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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 15 June 2025
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Question reference: S6W-38707

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to ensure that rural communities have equal access to (a) waste disposal facilities and (b) civic amenity sites, in order to reduce any risk of fly-tipping in remote areas.

Question reference: S6W-38711

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to develop and deliver a national anti-littering media campaign, and, if it has any such plans, how it will assess its effectiveness in changing behaviour.

Question reference: S6W-38717

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what specific support it is providing to rural local authorities and communities to address fly-tipping in remote and sparsely populated areas, in light of the commitments in the National Litter and Flytipping Strategy 2023-24.

Question reference: S6W-38634

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what work it has undertaken to assess the interaction of section 20 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill with deer management powers in the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill.

Question reference: S6W-38562

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-32826 by Jim Fairlie on 16 January 2025, whether it will provide an update on Transport Scotland's consideration of new vessels for the Dunoon to Gourock ferry route, and when a decision will be taken.

Question reference: S6W-38518

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-30469 by Fiona Hyslop on 1 November 2024, whether it will provide an update on the number of commercial (a) vehicles carried and (b) vehicle lane metres used in (i) 2024 and (ii) 2025, broken down by individual routes.

Question reference: S6W-38483

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 June 2025

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answer expected on 23 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what actions it is taking to increase the number of breeding (a) cattle and (b) sheep.

Question reference: S6W-38482

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 June 2025

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answer expected on 23 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to Quality Meat Scotland's research, Meating our Potential, and in what ways the Scottish Government can help to support its aims. 

Question reference: S6W-37915

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 5 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-35571 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 18 March 2025, whether it will provide an update on its engagement with the Scotland Office regarding the proposed order under section 104 of the Scotland Act 1998 relating to changing marriages to civil partnerships.

Question reference: S6W-38250

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 June 2025

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when any outstanding Scottish Upland Sheep Support Scheme payments for 2025-26 will be paid to applicants.