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The Scottish Parliament Business Exchange is promoted as an educational exchange allowing members...

The Scottish Parliament Business Exchange is promoted as an educational exchange allowing members of the Scottish parliament to learn more about all kinds of business. All corporate participants are required to sign a letter affirming they will not use the scheme for lobbying. In practice the exchange is dominated by TNCs who pay up to £7,500 to join and three quarters of those taking part in it s first round of activities were full time lobbyists. It is the Scottish 'chapter' of the International Association of Business and Parliament, a company based in London. In January 2007 it was announced that Devin Scobie had been appointed as the interim executive director of the Scottish Parliament Business Exchange. At that point he was described as Devin Scobie of Caledonia Consulting. Scobie is a former lobbyist with GPC International and has represented SPBE members such as Pfizer as clients. Members sign up to, and programmes are planned and delivered, under certain key principles Policies safeguarding these principles include: This organisation has institutionalised corporate links with the Scottish parliament. There are 44 MSPs in contact: 25 involved in programmes, 6 at planning