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 for Foreign AffairsSubject Group
Dedicated to monitoring and reviewing UK foreign policy, acting as a forum for discussion and collecting insight on wider matters of foreign affairs.
Officered by: Adam Jogee (Chair & Registered Contact), Baroness Mobarik (Vice Chair), David Reed (Vice Chair), Naz Shah (Vice Chair)