Association for Scottish Public Affairs
The Association for Scottish Public Affairs (ASPA) was founded in 1998 to represent the interests of lobbyists with the creation of the Scottish Parliament. Membership of ASPA is predominantly drawn from the commercial sector, with many PR consultancies and legal practices with public affairs / lobbying division playing a leading role in the organisation.
Alan Boyd, the first convenor of ASPA, was clear that the organisation should act to resist democratic scrutiny and regulation of lobbying. He stated:
- We can allow the parliament to regulate our own affairs [or] we get our act together and write a code which will allow us to regulate on our own ... There is a golden opportunity for us to influence the CSG. We should go for it in a big way and operate as a professional body.[1]
People
Members
- ABPI Scotland
- Boots plc
- BP Amoco plc
- British Medical Association
- British Waterways
- Charted Institute of Housing
- Citizens Advice Scotland
- Clydesdale Bank
- Countrywide Porter Novelli
- Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
- Europe Analytica
- Fleishman-Hillard
- Great Circle Communications Ltd
- HBOS plc
- Help the Aged
- Holyrood Magazine
- Lothian NHS Board
- McGrigors Public Policy
- Media House International Ltd
- Metropublic Ltd
- Pagoda Public Relations
- Playfair Walker
- PPPT
- Ross Muir Public Relations
- Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
- Royal Mail Group
- Saltire Public Affairs
- Scottish Enterprise
- Scottish Gas
- Scottish Landowners Federation
- Scottish Life International
- Scottish Media Group plc
- Scottish SPCA
- Scottish Water
- sportscotland
- Stephen Young Associates
- Stirling Media Research Institute
- Stuart Crawford Associates
- The Scottish Arts Council
- UNISON Scotland
- VisitScotland
Notes
- ↑ ASPA minutes, April 1998
