Extract from Scottish Parliament debate on Arts Funding - Nov 3
Wednesday, 4 November 2020 07:52
Annabelle Ewing (Cowdenbeath) (SNP): The European Union’s creative
Europe programme, which provides matched funding, has been
mentioned. It is regrettable that, even though membership of the
programme is not limited to EU countries, the UK Government has
indicated that it is not minded to continue our membership. Whether
that is still its position can perhaps be clarified. Mention has
also been made of the UK shared prosperity fund, which is intended
to be the successor to the European...Request free trial
(Cowdenbeath) (SNP): The European Union’s creative
Europe programme, which provides matched funding, has been
mentioned. It is regrettable that, even though membership of the
programme is not limited to EU countries, the UK Government has
indicated that it is not minded to continue our membership. Whether
that is still its position can perhaps be clarified. Mention has
also been made of the UK shared prosperity fund, which is
intended to be the successor to the European structural and
investment funds. Again, there seems to be no clarity as to what
that new fund will entail, in particular for the arts and culture
sector...
(Cunninghame
North) (SNP): It is absolutely vital that Scotland’s
artists receive a level of funding from the UK Government’s
proposed UK shared prosperity fund that is at
least similar to what they receive at present. The Scottish
Government’s hands are, however, not completely tied and the
committee’s work shows that there are actions that can be taken to
ensure that the art sector’s recovery plays an instrumental role in
building back better after the pandemic...
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