Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 09 March 2016 [Draft]
09 Mar 2016 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Aye Write! Festival
Culture, Europe and External Affairs
The Aye Write! festival in Glasgow, which is Scotland’s second largest book festival, is taking place for the 11th year running and I am sure that its success over those years will be continued. Although I have no plans at present to visit the festival, it is welcoming leaders from all parties in the Parliament at separate events in the series entitled “The Books That Made Me”, including the First Minister, who is due to close the event on Sunday 20 March.
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7. Hanzala Malik (Glasgow) (Lab)
Lab
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs will be attending any events in the Aye Write! festival...
The Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs (Fiona Hyslop)
SNP
The Aye Write! festival in Glasgow, which is Scotland’s second largest book festival, is taking place for the 11th year running and I am sure that its succes...
Hanzala Malik
Lab
Glasgow City Council is very proud to hold the Aye Write! book festival as it has done for the past 11 years. It has been observed that the festival has a l...
Fiona Hyslop
SNP
The member makes a valid point although I am not sure how appropriate it is for him to plug his mother’s book in Parliament. Laughter. I am sure that it is a...