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 Modern LanguagesSubject Group
To explore the benefits of learning and using languages throughout the UK; provide a parliamentary forum for information exchange and consultation on languages and linguists; encourage and support policies and action improving the take-up of languages in schools, further and higher education, in the workplace and in the community.
Officered by: Darren Paffey (Chair & Registered Contact), Baroness Coussins (Co-Chair), Tonia Antoniazzi (Vice Chair), Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury (Vice Chair)
Paid by: Chartered Institute of Linguists (£13,501-15,000)