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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Tim Eagle

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 2024 - present day

About Tim Eagle

Contact details

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Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 6989
Text relay calls welcome.

Committees

Tim is a member of 1 committee

Cross-party groups

Tim is a member of 7 cross-party groups

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Fair Trade

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Fisheries and Coastal Communities

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Food

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Gardening and Horticulture

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Nature and Climate

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rural Policy

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Scotch Whisky

Member

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Tim does not have any parliamentary or government roles

Party Roles

Tim has 3 party roles

Party Spokesperson on Fishing

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Party Spokesperson on Land Reform

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Party Spokesperson on Rural Affairs

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Previous roles

Tim had 1 previous role

Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.

21 March 2024 - 10 October 2024

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Member

Register of interests

Tim's register of interests

MSPs must provide details of their financial interests in the Register of Interests. They make an initial statement on becoming or being returned as an MSP. This is then updated with any changes they provide.

Recent Activity

What was said

What Tim Eagle has said in Parliament

These are the official transcripts of what was said by this MSP in the chamber and at committee meetings. You'll find the topic discussed and how many times this MSP has contributed to the discussion.

Chamber meeting date: 25 March 2025

Agricultural Support Payments

3. Tim Eagle (Highlands and Islands) (Con): "I declare an interest as a small farmer. To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the reported £203 million it spent on external advisers to help administer agricultural support payments to be good value for money. (S6T-02447)"

Chamber meeting date: 20 March 2025

Salmon Farming

Tim Eagle (Highlands and Islands) (Con): "I am grateful to all the contributors and to be part of this important debate on salmon farming in Scotland…

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 19 March 2025

Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 Amendment Order 2025 [Draft]

Tim Eagle (Highlands and Islands) (Con): "Good morning. What consultation was done on the order? What was the response from QMS?"

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 19 March 2025

Future Agriculture Policy

Tim Eagle: "I want to go back to a couple of things that you have said. You have made two criticisms of what is going on “down the road”, by which I presume that you mean in England…

Votes

How Tim Eagle has voted in Parliament

Find out how Tim Eagle has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6M-16923

Scotland – A Fair Trade Nation

Submitted by: Angus Robertson, Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, March 24, 2025

Supported by: Jamie Hepburn
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Result 108 for, 7 against, 1 abstained, 13 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-16923.1

Scotland – A Fair Trade Nation

Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, March 24, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Result 107 for, 8 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-16844.2

Children’s Rights and Temporary Accommodation

Submitted by: Meghan Gallacher, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Result 53 for, 63 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-16845

Reforming Scotland’s West Coast Ferries

Submitted by: Claire Baker, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, March 17, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Result 58 for, 52 against, 6 abstained, 13 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-16845.1

Reforming Scotland’s West Coast Ferries

Submitted by: Sue Webber, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Result 52 for, 56 against, 7 abstained, 14 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Defeated

Motions

Questions

Questions Tim Eagle has asked

These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.

Question ref. S6T-02447

Asked by: Eagle, Tim, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 24 March 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the reported £203 million it spent on external advisers to help administer agricultural support payments to be good value for money."

Taken in the Chamber on 25 March 2025

Question ref. S6W-35691

Asked by: Eagle, Tim, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 14 March 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-35132 by Ivan McKee on 27 February 2025, for what reason it only carried out a partial island communities impact assessment (ICIA), instead of a full ICIA, for the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill prior to the Parliament's consideration of the Bill at stage 1, in light of the…

Answered by Ivan McKee on 21 March 2025

Question ref. S6W-35717

Asked by: Eagle, Tim, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 17 March 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government when it will begin its process to recruit a new chair of Highlands and Islands Enterprise, and whether it will publish details of this."

Answer expected on 31 March 2025

Question ref. S6W-35382

Asked by: Eagle, Tim, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 5 March 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the view of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, in its written submission to the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee as part of its stage 1 consideration of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill, that every person intending to undertake muirburn should have had some form of…

Answered by Jim Fairlie on 17 March 2025

Question ref. S6W-35378

Asked by: Eagle, Tim, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 5 March 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what the practical differences are between "the setting of fire to" heath or muir, and "the burning of" heath or muir, as set out in section 22 of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024."

Answered by Jim Fairlie on 17 March 2025

Question ref. S6W-35383

Asked by: Eagle, Tim, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 5 March 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government who is required to undertake muirburn training in relation to the (a) setting of fire to heath or muir, (b) burning of heath or muir and (c) extinguishing of fire on heath or muir."

Answered by Jim Fairlie on 17 March 2025

Question ref. S6W-35379

Asked by: Eagle, Tim, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 4 March 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government for what reason NatureScot is reportedly planning to remove the practical element of muirburn training from the approved training course for muirburn in (a) 2025-26 and (b) future years."

Answered by Jim Fairlie on 17 March 2025

Question ref. S6W-35381

Asked by: Eagle, Tim, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 4 March 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to imposing a grace period in respect of the requirement to complete an approved muirburn training course, in order to avoid minimising or otherwise diluting the importance of practical muirburn training."

Answered by Jim Fairlie on 17 March 2025

Question ref. S6W-35380

Asked by: Eagle, Tim, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 4 March 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) it has and (b) any of its agencies have consulted muirburn training providers about NatureScot’s reported plans to remove the requirement for the completion of practical muirburn training from the approved training course for muirburn in (i) 2025-26 and (ii) future years."

Answered by Jim Fairlie on 17 March 2025

Question ref. S6W-34963

Asked by: Eagle, Tim, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 13 February 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government how many staff (a) Forestry and Land Scotland, (b) Scottish Forestry and (c) NatureScot have employed on a (i) full-time permanent, (ii) full-time temporary, (iii) part-time permanent and (iv) part-time temporary employment basis in each year since 2021-22."

Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 13 March 2025

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