Questions remain unanswered on T in the Park funding row
Questions remain unanswered on the T in the Park funding row according Mark Griffin MSP.
The Depute Convenor of the Education and Culture Committee quizzed Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop this week and believes the matter is far from concluded.
Mark said:
"I have called on the Culture Secretary, Fiona Hyslop to make a full parliamentary statement about her role in the T in the Park funding row.
"This follows her appearance before the Scottish Parliament’s Education and Culture Committee where I asked questions about why she authorised a £150,000 payment to the organisers of the pop festival, DF Concerts.
"This was a very unsatisfactory appearance by the Culture Secretary which left a whole host of questions unanswered.
"Waiting until the evening before the meeting to release six hundred pages of documents smacks of desperation to avoid difficult questions. The heavily censored pages reinforce that impression that the Cabinet Secretary and the Scottish Government have something to hide.
“I do not think anyone could hold that up as a shining example of transparent government, so it’s not surprising that some of the Cabinet Secretary’s answers were greeted with incredulity. Between the committee evidence and the freedom of information documents, the last twenty-four hours have raised more questions than they have answered."
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