Scottish Parliament
Contents
Founding Principles
Business friendly activities
Scottish Parliament Business Exchange
Scottish Parliament Business Exchange
Business in the Parliament
- Scottish Parliament held a 'Business in the Parliament' conference. Over 100 business delegate trooped in and sat in the elected members seats. Amongst the delegates were all the key peak business associations representing big business including the CBI, the Chemical Industries Association, the Scottish Food and Drink Federation and the Scottish BCSD. The press release from the parliament announced that the delegates were 'the people driving Scotland's economy.' ('SCOTLAND'S BUSINESS PEOPLE TAKE THEIR SEATS IN PARLIAMENT' Parliamentary News Release, 026/2004, 22 April 2004. [1])
- The trick here is to convince yourself that it is the business class not the workers who create the value in production. Otherwise you might come to the conclusion that the Parliament spin doctors are in the business of issuing corporate ideology dressed up as neutral official information. The final insult to the Parliament's founding principles of openness was that the discussion sessions in the conference were held in private. Pro-business assumptions amongst policy makers and lobbying by corporations result in reflex secrecy.
Futures Forum
Science Information Service
Scottish Parliament Pension Scheme
Other firms in which investments are held include Omnicom the communications conglomerate which owns three of the largest PR firmms in the world, including Fleishman Hillard which has an active lobbying office in Edinburgh targetting the Scottish Parliament.[2]
Resources
Scottish Parliament Pension Scheme List of Holdings 2006, Released under the Freedom of Information Act. (3MB)
References
- ^ SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT SCIENCE INFORMATION SCHEME LAUNCHED Parliamentary News Release, 055/2003, Thursday 18 September 2003
- ^ Jason Allardyce Ministers ‘investing in cigarettes’ The Sunday Times - Scotland, March 19, 2006
- ^ Paul Hutcheon, Scottish Political Editor MSP pension scheme linked to Iraq scandal, Sunday Herald, 28 May 2006.
- ^ Scottish Parliament Pension Scheme List of Holdings 2006, Released unde the Freedom of Information Act. (3MB)
