Culture in Parliament - June 2023
Culture Counts monitors the Scottish and UK Parliament for discussions and questions about the Culture Sector. We’ve listed recent committee business and chamber questions in each house below.
The link attached to each item will take you to the Official Report, where you can read the Government response and further discussion around each item.
Holyrood:
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Culture and Heritage (Community Facilities)
Pam Gosal (West Scotland)
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting community-based facilities in the West Scotland region to preserve Scottish culture and heritage. (S6O-02325)
Finlay Carson (Galloway and West Dumfries)
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported comments by Scottish Opera, regarding the disbanding of an orchestra due to the lack of young people in the industry. (S6O-02326)
Paul O’Kane (West Scotland)
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting local theatres. (S6O-02328)
Creative Scotland Funding (Highlands and Islands)
Edward Mountain (Highlands and Islands)
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of Creative Scotland’s total awards funding was allocated to the Highlands and Islands in the last financial year. (S6O-02329)
Historic Environment Scotland (Reopening of Sites)
Roz McCall (Mid Scotland and Fife)
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to accelerate the reopening of any sites that are currently closed due to inspections by Historic Environment Scotland. (S6O-02331)
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As part of the committee’s Culture in Communities inquiry, the committee took evidence from Creative Scotland
Read the transcript here
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EventScotland and Creative Scotland (Funding)
Willie Rennie (North East Fife)
To ask the Scottish Government what action it plans to take to ensure a fair application of funds from EventScotland and Creative Scotland to every part of Scotland. (S6O-02385)
Westminster:
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Chris Elmore (Ogmore)
What her planned timetable is for the draft Media Bill. (905422)
Local Radio Services: Discussions with BBC
Liz Twist (Blaydon)
What discussions she has had with the BBC on the proposed changes to local radio services. (905424)
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East)
What progress she has made with Cabinet colleagues on supporting musicians planning to tour in Europe. (905428)
Artificial Intelligence: Creative Industries
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire)
What discussions she has had with representatives of the creative industries on the impact of artificial intelligence on that sector. (905429)