date=20 April 2021|archive-date=20 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420190007/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-56086995|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/17/scottish-government-inadequately-prepared-for-covid-audit-scotland-report|title=Scottish government inadequately prepared for Covid – watchdog|last=Brooks|first=Libby|date=17 February 2021|website=The Guardian|access-date=8 May 2021|archive-date=24 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424084033/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/17/scottish-government-inadequately-prepared-for-covid-audit-scotland-report|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Third Sturgeon government (2021–2023)==
=== Social Justice Secretary ===
[[File:Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government, Shona Robison.jpg|thumb|right|Official portrait as Social Justice Secretary, 2021]] 
On 20 May 2021, Sturgeon announced her third government, with Robison returning as [[Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government]]. Robison held the position of Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice until the election of Humza Yousaf as First Minister in March 2023. Following a cabinet reshuffle, Yousaf appointed [[Shirley-Anne Somerville]] as Robison's replacement and promoted Robison to Deputy First Minister and [[Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government|Cabinet Secretary for Finance]].

===Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill===
{{See also|Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill}}

During Robison's tenure in the Social Justice department, she oversaw the implementation of the [[Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill]] which was received with backlash from many fearing it was jeopardising the safety of women. Robison reassured MSPs and the public that the bill did "not conflict with work to advance women's rights and equality" and that she was "conscious that some of the details of the proposed reforms have become lost within the wider discussions around trans rights and the perceived conflict with the rights of women and girls".<ref name=":2">{{cite news |last=Brooks |first=Libby |date=9 December 2022 |title=Scottish government seeks to reassure MSPs over gender law reform |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/09/scottish-government-seeks-to-reassure-msps-over-gender-law-reform |access-date=8 August 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The bill intended to introduce a process of self-declaration for transgender people, allowing them to obtain a gender recognition certificate (GRC), thus removing the need for a psychiatric diagnosis of gender dysphoria before being allowed to change their gender legally.<ref name=":2" /> In December 2022, 150 amendments had been put forward to the Scottish Parliament regarding the bill which saw MSPs sit and debate the bill in the Scottish Parliament chamber long into the evening.<ref name=":3">{{cite news |date=19 December 2022 |title=MSPs debating changes to gender reforms |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-64032916 |access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref> Robison wrote to three individual MSPs claiming that their amendments put the bill "at serious risk".<ref name=":3" />

The bill was blocked by the UK Government, with Robison stating that she would "vigorously contest" any attempt by the UK Government to block the gender reform legislations which the Scottish Parliament has control over.<ref>{{cite web |date=23 December 2022 |title=Scottish Government vows to 'vigorously contest' Westminster over gender reform |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23210319.shona-robison-vigorously-contest-westminster-gender-reform/ |access-date=8 August 2023 |website=The National }}</ref> Under Section 35 of the [[Scotland Act 1998]], Prime Minister [[Rishi Sunak]] blocked the implementation of the gender reform bill. This marked the first time that the UK Government had blocked a piece of legislation from being passed since devolution.<ref>{{cite web |date=16 January 2023 |title=Statement on the UK Government's decision to block Scotland's Gender Recognition Reform Bill |url=https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/statement-uk-government%E2%80%99s-decision-block-scotland%E2%80%99s-gender-recognition-reform-bill |access-date=8 August 2023 |website=Stonewall }}</ref>

== Deputy First Minister (2023–2024) ==
{{See also|Premiership of Humza Yousaf}}
[[File:Cabinet meeting.jpg|thumb|right|Robison (front right) at a cabinet meeting of the [[First Yousaf government]], March 2023]]
[[File:First Minister meeting with NACWG Co-Chairs - 19th July 2023.jpg|thumb|right|Robison (right) meets National Advisory Council on Women and Girls Co-Chairs with the First Minister]]
On 28 March 2023, newly elected First Minister [[Humza Yousaf]] announced Robison as his [[deputy first minister of Scotland]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/28/humza-yousaf-snp-unity-bid-stumbles-kate-forbes-declines-cabinet-offer-scotland |title=Humza Yousaf says FM vote sends 'strong message' but SNP unity bid stumbles |newspaper=The Guardian |date=28 March 2023 |last1=Brooks |first1=Libby |access-date=29 March 2023 |archive-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328195553/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/28/humza-yousaf-snp-unity-bid-stumbles-kate-forbes-declines-cabinet-offer-scotland |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hutcheon |first=Paul |date=28 March 2023 |title=Shona Robison appointed Deputy First Minister by Humza Yousaf |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/shona-robison-appointed-deputy-first-29570499 |access-date=2 April 2023 |website=Daily Record }}</ref> She was officially sworn into office the next day and was appointed [[Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government|finance secretary]] in [[First Yousaf government|Yousaf's new government]].<ref>{{cite news |date=29 March 2023 |title=Shona Robison replaces Kate Forbes as finance secretary in new cabinet |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-65112195 |access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref>

In July 2023, Robison intervened in the speculation over [[Inverclyde Royal Hospital]] being downgraded. Robison issued a statement through an interview with ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' on the issue, stating that the hospital would not be downgraded or lose its casualty department, citing the fact that the Emergency Department at Inverclyde Royal Hospital was "one of the best performing A&E's in Scotland, certainly within [[NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde]].<ref name=":4">{{cite web |date=24 July 2023 |title=Inverclyde Royal Hospital 'will not be downgraded' says deputy first minister |url=https://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/23671597.deputy-first-minister-shona-robison-says-irh-future-safe/ |access-date=8 August 2023 |website=Greenock Telegraph }}</ref> Robison committed further money for improvements to both NHS Scotland services and facilities, citing proposals set out to be met by 2026.<ref name=":4" />

===Cabinet Secretary for Finance===

Robison said that her immediate priorities as Finance Secretary was "more efficient public services and fair work" being at the heart of the [[Economy of Scotland]]. In April 2023, Robison launched the Scottish Government's ''Portfolio Prospectus'' which sets out a number of economic actions to be achieved by 2026. These include proposals for creating the UK's most progressive tax system to assist in the delivery of Scottish public services, new opportunities to tackle poverty and measures to grow the wellbeing economy whilst increasing the number of employees earning the real living wage, while narrowing the gender pay gap. Additionally, the Scottish Government has an ambition of spearheading Scotland as a leading European start-up nation for the creation of new businesses as well as developing Scotland's existing international exports while developing into new international trading market. Robison also recognising the importance of re-developing Scotland's infrastructure and economy to allow it to be more sustainable in the future, with plans for laying foundations to produce 5 Gigawatts (GW) of hydrogen production by 2030, as part of a Scottish hydrogen supply chain. As Finance Secretary, Robison will commit to implementing a "New Deal" for Scottish local authorities.<ref>{{cite web |title=A fair economy supporting Scotland's people |url=http://www.gov.scot/news/a-fair-economy-supporting-scotlands-people/ |access-date=8 August 2023 |website=www.gov.scot }}</ref>

Robison delivered her first Medium–Term Financial Strategy to the Scottish Parliament in May 2023.<ref name=":5">{{cite web |title=Medium-Term Financial Strategy: Ministerial statement |url=http://www.gov.scot/publications/medium-term-financial-strategy-ministerial-statement/ |access-date=8 August 2023 |website=www.gov.scot }}</ref> Robison highlighted the importance of "sound public finances" being "key to ensuring we can tackle poverty and build a fair, green and growing economy whilst improving our public services".<ref name=":5" /> Robison claimed that the current economic situation in Scotland had "been amongst the most challenging since devolution", citing global issues such as the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] and soaring inflation being driving factors directly impacting the Scottish economy.<ref name=":5" /> Robison was also critical of UK Government policy and decision making that had impacted on Scotland, including [[Brexit]] and its association economic impact, "a decade of austerity" and the [[September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget]].<ref name=":5" />

====Public sector workforce====

In November 2023, Robison claimed that the workforce within Scotland's public sector "will have to shrink" as a result of funding pressure.<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite news |title=Public sector workforce will have to shrink – Shona Robison |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-67538787 |website=BBC News |access-date=20 April 2024 |date=26 November 2023}}</ref> Robison claimed that public sectors such as health would be protected from any proposals to reduce the workforce, claiming that "tight budgets and inflation-driven pay deals" may require other public sectors to see their workforce reduced.<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/>

During an interview on ''[[The Sunday Show]]'' on the [[BBC]], Robison said "This will be one of the most difficult budgets under devolution and we will be having a number of challenges around how to make sure we can invest what we can in public services. But I need to be honest with the public that this budget, this UK Tory budget and the chancellor's decisions have made my job very difficult. This is the worst case scenario for the Scottish budget".<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/>

====Council tax freeze====
[[File:Visit Clyde Gateway.jpg|thumb|right|Robison during a visit to Clyde Gateway, 2023]]

Ahead of the 2024 [[Scottish budget]], the [[First Yousaf government|Yousaf government]] intended to maintain the [[Council Tax in Scotland|council tax]] freeze which had been in place in Scotland since the first SNP led government came to power in 2007. However, two Scottish local authorities – [[Argyll and Bute Council]] and [[Inverclyde Council]] defied the Scottish Government and approved plans to increase the rate of council tax in their respective areas.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Meighan |first1=Craig |title=Is your council tax going up or being frozen? |url=https://news.stv.tv/politics/scotland-is-your-council-tax-going-up-or-being-frozen |website=STV News |access-date=20 April 2024 |date=11 March 2024}}</ref> Argyll and Bute Council voted for a 10% rise and Inverclyde Council a 8.2% increase to council tax.<ref name="Argyll and Bute and Inverclyde may">{{cite news |title=Argyll and Bute and Inverclyde may ditch council tax raise |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-68605606 |website=BBC News |access-date=20 April 2024 |date=19 March 2024}}</ref> The administrations of Argyll and Bute Council and Inverclyde Council asked for additional funding from the Scottish Government to assist in maintaining a council tax freeze in their local authorities, with Robison saying that "if approved, it means households across the whole country would benefit from help during the cost of living crisis".<ref name="Argyll and Bute and Inverclyde may"/> [[COSLA]] Resources Spokesperson, Councillor Katie Hagmann, explained that Robison's proposals to allocate £144&nbsp;million in the Scottish budget to fund the council tax freeze will "not fully fund a council tax freeze". Hagmann criticised the proposals, saying that "the Scottish Budget has not provided our local authorities with a fully funded council tax freeze as expected. The Scottish Government has set aside £144&nbsp;m stating this will ‘fully fund’ a council tax freeze – this would only provide the income equivalent to a 5% rise".<ref>{{cite web |title=£144&nbsp;million will not fully fund a council tax freeze, say COSLA |url=https://www.cosla.gov.uk/news/2024/144-million-will-not-fully-fund-a-council-tax-freeze,-say-cosla |website=COSLA |access-date=20 April 2024 |date=9 January 2024}}</ref>

By April 2024, all Scottish local authorities, including Argyll and Bute Council and Inverclyde Council who had previously voted to increase council tax rates, confirmed that council tax would be frozen across all of Scotland's 32 local authorities after both Argyll and Bute and Inverclyde Councils voted to accept the Scottish Government funding package to support a council tax freeze for the forthcoming financial year. In a statement, Robison said that "many households continue to struggle with the impact of rising prices, and this council tax freeze – funded by the Scottish Government – is just one of many ways that we’re offering support. Council tax is already lower in Scotland than elsewhere in the UK, and over two million households will now benefit from this freeze. We deeply value the role local authorities play in Scotland’s communities, which is why – in the face of a profoundly challenging financial situation – we have made available record funding of more than £14&nbsp;billion to councils in 2024–25, a real-terms increase of 2.5% compared with the previous year".<ref>{{cite web |title=Council tax frozen across Scotland |url=https://www.gov.scot/news/council-tax-frozen-across-scotland/ |website=www.gov.scot |access-date=20 April 2024 }}</ref>

====2024–2025 Scottish budget====
[[File:FISC Meeting (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Robison at a FISC meeting in Edinburgh, January 2024]]

Robison delivered the 2024–2025 [[Scottish budget]] to the [[Scottish Parliament]] in December 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Walker |first1=Peter A. |title=The 2024 Scottish Budget as it happened |url=https://www.insider.co.uk/news/live-2024-scottish-budget-happens-31706288 |website=businessInsider |access-date=20 April 2024 |date=19 December 2023}}</ref> Upon setting the budget, Scotland faced a £1.5&nbsp;billion blackhole in finances.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Walker |first1=Peter A. |title=The 2024 Scottish Budget as it happened |url=https://www.insider.co.uk/news/live-2024-scottish-budget-happens-31706288 |website=businessInsider |access-date=20 April 2024 |date=19 December 2023}}</ref> Robison confirmed the Scottish budget for 2024–2025 to be £59.7&nbsp;billion, with the budget said to be being delivered "at a critical point for Scotland as we transition from the pandemic and respond to the impacts of inflation and the economic shocks caused by Brexit, the war in Ukraine".<ref>{{cite web |title=Scottish Budget 2024 to 2025: guide |url=https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-budget-guide/pages/scottish-budget-2024-to-2025-guide/ |website=www.gov.scot |access-date=20 April 2024 |date=5 March 2024}}</ref> £19.5&nbsp;billion was allocated to the Scottish Government department of NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care, £12.9&nbsp;billion to finance, £7.5&nbsp;billion to Social Justice, £3.9&nbsp;&nbsp;billion to transport, £3.8&nbsp;billion for education and Justice and Home Affairs, £2&nbsp;&nbsp;billion for Wellbeing Economy, Net Zero and Energy, £1.1&nbsp;billion for rural affairs, islands and land reform, £315.6&nbsp;million for culture and foreign affairs, and £223&nbsp;million for the [[Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Scottish Budget 2024 to 2025: guide |url=https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-budget-guide/pages/scottish-budget-2024-to-2025-guide/ |website=www.gov.scot |access-date=20 April 2024 |date=5 March 2024}}</ref>

In February 2024, Robison wrote to [[Jeremy Hunt]], the [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], where she was critical of the UK Governments proposals as set out in the 2024 UK Spring Budget. In the letter, Robison claimed that "economic outlook for the UK continues to look uncertain and while inflation has fallen compared to a year ago, it is still high and this is continuing to place a considerable strain on both public sector and household budgets".<ref>{{cite web |title=UK Spring Budget 2024: letter to the UK Government |url=https://www.gov.scot/publications/uk-spring-budget-2024-letter-uk-government/ |website=www.gov.scot |access-date=20 April 2024 }}</ref> Whilst she highlighted the continued strength of the [[economy of Scotland]], she expressed concerns about the reduction in funding made available to the Scottish Government, as well as to other devolved governments, through the block grant. She claimed "Block Grant funding has fallen by 1.2% in real terms since 2022–23 and our UK capital funding is set to fall by almost 10% in real terms between 2023–24 and 2027–28", and as a result of the decrease in funding, argued for "increased investment by the UK Government in public services and infrastructure, as has been recognised by the International Monetary Fund".<ref>{{cite web |title=UK Spring Budget 2024: letter to the UK Government |url=https://www.gov.scot/publications/uk-spring-budget-2024-letter-uk-government/ |website=www.gov.scot |access-date=20 April 2024 }}</ref> She also addressed the continued "fallout" facing the economy as a result of [[Brexit]], again highlighting that the majority of the Scottish electorate voted against leaving the [[European Union]]. Robison argued that Brexit continues to have a negative impact on Scottish businesses as a result of additional complexities and increased costs as a result of leaving the [[European single market]].<ref>{{cite web |title=UK Spring Budget 2024: letter to the UK Government |url=https://www.gov.scot/publications/uk-spring-budget-2024-letter-uk-government/ |website=www.gov.scot |access-date=20 April 2024 }}</ref> Additionally, she highlighted to Hunt "National Institute of Economic and Social Research shows the UK economy is now 2.5% smaller than it would have been in the European Union, a gap which could increase to 5.7% by 2035".<ref>{{cite web |title=UK Spring Budget 2024: letter to the UK Government |url=https://www.gov.scot/publications/uk-spring-budget-2024-letter-uk-government/ |website=www.gov.scot |access-date=20 April 2024 }}</ref>

The Scottish government confirmed up to £500&nbsp;million in spending cuts as Robison explained that these savings were crucial for supporting the 2024–2025 Scottish budget. She attributed the financial pressures to prolonged Westminster austerity, Brexit, the war in Ukraine, and the cost of living crisis. Despite criticisms from opposition and advocacy groups, Robison defended the need for tough decisions to maintain fiscal responsibility.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mitchell |first=Jenness |title=Scottish government confirms £500&nbsp;m spending cuts |date=3 September 2024 |url=https://news.sky.com/story/scottish-government-confirms-500m-spending-cuts-13208917 |access-date=5 September 2024}}</ref>

=== Resignation ===
Upon the [[2024 Scottish government crisis|resignation of Humza Yousaf]] and the [[2024 Scottish National Party leadership election|subsequent election]] of [[John Swinney]], on 8 May 2024 Robison resigned as [[Deputy First Minister of Scotland|Deputy First Minister]].<ref name=":6">{{cite web |title=Deputy First Minister stands down |url=https://www.gov.scot/news/deputy-first-minister-stands-down/ |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=www.gov.scot }}</ref> In her resignation letter to Swinney, Robison stated that the previous week she believed stepping down from the role in favour of [[Kate Forbes]] would help bring the SNP together.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 May 2024 |title=Kate Forbes 'honoured' to become deputy first minister |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-68976320 |access-date=8 May 2024 |work=BBC News }}</ref> Forbes replaced her as Deputy First Minister.<ref name=":6" />

== Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government (2024–present) ==
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[[File:New Scottish Cabinet meet at Bute House (53711322838).jpg|thumb|right|Robison (right) with First Minister John Swinney (left) and Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes (centre), May 2024]]
In the [[Swinney government|cabinet]] of [[John Swinney]], Robison retained the Finance portfolio and gained the additional portfolio of Local Government.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Scottish Cabinet |url=https://www.gov.scot/news/new-scottish-cabinet-1/ |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=www.gov.scot }}</ref>

===Local government pay disputes===

In August 2024, a series of [[Strike action|strikes]] were set to impact on public sector services across Scotland including schools, refuse and other local government employees in a dispute over pay. Strike action was formally called off by the three largest [[trade unions]] in Scotland following an intervention from the Scottish Government which pledged an additional £77.5&nbsp;million to pay for an improved pay offer. The additional funding from the Scottish Government enabled the [[Convention of Scottish Local Authorities]] (COSLA) to make an improved pay offer to trade unions to consult with their members. The new pay offer would see an overall increase of 4.27%, with a rise of 5.63% offered to the lowest paid local government employees.<ref name="Local authority pay">{{cite web |title=Local authority pay |url=https://www.gov.scot/news/local-authority-pay/ |website=www.gov.scot |access-date=4 November 2024 }}</ref> Following the announcement of additional funding to provide an improved pay offer, Robison stated that both she and the Scottish Government "value this vital workforce" but warned that to fund the improved offer "money from elsewhere in the budget will have to be moved and this will reduce funding for other programmes".<ref name="Local authority pay"/>

In October 2024, strikes in [[Perth and Kinross]] closed schools, including in the constituency of incumbent first minister John Swinney, over pay disputes. The strikes were announced by trade union [[Unison]] and last for two weeks, with non–teaching staff, early years staff, janitorial and catering staff taking strike actions. Teachers were not striking during the strike action.<ref>{{cite news |title=Perth and Kinross school strikes enter second week |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c704z82vpe4o |website=BBC News |access-date=4 November 2024 |date=28 October 2024}}</ref> In response, the first minister, John Swinney, called for an end to the strikes stating that he hopes "Unison will continue meaningful dialogue with local government and join colleagues by accepting the offer and ending industrial action",<ref>{{cite web |title=Swinney calls for end to strikes targeting schools in his constituency |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/business/swinney-calls-for-end-to-strikes-targeting-schools-in-his-constituency-b2636861.html |website=The Independent |access-date=4 November 2024 |date=28 October 2024}}</ref> with Robison claiming that there was "no more money available" for improved local government pay deals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shona Robison says 'no more money' available for local government pay |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/24668029.no-money-available-local-government-pay---shona-robison/ |website=The National |access-date=4 November 2024 |date=21 October 2024}}</ref>

===2025 Scottish budget===
[[File:Travelling Cabinet Ayr (Scotland) on November 4, 2024 - 5.jpg|thumb|left|Robison (left) with the [[Scottish cabinet]] in Ayr, November 2024]]

Ahead of the 2025 [[Scottish budget]], Robison stated that as a consequence of the increase to the amount of [[National Insurance]] public sectors employers pay which was announced by the UK Government that Scotland "must be compensated" by [[HM Treasury]]. She made the comments following the Chancellor of the Exchequer [[Rachel Reeves]] outlining the [[October 2024 United Kingdom budget|2024 Autumn budget]] which is speculated to have a decrease in funding of £500&nbsp;million available to Scottish Government. Reeves suggested that an additional £3.4&nbsp;billion in investment which would be made available to the Scottish Government did "not include compensation" and she encouraged the Scottish Government to spend the extra investment "wisely". It was further announced by Reeves that the Scottish Government would receive an additional £1.5&nbsp;billion to compensate for additional staff costs as a result of the public sector workforce in Scotland being larger than that in the United Kingdom as a whole.<ref name="Compensate Scotland for tax hike">{{cite news |title=Treasury must compensate Scotland for tax hike – Shona Robison |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyx7zdx8lwo |website=BBC News |access-date=4 November 2024 |date=31 October 2024}}</ref>

Robison demanded "urgent clarity" on the announcement of additional funding to compensate for increased staffing in public sector services in Scotland. There had been suggestions that Scotland could be "short changed" if the compensation amount for the increase in National Insurance is not proportional to the size of the public sector in Scotland.<ref name="Compensate Scotland for tax hike"/> Following the Autumn budget outlined by Reeves, Robison welcomed the budget claiming it was "a step in the right direction" but said that as a result of the budget, the Scottish Government "will still face enormous cost pressures".<ref name="Budget marks 'step in right direction">{{cite web |title=Budget marks 'step in right direction' |url=https://www.gov.scot/news/budget-marks-step-in-right-direction/ |website=www.gov.scot |access-date=4 November 2024 }}</ref> Robison stated that she would carefully assess the Autumn budget in full ahead of her announcement of the Scottish Budget on 4 December 2024.<ref name="Budget marks 'step in right direction"/>

Robison delivered the 2025 Scottish budget to the [[Scottish Parliament]] on 4 December 2024. In the budget, Robison pledged that the Scottish Government would end the two child benefit cap in 2026. Additionally, record spending for the [[National Health Service in Scotland]] was announced, with £21&nbsp;billion being earmarked for the NHS in order to reduce waiting times and to ensure access to GPs was easier for the public. Additional measures announced in the budget included extra winter payments for the elderly, funding to tackle the climate emergency and scrapping the council tax freeze. Opposition parties in the Scottish Parliament were critical of the budget, with Scottish Labour stating that the government was "going in the wrong direction", whilst the Scottish Conservatives claimed that budget was "more of the same" from previous budgets set by the Scottish Government.<ref>{{cite news |title=Scottish Budget: Finance Secretary Shona Robison pledges to end two-child benefit cap |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8xjeqkj8vvt |website=BBC News |access-date=4 December 2024}}</ref>

===2026 Scottish election===

On 5 March 2025, Robison confirmed that she would not seek re–election as an MSP in the upcoming [[Next Scottish Parliament election|2026 Scottish Parliament elections]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Shona Robison and Fiona Hyslop to stand down as MSPs |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjw2nppn12qo |website=BBC News |access-date=5 March 2025 |date=5 March 2025}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
She was married to [[Stewart Hosie]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080306/debtext/80306-0018.htm | title=International Women's Day Debate | date=6 March 2008 | work=House of Commons Hansard Debates | access-date=3 May 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605021451/http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080306/debtext/80306-0018.htm | archive-date=5 June 2011 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> who is the Westminster MP for Dundee East and was previously the SNP's Depute Leader. They have one daughter. Robison experienced a miscarriage in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mandy Rhodes |title=We must ease this silent sorrow: Former health secretary Shona Robison on the grief of losing a baby and why it is time to talk about miscarriage |url=https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/we-must-ease-this-silent-sorrow-former-health-secretary-shona-robison-on-the-grief-of-losing-a-baby-and-why-it-is-time-to-talk-about-miscarriage/ |access-date=2 April 2023 |website=The Sunday Post }}</ref> It was announced on 15 May 2016 that the couple had separated.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/snp-husband-and-wife-stewart-hosie-and-shona-robison-separate-1-4129072|title=SNP husband and wife Stewart Hosie and Shona Robison separate|work=The Scotsman|date=16 May 2016|access-date=11 November 2018|archive-date=24 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624121334/https://www.scotsman.com/news/snp-husband-and-wife-stewart-hosie-and-shona-robison-separate-1-4129072|url-status=live}}</ref> This was followed by reports that Hosie had had an affair with Westminster-based freelance journalist Serena Cowdy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/16/snps-stewart-hosie-and-angus-macneil-split-from-wives-over-alleg/|title=SNP MPs Stewart Hosie and Angus MacNeil split from wives over alleged affairs with same woman|first=Telegraph|last=Reporters|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=17 May 2016|via=www.telegraph.co.uk|access-date=24 June 2018|archive-date=25 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625071449/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/16/snps-stewart-hosie-and-angus-macneil-split-from-wives-over-alleg/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Footnotes==
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
*[http://shona.robison.scot personal website]
* {{SP-MSP}}
*[http://www.gov.scot/About/People/Ministers/Cabinet-Secretary-for-Health-and-Wellbeing profile] on Scottish Government website
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120119103326/http://www.snp.org/people/shona-robison profile] on SNP website
*[http://dundeesnp.scot/msps-mp/ Dundee SNP website]
*[https://www.theyworkforyou.com/msp/shona_robison They Work For You]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091126071219/http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/32716.stm BBC Democracy Live]
*[http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Shona_Robison&mpc=Dundee_East&house=scotland Public Whip Voting Record]

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