← All secretariatsA 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.
APPG Secretariat · Lobby firm dossier
Chris Hodgkins
https://www.chrishodgkins.co.uk/ ↗APPGs operated
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- All-Party Parliamentary Jazz GroupSubject Group
To encourage wider and deeper enjoyment of jazz, to increase parliamentarians' understanding of the jazz industry and issues surrounding it, to promote jazz as a musical form and to raise its profile inside and outside parliament.
Officered by: Dame Chi Onwurah (Chair & Registered Contact), Lord Mann (Co-Chair), Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (Officer), Jo White (Officer)Paid by: UK Music (£1,501-3,000)