diff --git a/backend/functions/main.py b/backend/functions/main.py
index fff3a05..e66e626 100644
--- a/backend/functions/main.py
+++ b/backend/functions/main.py
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@
 from loguru import logger
 from schemes.schemes import schemes  # noqa: F401
 from schemes.search import schemes_search  # noqa: F401
+from schemes.search_queries import retrieve_search_queries  #noqa: F401
 from update_scheme.update_scheme import update_scheme  # noqa: F401
 
+
 # Initialise logger
 logger.remove()
 logger.add(
diff --git a/backend/functions/schemes/search_queries.py b/backend/functions/schemes/search_queries.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab6d059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/functions/schemes/search_queries.py
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+"""
+url for local testing:
+http://127.0.0.1:5001/schemessg-v3-dev/asia-southeast1/retrieve_search_queries
+"""
+
+import json
+
+from fb_manager.firebaseManager import FirebaseManager
+from firebase_functions import https_fn, options
+from loguru import logger
+
+
+def create_firebase_manager() -> FirebaseManager:
+    """Factory function to create a FirebaseManager instance."""
+
+    return FirebaseManager()
+
+
+@https_fn.on_request(
+    region="asia-southeast1",
+    memory=options.MemoryOption.GB_1,  # Increases memory to 1GB
+)
+def retrieve_search_queries(req: https_fn.Request) -> https_fn.Response:
+    """
+    Handler for retrieving user queries (used for telegram bot pagination)
+
+    Args:
+        req (https_fn.Request): request sent from client
+
+    Returns:
+        https_fn.Response: response sent to client
+    """
+    # TODO remove for prod setup
+    #Set CORS headers for the preflight request
+    if req.method == 'OPTIONS':
+        # Allows GET and POST requests from any origin with the Content-Type
+        # header and caches preflight response for an hour
+        headers = {
+            'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': 'http://localhost:3000',
+            'Access-Control-Allow-Methods': 'POST',
+            'Access-Control-Allow-Headers': 'Content-Type',
+            'Access-Control-Max-Age': '3600'
+        }
+        return ('', 204, headers)
+
+    # Set CORS headers for the main request
+    headers = {
+        'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': 'http://localhost:3000'
+    }
+
+
+    firebase_manager = create_firebase_manager()
+
+    if not req.method == "GET":
+        return https_fn.Response(
+            response=json.dumps({"error": "Invalid request method; only GET is supported"}),
+            status=405,
+            mimetype="application/json",
+        )
+
+    splitted_path = req.path.split("/")
+    session_id = splitted_path[1] if len(splitted_path) == 2 else None
+
+    if not session_id:
+        return https_fn.Response(
+            response=json.dumps({"error": "Invalid path parameters, please provide session id"}),
+            status=400,
+            mimetype="application/json",
+            headers=headers
+        )
+
+    try:
+        ref = firebase_manager.firestore_client.collection("userQuery").document(session_id)
+        doc = ref.get()
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.exception("Unable to fetch schemes search results from firestore", e)
+        return https_fn.Response(
+            response=json.dumps({"error": "Internal server error, unable to fetch schemes search results from firestore"}),
+            status=500,
+            mimetype="application/json",
+            headers=headers
+        )
+
+    if not doc.exists:
+        return https_fn.Response(
+            response=json.dumps({"error": "Search query with provided session id does not exist"}),
+            status=404,
+            mimetype="application/json",
+            headers=headers
+        )
+
+    results = {"data": doc.to_dict()}
+    return https_fn.Response(
+        response=json.dumps(results),
+        status=200,
+        mimetype="application/json",
+        headers=headers)