Meeting of the Parliament 25 March 2026 [Draft]
Will the First Minister intervene urgently to stop City Property, Glasgow City Council’s arm’s‑length landlord, from issuing a notice to quit tomorrow to seven independent charitable arts organisations at the publicly funded Trongate 103 cultural centre, which would force them out and leave them facing an additional £700,000 a year in costs—four times their previous rent and ten times their service charges—while ignoring the independent sustainability study that was commissioned by the council, especially amid the wider crisis engulfing Glasgow’s cultural ecosystem, including the indefinite closures of the Centre for Contemporary Arts, the Lighthouse, the Arches and the People’s Palace? City Property is out of control. Will the First Minister intervene and get a grip of the issue?