Empire, Slavery and Scotland’s Museums Steering Group (Recommendations)

Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at on 25 January 2024.

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Photo of Stuart McMillan Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party

Will the First Minister provide an assurance that, although budgetary pressures mean that the Scottish Government is not currently able to commit to the empire, slavery and Scotland’s museums steering group’s suggestion that it receive £5 million for its work—which includes bringing forward plans for a dedicated space to address Scotland’s role in empire, colonialism and historical slavery—that work has not been ruled out for the future, and that consideration will be given to locating such a facility in my Greenock and Inverclyde constituency, given its links with the transatlantic slave trade?