The People's Chamber
ISSUE 78
JUN 5-11, 2026
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APPG Secretariat · Lobby firm dossier

Fair Game

APPGs operated
1
lobby groups inside Westminster
MP officers
2
across all groups run
Registered funders
1
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 · 1

  • Football All-Party Parliamentary GroupSubject Group

    To hold meetings for parliamentarians about football issues and raise matters of importance with the football authorities.

    Officered by: Mr Clive Betts (Chair & Registered Contact), Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Vice Chair), Marsha De Cordova (Vice Chair), Lord Evans of Rainow (Vice Chair)
    Paid by: Fair Game4,501-6,000)