Chamber and committees

After Murray Dawson has commented, we will go back to Maurice Golden and I will then bring in Ben Macpherson, who has a supplementary question.

Certainly not, if it’s you that’s doing it.

Good morning, and a warm welcome to the 14th meeting in 2023 of the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee.

As a result of a membership change, our first agenda item is a declaration of interests. Before that, I give apologies from Donald Cameron, the deputy convener, who cannot be with us today. I echo Donald Cameron’s comments from last week when he was in the chair with regard to the contribution of Sarah Boyack on the committee and we wish her all the best for her new parliamentary duties.

I invite Neil Bibby, who joins the committee, to make a declaration of interests.

This might get out of hand.

I want to ask you for some final quick points. Is there anything that we have not covered but which you would like to say a few words about before we close this evidence session?

You made very pertinent points, thank you.

Those are interesting thoughts.

I will bring in Dr Allan.

A very small one.

With regard to the overall approach to participation in culture, the Scottish household survey is held up as the information that we have on the culture that people are participating in and where that is happening. Does the work of the Culture Collective in communities feed into that process, or does a lot of it go under the radar in that respect?

Steve Byrne, do you want to go first?