Action for Southern Africa

APPGs operated

1

lobby groups inside Westminster

MP officers

3

across all groups run

Registered funders

1

paying entries on the APPG register

A secretariat is the entity that does the operational work of an All-Party Parliamentary Group: drafts agendas, briefs MPs, sends out invitations, books rooms, writes reports. When the secretariat is a lobby firm or PR firm, the APPG is a paid channel for the firm’s clients to access MPs. The MPs officer the group, the firm supplies the staff and the policy line, the firm’s clients (listed under Funders below) pay for the privilege.

APPGs operated · 1

All-Party Parliamentary Group on South AfricaCountry, Area or Region Group
To foster mutually beneficial relationships between the UK and the Republic of South Africa, in particular between the two parliaments, civil society, business and commerce, and arts and culture.
Officered by: Rachel Taylor (Chair & Registered Contact), Lord Hain (Co-Chair), Dr Kieran Mullan (Vice Chair), Lord St John of Bletso (Vice Chair)
Paid by: Action for Southern Africa (£1,501-3,000)