Holyrood Annual Communications Guide 2020

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Get to know Scotland’s politicians, public affairs practitioners and media and how best to reach them. New for 2020: Survival guide to Westminster.

Introduction 3

Communications Guide to Holyrood   5
How to engage with the Scottish Parliament    6
Comment: Association for Scottish Public Affairs    10
Getting to Know: The Scottish Government   14
Getting to Know: The Opposition   24
Comment: Keiran Andrews, SPJA    40
Getting to Know: Scottish parliamentary journalists   44
Getting to Know: Holyrood magazine journalists    48
Comment: Holyrood Events   50

Communications Guide to Westminster   57
Comment: Pete Wishart MP, Scottish Affairs Committee   58
Comment: Stuart Donaldson’s survival guide for new MPs   62
Getting to Know: The 59 Scottish MPs   66
Comment: Torcuil Crichton, Westminster Editor, Daily Record   126
Getting to Know: The Scottish Lobby   129

Getting to Know You: Charities, public sector bodies and private sector organisations
British Heart Foundation Scotland   9
British Medical Association   9
Care Inspectorate   13
Citizens Advice Scotland   13
Coca-Cola European Partners   17
Oil and Gas UK   19
Historic Environment Scotland   23
Kibble Education and Care Centre   43
McMillan Consultancy   43
Morrison Media   53
Pancreatic Cancer Scotland   53
Royal College of Nursing   55
Royal Pharmaceutical Society   55
Scottish Council of Independent Schools   61
Scottish Health Innovations Ltd   61
Select   65
Scottish Qualifications Authority   65

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