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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Friends of CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development) All-Party Parliamentary GroupSubject Group
To meet and discuss matters of interest to the work of CAFOD, current humanitarian crises and the role of the Catholic church in international development.