Grasshopper Communications

APPGs operated

1

lobby groups inside Westminster

MP officers

2

across all groups run

Registered funders

2

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

All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Western GatewaySubject Group
To bring together parliamentarians in support of the Western Gateway, a cross-border economic partnership of local authorities, city regions, academics, industry groups and governments covering South Wales and Western England.
Officered by: Catherine Fookes (Chair & Registered Contact), Lord Davies of Gower (Co-Chair), Claire Young (Vice Chair), Baroness Wilcox of Newport (Vice Chair)
Paid by: Grasshopper Communications (£3,001-4,500), The Western Gateway (£12,001-13,500)
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