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Meeting of the Parliament 11 March 2026 [Draft]

11 Mar 2026 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
National Performing Companies
Roddick, Emma SNP Highlands and Islands Watch on SPTV

I was copied in to a letter from Eden Court to the cabinet secretary, which I am aware that he has responded to. I enjoy the benefits of Scottish Ballet, Scottish Opera, the National Theatre of Scotland, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra regularly performing in Inverness. However, they have reported issues with their funding, which I understand has been described as standstill. Rebecca Holt, the chief executive, said that that puts their performing in Inverness at risk. The companies report that they have found it

“increasingly challenging to include Eden Court in their tours due to the greater travel costs and additional overnight stays required by our location. If performances from those companies were to stop coming to Eden Court, that would leave a significant part of Scotland’s population without access to high-quality Scottish-produced work.”

It sounds as though the Highlands are at risk of missing out. Can the cabinet secretary provide more detail of any discrepancy there, and does it sit right with the Government that the Highlands may miss out on such opportunities?

In the same item of business

2. Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) SNP
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting Scotland’s national performing companies. (S6O-05612)
The Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture (Angus Robertson) SNP
The Scottish Government will provide £24.6 million in funding in the 2026-27 financial year to support our five world-class national performing companies, wh...
Emma Roddick SNP
I was copied in to a letter from Eden Court to the cabinet secretary, which I am aware that he has responded to. I enjoy the benefits of Scottish Ballet, Sco...
Angus Robertson SNP
I agree with Emma Roddick that one of the advantages of having national performing companies is that they perform throughout the nation, including in Eden Co...
Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) Con
We are so fortunate to have the national performing companies, but, as we have just heard, the standstill budget that the Scottish Government has handed down...
Angus Robertson SNP
We are now 70 per cent through the record additional uplift in annual spending in culture, which I hope that Murdo Fraser—having voted against the budget, of...