Barndoor Strategy

APPGs operated

1

lobby groups inside Westminster

MP officers

4

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 the Future of Financial ServicesSubject Group
To promote fair competition, removing entry barriers, and encourage greater access and diversity of service in consumer and SME finance and the wider financial services sector.
Officered by: Mr Peter Bedford (Chair & Registered Contact), Lord Sharkey (Co-Chair), Lewis Cocking (Vice Chair), Baroness Goudie (Vice Chair)
Paid by: Barndoor Strategy (£4,501-6,000)
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