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.
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Liver Disease and Liver CancerSubject Group
To raise awareness of liver disease and liver cancer with parliamentarians and government, and to advocate for policy change to transform outcomes for liver patients, reduce health inequalities, and ensure the voices of people with lived experience are heard at Westminster.