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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

  • Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
  • Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search.  There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 18 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-42668

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many instances of predation of livestock by white-tailed eagles were reported to its agencies in each year since 2021.

Question reference: S6W-42662

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how it measures the efficacy of its investment in rainforest restoration through the Nature Restoration Fund.

Question reference: S6W-42667

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding from the Sea Eagle Management Scheme was awarded to applicants in each year since 2021.

Question reference: S6W-42669

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how it measures the efficacy of its Sea Eagle Management Scheme.

Question reference: S6W-42671

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-29052 by Jim Fairlie on 27 August 2024, whether it will provide an update of the number of licence applications that NatureScot received for the culling of (a) greylag, (b) pink-footed and (c) Canada geese in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-42665

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how much of the £150 million that it announced on 12 December 2024 to "support the growth of the offshore wind sector" has been distributed, broken down by how much each organisation has received.

Question reference: S6W-42663

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether any of its ministers have met with Offshore Solutions Group Limited in each year since 2021, and, if so, whether it will provide details of such meetings.

Question reference: S6W-42670

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22193 by Gillian Martin on 26 October 2023, whether it will outline what changes it made to the (a) Sea Eagle Management Scheme and (b) White-tailed Eagle Action Plan following its review.

Question reference: S6W-42664

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £5.3 million that it announced on 28 January 2025 to support individuals released from prison following short-term sentences has been spent in 2025, and how many people have received such funding.

Question reference: S6W-42666

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has established an offshore wind hub in the north east, as announced in the 2025-26 Scottish Budget.