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 Dietary HealthSubject Group
To provide a cross-party forum to inform and promote parliamentary discussions related to policies to address poor dietary health and the health impacts of the commercial food system, with a focus on population-level interventions that will effectively and equitably prevent dietary-related illness.
Officered by: Marie Goldman (Chair & Registered Contact), Jim Dickson (Co-Chair), Baroness Jenkin of Kennington (Vice Chair), Baroness Walmsley (Vice Chair)