I agree with Richard Leonard on all the points that he has made, and I make the point to him that the First Minister raised those concerns in his recent meeting with the Prime Minister. The international community can do more, but what is happening on the ground in Gaza at present is absolutely horrific and avoidable.

The United Nations and its agencies, including UNRWA, are those that should be taking forward the humanitarian supply of the population in Gaza. The privatisation and militarisation that Richard Leonard has raised in the chamber should not go on, and a ceasefire should be immediately respected by the Israelis.

I would have thought that Mr Kerr would be aware that no aid is being distributed on the ground in Gaza at the moment, apart from by the privatised and militarised organisation that Mr Leonard brought up. I would thought that he would be aware of that, as it has been leading the news and is leading it today.

The MalDent Project has transformed oral health in Malawi. The country faces a severe oral health crisis, in that it has only nine public dentists to serve a population of 22 million people. Supported by Scottish Government investment, MalDent has spearheaded the creation of Malawi’s first dental degree programme. We celebrate the recent graduation of the country’s first home-trained dentists, which is a direct outcome of MalDent’s work, and a further 137 students are currently studying dentistry. MalDent has also developed Malawi’s first national oral health policy, establishing a crucial blueprint for effective oral health interventions, with a key focus on preventing oral disease, especially in children.

We have demonstrated our commitment to the culture sector by making a funding increase of more than £34 million in 2025-26. That takes us to a level of culture funding of more than £50 million more than there was in 2023-24 and includes an additional £4 million for festivals. The funding will support our commitments to double the festivals expo fund and to expand its reach across Scotland, beyond festivals in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

We continue to help artists to access new markets, by building business relationships and promoting Scotland’s culture sector internationally through the Scottish Government’s network of international offices. As part of our international culture strategy, we have committed to carrying out a feasibility study on the establishment of a support service for cultural export and exchange. That will help to inform how we can best support international activity in the sector to overcome challenges to it.

I do not expect any increase in costs for the review. I thought that it was important that the independent reviewer should be able to look at all relevant areas; if Mr Choudhury believes that there are particular issues that need to be raised with her as part of that review process, I encourage him—and colleagues, as I have already said to Sharon Dowey—to do that. It is in all our interests, and those of everyone in the cultural sector, that the review is as best informed as it can be, so if he has any needs, interests, concerns or expectations that he wants to raise directly, I encourage him to do so.

I will try my best to do so.

I understand the point that Liam McArthur is making about continuity. That is why multiyear funding has been brought in through Creative Scotland. He raises an issue that is specific to the Orkney folk festival, and I will look at that closely.

I join him in congratulating the organisers, volunteers, performers, and, indeed, his brother. He asks me to raise with EventScotland the matter that he has highlighted—I am content to do so and I will get back to him on the points that he has raised.

I have given pretty detailed background information on the Scottish Government’s commitment to funding for events. Liam McArthur raised the issue of continuity of funding, which we have been aware is a challenge for a number of festivals in Scotland.

I am content to take away the case that Alexander Stewart has raised with me and have conversations about it with officials, and I undertake to write back to him. I want to support the footprint of festivals and events across Scotland, including the one that he has raised with me.

Neil Bibby makes a really good point. That is why I initiated and set up the strategic partnership for Scotland’s festivals. Such issues are so important that it is necessary to have more than just one meeting. Such meetings should take place regularly, and I have begun that process. The issue of transport is one of the first issues to have been raised, and I have sought to explore solutions such as the one that he outlined. I can tell him that I have already had a bilateral meeting with the transport secretary to discuss the matter.

Neil Bibby is absolutely right. We want to make sure that the benefit of festivals in one part of the country can be shared throughout the rest of the country and that those festivals can be accessed by people from elsewhere. We are working in partnership with festivals across Scotland to make sure that that is the case.

I assure Elena Whitham that we remain steadfast in our commitment to supporting our partner countries and others through international development and climate justice funding, while responding to global humanitarian crises as a responsible, compassionate and good global citizen.

We are building on the MalDent Project’s success to deepen our institutional ties with Malawi in higher education. That commitment stems from a long-standing partnership between the universities involved that has been in place since 2005, and we are dedicated to fostering long-term institutional collaborations of that sort. That includes strengthening governance and infrastructure at the university in Malawi, supporting the dental surgery programme and investing in faculty development.

The Scottish Government and the Scotland Office meet regularly to discuss the Scotland Act 1998 order programme, including ways to improve the process. Once the need for a Scotland Act 1998 order has been identified, the Scottish Government will always seek to ensure that a way forward is agreed between the two Governments as early as possible. However, timetables for all Scotland Act 1998 orders are influenced by a wide range of factors, including subject matter, complexity of drafting and securing UK parliamentary time.