Minutes: 09 January 2025

1. Budget Scrutiny 2025/26:

The Committee took evidence from—

Anne Lyden, Director General, National Galleries of Scotland;

Adrian Turpin, Creative and Strategic Director, Wigtown Festival Company;

Fiona Sturgeon Shea, Chief Executive Officer, Federation of Scottish Theatre and Chair, Culture Counts;

Katerina Brown, Chief Executive, Historic Environment Scotland;

and then from—

Robert Wilson, Chair, Creative Scotland Board;

Anne Langley, Executive Director of Operations and Alastair Evans,Director of Strategy and Planning, Creative Scotland .