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 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 wonderful book.
Creative Scotland has given Aye Write! funding of £105,000. I have asked Creative Scotland to make sure that the people and organisations that it funds take on equalities issues. Since Aye Write! receives Creative Scotland funding, that will be one way of doing what the member suggests.
I do not often agree with the leader of the Labour Party in Scotland, but she chose “A Thousand Splendid Suns” as one of her favourite books in the interview with Phil Miller; it is also a favourite of mine. Perhaps we can share that across the chamber.
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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...