Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on plans to hold events in Scotland to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo.

Waterloo 200 Ltd are the umbrella organisation supported by the Government to oversee the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. There are a number of events taking place in Scotland. These so far include Waterloo related Regimental exhibitions at the National Army Museum in Edinburgh and at the Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen, a Black Watch Regimental Muster in Aberfeldy, a commemorative event at the Waterloo Monumnet at Penielhuegh and a Royal Scots Dragoon Guards march down the Royal Mile in Edinburgh followed by a service of Commemoration in Canongate.

In addition to this, the Heritage Lottery fund has awarded a grant to a project in Kilmarnock focusing on the Battle of Waterloo and the life of local Kilmarnock man, Charles Ewart and his capture of Napoleon's standard.