Education, Culture and Sport Committee, 26 Apr 2000

Meeting date: Wednesday, April 26, 2000

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National Lottery etc Act 1993 (Amendment of Section 23) (Scotland) Order 2000 (SSI 2000/78)

Item 3 is a negative instrument on the national lottery and Scottish Screen.

This is germane to the film issue. Members will have seen the papers. This instrument is not controversial, except to say that there was a long-running debate as to who should administer this money. The solution that Scottish Screen should administer it is the sensible solution, but it will have to be supervised over a period of time.

There are many questions about the use of lottery money for film making. I hope that the committee might show an interest in it. After the initial report in the autumn, this is the type of issue that we might want to examine more deeply.

The SSI is the result of a hard-pressed and difficult negotiation, which the chairman of Scottish Screen, James Lee, handled especially well.

Are we agreed that no action need be taken?

Members indicated agreement.