Scottish Parliament – March 3, 2022 – 2

S6M-03420.3: As an amendment to motion S6M-03420 in the name of Angus Robertson (The Value of Public Service Broadcasting to Scotland), leave out from "calls for BBC Scotland" to end and insert "further condemns those who seek to undermine trust in the impartiality of British public service broadcasting;

supports parity of esteem for Gaelic broadcasting compared with Welsh language broadcasting;

calls for funding allocations to prioritise fair funding for fair work, in terms of hours worked and salaries, to ensure that talent is supported in Scotland;

encourages the Scottish Government to provide more comprehensive support for freelancers, who make up a significant part of the industry;

calls on the UK Government to ensure that broadcasting services that spread propaganda and misinformation, against the principles of public service broadcasting that this nation should defend, are unwelcome in Scotland and the UK, and further calls for the Scottish Parliament’s role in BBC Charter Renewal to be respected."

Original motion(S6M-03420): That the Parliament believes that public service broadcasting has a valuable role in society and provides vital platforms for the creative economy and cultural richness of the nation;

recognises that substantial progress has been made in the last decade in increasing the volume of screen production made in Scotland, and welcomes Screen Scotland’s actions to continue to attract productions;

notes that broadcasters and producers like the BBC and STV have a vital role in the Scottish screen sector to help develop talent both on and off screen;

condemns any efforts to undermine the BBC and Channel 4’s operational independence by the UK Government;

calls for BBC Scotland to receive a far fairer share of licence fee revenues raised in Scotland, and further calls for the Scottish Parliament’s role in BBC Charter Renewal to be respected.