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 Trafficked Britons in SyriaSubject Group
To seek a just resolution to the cases of people from the UK who were trafficked by ISIS and to secure the repatriation of the small number of Britons still detained in North East Syria.
Officered by: Sir Andrew Mitchell (Chair & Registered Contact), Lord Jay of Ewelme (Co-Chair), Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Vice Chair), David Davis (Vice Chair)