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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 6 September 2025
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Question reference: S6W-40076

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has allocated to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in each year since 2021.

Question reference: S6W-40096

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many Changing Places toilets there are in the Highlands and Islands region, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-40074

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether wind turbine operators receive financial penalties in the event of wind turbine failure, and, if so, what financial penalties are imposed, and how (a) the Scottish Government and (b) local authorities oversee this process. 

Question reference: S6W-40083

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many members of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh there have been in each year since 2021. 

Question reference: S6W-40088

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2025

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many new spaces for community growing have been created in each year since 2021 as a result of direct funding.

Question reference: S6W-40092

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many parents who have been offered a Baby Box declined to take one, in each year since their introduction.

Question reference: S6W-40078

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many vacancies there are at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh as of 31 July 2025.

Question reference: S6W-40086

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2025

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what funding schemes are available to communities that want to establish new allotments.

Question reference: S6W-40082

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what outreach work the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh currently carries out in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.

Question reference: S6W-40081

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has spent on diversity, equality and inclusion (a) officers and (b) training in each year since 2021.