Horticultural Trades Association

APPGs operated

1

lobby groups inside Westminster

MP officers

3

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

All-Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture GroupSubject Group
To promote and facilitate communication and understanding between representatives of the world of gardening and horticulture and Members of both Houses.
Officered by: Sarah Russell (Chair & Registered Contact), Baroness Fookes (Co-Chair), Sir Christopher Chope (Vice Chair), Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Vice Chair)
Paid by: Whitehouse Communications Ltd (£7,501-9,000)