Finance Committee, 25 Sep 2001

Meeting date: Tuesday, September 25, 2001

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External Research

Item 2 is on external research, which has been on the agenda previously. The research contract to investigate a move to outcome budgeting has been awarded to Norman Flynn, who was formerly a director of the public services management programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has published "Public Sector Management", which will soon be republished in an updated version.

The clerks and Scottish Parliament information centre staff will have a meeting with Mr Flynn presently and soon after that he will be invited to a meeting with the committee to outline his proposals and discuss them with members. Murray McVicar is here if members want to have a word with him about that, but my announcement is factual and we will have a chance to meet Mr Flynn soon. I ask committee members to note those arrangements.