Association of British Orchestras

APPGs operated

1

lobby groups inside Westminster

MP officers

3

across all groups run

Registered funders

0

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 Classical MusicSubject Group
To bring together parliamentarians who have an interest in and wish to further the appreciation and championing of classical music; to act as an interface between British orchestras' on and off-stage activities, the wider classical music industry and key decision makers and opinion formers.
Officered by: Valerie Vaz (Chair & Registered Contact), Baroness Keeley (Co-Chair), Lord Berkeley of Knighton (Vice Chair), Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Officer)