Chamber and committees

The Scottish Government continues to deliver on its commitment to build the case for an independent Scotland in the EU, giving people the information they need to make an informed choice about their future, as set out in the recent Programme for Government. I’m pleased to confirm that on 2 February we are publishing ‘Our Culture in an Independent Scotland’.

This is the tenth paper in the Building a New Scotland series, which focusses on Scotland’s cultural and creative industries, providing detailed proposals on how an independent Scotland would further support Scotland’s creative economy, how an independent Scotland could realise the potential of our culture and creative sectors on the international stage by re-joining the European Union and removing barriers for international performers, how public service broadcasting would be protected with independence, and how Scotland can build on the strength of our screen sector.

I can also confirm that we intend to bring the matters raised in this publication forward for a debate in the Chamber as soon as possible.

The Scottish Government is continuing to prepare further papers in the Building a New Scotland series and these will be published in the coming months.

The Our Culture in an Independent Scotland paper will be available to view on the Scottish Government website from Friday morning at www.gov.scot/newscotland .