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Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Meeting date: 23 September 2021
Clare Adamson
I move to questions from Mr Cameron.
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Meeting date: 23 September 2021
Clare Adamson
I want to ask some supplementaries on the back of that theme. A wellbeing economy and its meeting expectations in local communities is one of the Scottish Government’s stated goals. We have also heard a lot of evidence about placemaking, the importance of culture being relevant to the community, and its being in every community and area. Responding to the audience and what people choose to spend their leisure time doing is also important.
It is not unusual for Creative Scotland’s funding models to come under scrutiny and to be controversial, but two particular areas have been highlighted during Covid: what we might call the night-time economy and, in particular, comedy club and music venue performance spaces. We have heard that, independent as they are, they got Government support for the first time ever, because of Covid. However, the funding model might lead to Creative Scotland grants being outwith the capacity of a lot of those organisations, and a smaller funding model or grant might be available to support smaller projects. That has a geographic and rural element, as well. Will consideration be given to how the money is developed and the level of support that can be given to change that placemaking in communities?
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Meeting date: 23 September 2021
Clare Adamson
That is a positive note on which to end. I thank Mr Munro and Ms Davis for their attendance this morning. We will now move into private session.
11:18 Meeting continued in private until 11:30.Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Meeting date: 23 September 2021
Clare Adamson
I will bring in Ms Casot at this point and then go to Ms Reeves for a comment about the wellbeing work.
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Meeting date: 23 September 2021
Clare Adamson
Sorry, Ms Reeves—we lost your feed for a moment. Can you start again?
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Meeting date: 23 September 2021
Clare Adamson
I do not see anyone else indicating that they wish to contribute. The concerns from the different areas of the sector have been well voiced this morning. Thank you very much for your contributions. I suspend the meeting while we have a changeover of witnesses.
10:08 Meeting suspended.Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Meeting date: 23 September 2021
Clare Adamson
We move to evidence from our second panel. I welcome Iain Munro, who is chief executive of Creative Scotland, and Isabel Davis, who is executive director of Screen Scotland. I remind everybody to try to be succinct, as we want to get in as many opportunities for questions as possible. I invite Donald Cameron to start.
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Meeting date: 23 September 2021
Clare Adamson
Indeed. We heard last week from the Stove Network in Dumfries about support not just for culture that is already here but for new culture that is just being created, so I think that your comments just there were helpful, Mr Munro.
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Meeting date: 23 September 2021
Clare Adamson
We have another question about museums. I remind people to put an R in the chat if they wish to comment. Ms Minto’s question will be for Ms Casot again, I think.
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Meeting date: 23 September 2021
Clare Adamson
We have a bit of a problem with the connection. Can we switch off Ms Davis’s camera? I hope that we will then be able to hear her.
Are you still with us, Ms Davis? We lost you for a while.