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 Perpetrators of Domestic AbuseSubject Group
To provide members of Parliament with information about a) perpetrators of domestic abuse and b) what makes an effective and safe perpetrator programme. To work with members of Parliament and the wider domestic abuse sector to influence delivery of the government’s plans to address violence against women and girls.