ARUP attend Inward Programme at the Scottish Parliament

18th March 2010

Peter Budd, Chairman of ARUP Scotland, and eleven other directors and assistant directors attended an Inward Programme day hosted at the Scottish Parliament by the Scottish Parliament and Business Exchange.  The focus of the day was to enable ARUP to gain a greater understanding of the Scottish Parliament and how it interacts with business.

The programme started with a welcome from Trish Godman MSP in her role as a Deputy Presiding Officer for the Parliament.

The morning session was based around understanding how Parliament itself works.  Dr Jim Johnston, Clerk to the Finance Committee, led the session, which focused on: what the Parliament does and what powers it has, who's who in the Government and Parliament, Recent subjects from a business perspective that the Scottish Parliament and Committees have been, and how does business engage with the Scottish Parliament.  The delegates then visited the main debating chamber in the Parliament to observe First Minister’s Question Time.

Following lunch there were two sessions in the afternoon.  Firstly, Tom McCabe MSP spoke about the role of the Finance Committee, and then Derek Brownlee MSP spoke about the role and responsibilities of being a Member of the Scottish Parliament. 

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