ASPA has responded to a review of the Lobbying Act instituted by the Scottish Parliament.  A copy of our evidence is available to download as a PDF by clicking here.

Peter Duncan appointed as new convener of Scottish public affairs body The Association for Scottish Public Affairs (ASPA), the representative body for the public affairs sector in Scotland has appointed…

20 years on, Scottish public affairs is more integrated than ever In 1999, it all seemed so simple. A newborn Scottish Parliament and its 129 fresh-faced new MSPs assembled in…

SCVO are publishing a book celebrating 20 years of voluntary sector campaign successes, to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Scottish Parliament. ASPA committee member and SCVO Senior Policy…

By ASPA Committee member, Adam Lang, Head of Communications & Policy, Shelter Scotland Over the last 48 hours there have been a couple of notable articles and reports published about…

ASPA welcome the recognition from the Welsh Assembly about the value of lobbying in this report. In particular its recommendation for new research to consider ways to improve transparency and…

The Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 will come into effect in early 2018 and the Scottish Parliament has now published it's Draft Parliamentary Guidancewhich outlines what ASPA members will need to do…