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Author: Claire Baker

Elected Representatives Opinion

A policy for the arts, the next steps

December 27, 2015 Claire Baker

Claire Baker MSP, Scottish Labour’s Spokesperson on Democracy with responsibility for culture, reflects on fifty years since Jennie Lee’s transformation of arts policy across the UK.   It is 50 years

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Elected Representatives Opinion

Film studio progress vital for industry

September 11, 2015September 11, 2015 Claire Baker

Claire Baker MSP says Scotland has the skills, the talent and the scenery to be at the forefront of the film industry. What we lack is the studio.   During First

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Elected Representatives Opinion

A backwards step in international development

May 21, 2015 Claire Baker

Claire Baker, Scottish Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs, celebrates Scotland’s international engagement and questions the downgrading of its importance by the SNP in Westminster.   It

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Elected Representatives Opinion

Scottish Labour calls for Dundee V&A enquiry

January 21, 2015 Claire Baker

Following the Scottish Government’s refusal to agree to an inquiry on the escalating costs and continued delays of the Dundee V&A, Scottish Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Claire Baker

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Elected Representatives Holyrood Opinion

Free Higher Education and the most expensive degree in the UK – a contradiction too far?

September 9, 2011September 10, 2011 Claire Baker

If the Government really cares about its international standing, then it needs to think harder about rest of UK fees, argues CLAIRE BAKER   So Edinburgh University has made the

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