Chamber
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
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 Court. I know that their performances are greatly valued in the Highlands, as they are elsewhere in the country.
I expect the national performing companies to continue to deliver their world-class productions across Scotland, including in the Highlands. I recently met the chief executives and the chairs of all five companies, and I reassure Ms Roddick that the Scottish Government aims to provide further funding to the national performing companies in future years.
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...