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 on Creative HealthSubject Group
To raise awareness of the benefits of creativity, culture and the arts for our health and wellbeing and to stimulate progress towards making these benefits a reality across the country.
Officered by: Dr Simon Opher (Chair & Registered Contact), Dame Caroline Dinenage (Co-Chair), Lord Kamall (Vice Chair), Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Vice Chair)
Paid by: National Centre for Creative Health (£3,001-4,500)