Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Ian Murray and Nick Smith

Thursday 16th April 2026 Commons Chamber

[Ian Murray]

My friend the hon. Member, my almost-neighbouring MP in Edinburgh, is absolutely right: Scotland is one of the world leaders in video games, and we have to make sure we are harnessing that. The games growth fund that I announced on Monday at the London games festival will make sure that we are nurturing new talent, helping people to get to the prototype stage, and growing the sector to get those projects to commercialisation. That will be spread across the country, of course, but Dundee is the key part of that. Rockstar in Edinburgh will be launching “Grand Theft Auto VI” later this year, which will be the biggest launch of any audiovisual package in the world. We are looking forward to that, but the hon. Member is absolutely right that we have to nurture that talent and bring the pipeline of talent through.

[Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney) (Lab)]

11. What funding her Department is providing to help improve participation in grassroots sport.