Scottish Opera's Financial Situation

The motion

That the Parliament expresses its concern at the financial crisis facing Scottish Opera; acknowledges the great critical and artistic standard the company has achieved recently, particularly with the production of Wagner’s Ring cycle; understands the complexity and expense of staging high quality music drama but believes that Scotland should be able to fund an international standard opera company; notes that Scottish Opera has had a four-year standstill in its funding, and calls on the Scottish Executive to ensure that the current financial crisis at Scottish Opera is solved, both by making sure that the company rigorously examines its expenditure and working practices in line with other major arts bodies and by establishing a four-year funding plan that will give Scottish Opera the guarantees required to continue to excel in the future.


No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

SSP 5 Lab 2 SNP 1 LD 1 Ind 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2M-00574 by reference.