§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord President on 7 September (WA 100) concerning cross-border bodies, whether the Ulster-Scots Agency ceased to provide grants for several months to the Ulster-Scots newspaper; and if so, whether that newspaper was not published due to lack of funding. [HL260]
§ Baroness AmosI understand that the Ulster-Scots Agency withheld publication of one edition of the Ulster-Scot newspaper, earlier this year.
This was an interim and precautionary step taken by the agency's board at a time when it was reviewing its budget as part of the normal in-year expenditure profiling process.