Council for Arab-British Understanding (Caabu)

APPGs operated

2

lobby groups inside Westminster

MP officers

6

across all groups run

Registered funders

0

paying entries on the APPG register

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.

APPGs operated · 2

All-Party Parliamentary Jordan GroupCountry, Area or Region Group
To promote interest in and knowledge of Jordan and to establish contacts between parliamentarians of the two countries.
Officered by: Mr Alistair Carmichael (Chair & Registered Contact), Baroness Mobarik (Vice Chair), Paula Barker (Vice Chair), Kerry McCarthy (Vice Chair)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on SyriaCountry, Area or Region Group
To promote interest in and knowledge of Syria.
Officered by: Mr Alistair Carmichael (Chair & Registered Contact), Lord McInnes of Kilwinning (Vice Chair), Baroness Blackstone (Vice Chair), Stephen Gethins (Vice Chair)