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| MSP want to quiz Hyslop a second time over T in the Park | |
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| The minister who gave state aid to T in the Park festival organisers should answer further questions at Holyrood, opposition MSPs have said. | The minister who gave state aid to T in the Park festival organisers should answer further questions at Holyrood, opposition MSPs have said. |
| Fiona Hyslop has already been quizzed by the education and culture committee about the £150,000 payment. | Fiona Hyslop has already been quizzed by the education and culture committee about the £150,000 payment. |
| Lib Dem, Tory and Labour MSPs have written to the committee convener asking him to recall the minister. | Lib Dem, Tory and Labour MSPs have written to the committee convener asking him to recall the minister. |
| Ms Hyslop had insisted funding was appropriate, transparent and in line with amounts given to other events. | Ms Hyslop had insisted funding was appropriate, transparent and in line with amounts given to other events. |
| Questions were raised over the awarding of the money after it emerged former SNP adviser Jennifer Dempsie set up meetings between the festival's promoters DF Concerts and ministers, including Ms Hyslop, ahead of the application for the funding. | Questions were raised over the awarding of the money after it emerged former SNP adviser Jennifer Dempsie set up meetings between the festival's promoters DF Concerts and ministers, including Ms Hyslop, ahead of the application for the funding. |
| Ms Dempsie was working on a contract for DF Concerts as a project manager on the festival, which moved to a new location at Strathallan this year. | Ms Dempsie was working on a contract for DF Concerts as a project manager on the festival, which moved to a new location at Strathallan this year. |
| 'Busy remit' | 'Busy remit' |
| Lib Dem Liam McArthur, Tory Liz Smith and Labour members John Pentland and Mark Griffin were the MSPs who signed the letter which has been sent to convener Stewart Maxwell. | Lib Dem Liam McArthur, Tory Liz Smith and Labour members John Pentland and Mark Griffin were the MSPs who signed the letter which has been sent to convener Stewart Maxwell. |
| They believe Ms Hyslop failed to provide satisfactory answers when she appeared at the parliament last week. | They believe Ms Hyslop failed to provide satisfactory answers when she appeared at the parliament last week. |
| However, the minister believed she had acted properly and the funding from the major events budget had been approved "following a detailed consideration of options" for operational costs associated with the transition to the festival's new site. | However, the minister believed she had acted properly and the funding from the major events budget had been approved "following a detailed consideration of options" for operational costs associated with the transition to the festival's new site. |
| Mr Pentland said that while the event was something to be proud of, questions still remained unanswered. | Mr Pentland said that while the event was something to be proud of, questions still remained unanswered. |
| He added: "We have seen suggestions that the event would not have been viable, would have to have been a one-day event or would have to have been moved out of Scotland without public cash. None of this seems credible." | He added: "We have seen suggestions that the event would not have been viable, would have to have been a one-day event or would have to have been moved out of Scotland without public cash. None of this seems credible." |
| A spokesman for Ms Hyslop said: "The education and culture committee's busy remit covers a range of important issues such as school attainment and improving access to childcare - yet opposition parties seem more interested in pursuing conspiracy theories that have already been comprehensively refuted. | A spokesman for Ms Hyslop said: "The education and culture committee's busy remit covers a range of important issues such as school attainment and improving access to childcare - yet opposition parties seem more interested in pursuing conspiracy theories that have already been comprehensively refuted. |
| "Ms Hyslop has already answered questions from the opposition for well over an hour on this at the committee and stayed on until no members had any questions left to ask. | "Ms Hyslop has already answered questions from the opposition for well over an hour on this at the committee and stayed on until no members had any questions left to ask. |
| "She has also answered questions on T in the Park both in writing and in the Scottish Parliament chamber, as well as publishing over 600 pages of relevant documents." | "She has also answered questions on T in the Park both in writing and in the Scottish Parliament chamber, as well as publishing over 600 pages of relevant documents." |