Mentions:
1: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) For Burns night 2024, the brand Scotland strategic partnership, all the international offices of the - Speech Link
2: Stewart, Alexander (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) Will the cabinet secretary confirm how much all nine international offices spent on Burns night celebrations - Speech Link
3: White, Tess (Con - North East Scotland) that is already provided by the United Kingdom Government, which has a massive overseas network of embassies - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None There is no doubt whatsoever that those arrangements, which now exist in eight of our major embassies - Speech Link
2: None If the ambassador is a Scot, lots of things happen around Burns night and St Andrew’s day, and there - Speech Link
3: None that the most important part of its job is some of the work around St Andrew’s day and, increasingly, Burns - Speech Link
Special Report Nov. 30 2023
Committee: Scottish Affairs Committee (Department: Scotland Office)Found: on holding events to mark Scotland’s key Dates, St Andrew’s Day and Burns Night.
Dec. 11 2023
Source Page: International network: annual report 2022-2023Found: All these offices are based in British Embassies or High Commissions and are a joint presence with
Mentions:
1: None well, as we are now at the stage at which we are starting to have annual organised events with those embassies - Speech Link
2: Stewart, Alexander (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) You have co-operation from UK embassies and others that you can draw on, but what is the main priority - Speech Link
3: None We have good relationships with British embassies across the Nordics and Baltics. - Speech Link
Report Sep. 13 2023
Committee: Scottish Affairs Committee (Department: Scotland Office)Found: Scotland’s national days, St Andrew’s Day (30 November), and Burns Night (25 January) were both described
Mentions:
1: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) excellent intervention and very timely, because the British Council hosted an event in Edinburgh last night - Speech Link
2: Kerr, Stephen (Con - Central Scotland) British embassies represent the best of British, which means that they must, should and do represent - Speech Link
3: Macpherson, Ben (SNP - Edinburgh Northern and Leith) night we could all engage in that, as happens in tartan week. - Speech Link
4: Gray, Neil (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) That is why the framework is so important.Neil Bibby spoke of the University of Glasgow’s Burns night - Speech Link
Mar. 13 2024
Source Page: Scotland’s International Network Reporting: FOI ReleaseFound: It’s the 3rd Burns’ Supper for Diplomats in Beijing this year, engaging diplomats from 10 embassies
Dec. 11 2023
Source Page: International network: monitoring and evaluation report 2022-2023Found: Attended the SSO and SAS Montréal’s celebrations of Burns Night.
Oral Evidence Jun. 12 2023
Inquiry: Promoting Scotland internationallyFound: What do you see as the purpose of Tartan Week, Burns night and St Andrew’s day events for promoting