Refugee Council

APPGs operated

1

lobby groups inside Westminster

MP officers

4

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 Group on RefugeesSubject Group
To provide a forum for the discussion of issues relating to refugees, both in the UK and abroad, and to promote the welfare of refugees.
Officered by: Tony Vaughan (Chair & Registered Contact), Lord Dubs (Co-Chair), Baroness Mobarik (Officer), Zöe Franklin (Officer)
Paid by: Refugee Council (£3,001-4,500)
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