Current status: Answered by Donald Dewar on 30 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that public funds should be used by public bodies for which it is responsible in the engagement of the services of lobbyist organisations or companies and, if so, for what purpose or purposes and why such services cannot be carried out by others already in the employ of the public sector.
I refer the Member to the answer to S1W-1727.