Chamber and committees

Robert Rae has now joined us, so I will give him a moment to get settled and will bring in Rachael Disbury.

Kirsty Cumming, did you want to add anything?

I will bring in Donald Cameron.

Kim Slater, I know that you dropped out for a little while there. Do you want to add anything?

As there are no further questions from colleagues and if there are no closing remarks, I thank the witnesses for attending. It has been a really helpful session. It was the first in our inquiry, so we have a few more to have and a few more visits to do. I think that some of my colleagues will visit Dumfries and Galloway as part of that experience. We look forward to continuing the work.

Having decided, under agenda item 2, to hold in private consideration of evidence in this and future meetings, I move the meeting into private.

Good morning, and welcome to the 12th meeting in 2023 of the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee. Our first agenda item is as a result of a change of membership. We again thank Jenni Minto for her service to the committee and wish her well with her new responsibilities.

We welcome Ben Macpherson, who joins the committee. I invite Mr Macpherson to make a declaration of interests.

Does anybody want to come in first?

I bring in Kim Slater then Rebecca Coggins.

I see that Donald Cameron wants back in. I will bring him in and then we will come to Billy Garrett.

I am sure that you are aware that one of the recommendations from our budget inquiry was about multiyear funding and more sustainable funding for the arts, so we have covered that.

Does anyone else want to come in on unmet need?