Chamber and committees

I watched quite a few individual performers who had a virtual tip jar when they were working during Covid, which was quite interesting.

I will move on to questions from committee members.

We can see you now, Ms Campbell, but we cannot hear you, unfortunately. I am looking to our sound engineer. Is Ms Campbell there? I do not think she can hear us in the room. Perhaps somebody could try to get her onboarded by phone again, if that is possible. I will go back to Ms Boyack.

I will bring in Mr Baker, who, I hope, will be followed by Ms Campbell.

Can we bring in Ms Campbell?

Oh dear. I am really sorry—oh, Mike is back.

I will bring in Mr Baker, and if Ms Campbell and Ms Cullen want to come in, or if there is anything that they want to add, they can put an R in the chat.

Thank you. It appears that I pre-empted a further question from Ms Webber with my supplementary—I apologise for that.

I thank everyone for their attendance. It has been a very helpful session. I again apologise for the difficulties with onboarding Ms Campbell from the TMSA, but we will follow up with her in writing and invite her to comment on the questions that she was not able to answer today.

I am conscious of time and we have spent a lot of time on this subject area, but would Mr Jones or Ms Campbell like to add anything?

I am not sure whether Ms Campbell is with us at the moment. I do not think she has managed to get back on to the call. I am sorry about that. We will move to questions from Dr Alasdair Allan.

I would like to ask a supplementary on the back of Ms Minto’s questions. I am excited to hear Mr Baker’s enthusiasm for the culture in place, especially as a long-term music charity that supports young people in my area is building its own bespoke studio and performance space.

That leads me to ask about younger people, because—this question might be more for Ms Cullen and Mr Jones—young people are often excluded by age because of licensing in premises. What opportunities are there for younger performers and younger audiences to take part in such live music opportunities?