The Scottish Parliament’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee was looking at funding for culture in Scotland. The Committee knows how big an impact the pandemic has had on the creative scene and cultural businesses. It wanted to hear from individuals, groups and businesses operating in this area. These views helped the Committee to make recommendations to the Scottish Government ahead of its budget.
On 4 August 2021 the Committee launched a call for views on this inquiry. The call for views closed to new submissions on 8 September 2021. The Committee received 17 responses.
The Committee received 52 submissions to a call for views on this topic.
Read the submissions received
The Committee also received the following submissions:
The Committee took evidence on the Scottish Government's Budget 2022-23 from—
Angus Robertson, Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, Scottish Government
Scott Wightman, Director for External Affairs, Scottish Government
Bettina Sizeland, Deputy Director of Culture and Historic Environment Division, Scottish Government
Papers for the meeting on 20 January 2022
Official Report of meeting on 20 January 2022
The Committee took evidence from—
Fiona Sturgeon Shea, Chief Executive Officer, Federation of Scottish Theatre
Alison Reeves, Scotland Manager, Making Music
Lucy Casot, Chief Executive Officer, Museums Galleries Scotland
John McVay, Chief Executive Officer, Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television
Iain Munro, Chief Executive, Creative Scotland
Isabel Davis, Executive Director, Screen Scotland
Papers for the meeting on 23 September 2021
Official Report of meeting on 23 September 2021
The Committee took evidence from—
Clara Cullen, Venue support Manager, Music Venue Trust
Fiona Campbell, Convener, Traditional Music & Song Association of Scotland
Mike Jones, Managing Director, The Stand Comedy Club
Matt Baker, Orchestrator, The Stove Network
Papers for the meeting on 16 September 2021
Official Report of meeting on 16 September 2021
The Committee took evidence from—
Paul McManus, Negotiation officer Scotland, BECTU
Barry Dallman, Acting Regional Organiser, Scotland and Northern Ireland Region, Musicians' Union
Papers for the meeting on 9 September 2021
Official Report of meeting on 9 September 2021
The Committee's report, Pre-budget scrutiny: culture sector funding, was published on 1 November 2021:
The Scottish Government responded to the Committee's report on 23 December 2021:
Read the Scottish Government's response.
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