British Deaf Association

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 British Sign LanguageSubject Group
To raise the profile of British Sign Language (BSL) n Parliament; to bring the voice of BSL signers into Westminster and to promote the aspirations of the signing community.
Officered by: Jen Craft (Chair & Registered Contact), Charlotte Nichols (Vice Chair), Perran Moon (Secretary)
Paid by: British Deaf Association (£1,501-3,000)