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Creative industries in Scotland inquiry

Inquiry by the Scottish Affairs Committee, 8 July 2015 to 6 January 2016. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 19 October 2015: Brian Baglow, Director, Scottish Games Network, Dr Jo Twist, Chief Executive Officer, UK Interactive Entertainment, Professor Gregor White, Head of School of Arts, Media and Computer Games, Abertay UniversityChris van der Kuyl, Director, 4J Studios, Malath Abbas, Studio/Collective founder, Kenny Mitchell, Senior Research Scientist, Disney Research, Grant Alexander, Commercial Director, Beartrap gamesKen MacQuarrie, Director, BBC Scotland, Ian MacKenzie, Nations and Regions Manager, Channel 4, Alan Clements, Director of Content, STV, Bobby Hain, Director of Channels, STV
  • 28 October 2015: Lorne Boswell, Scottish Secretary and Louise McMullan, Policy Development Officer, Equity, Dan Simmons, Head of Partnerships and Alasdair Smith, Scotland Director, Creative Skillset; John McVay, Creative Coalition Campaign, and Ian Moss, Vice Chair, Alliance for Intellectual Property (at 3.30pm).
  • 2 November 2015: Bill Matthews, Chair, Audience Council Scotland; Charlotte Wright, Director of Business and Sector Development, and Iain Hamilton, Head of Creative Industries, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, and Peter Honeyman, Subject Network Leader, Creative and Cultural Industries, University of the Highlands and Islands (at 11.00am); Janet Archer, Chief Executive, Creative Scotland, David Smith, Director of Creative Industries, Scottish Enterprise, and David Martin, Creative Industries Sector Manager, Skills Development Scotland (at 1.00pm); Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs, Scottish Government (at 2.00pm).
  • 18 November 2015: Jo Dipple, Chief Executive, UK Music, Brian Coane, Chair, IPA Scotland, and Amanda Nevill, Chief Executive Officer, British Film Institute; Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy and Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for Intellectual Property, Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Business, Innovation and Skills (at 4.00pm).