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 Governance and Inclusive LeadershipSubject Group
The APPG was set up to identify barriers for ethnic minority people within careers, and help businesses ensure that they are investing in diverse talent. This is an opportunity for the MPs and Peers to get together and support a plan for this agenda and particularly connect with businesses in areas such as Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting.