← All secretariatsA 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.
APPG Secretariat · Lobby firm dossier
Together for Short Lives
https://www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk/ ↗APPGs operated
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lobby groups inside Westminster
MP officers
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across all groups run
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paying entries on the APPG register
APPGs operated · 1
- All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children who Need Palliative CareSubject Group
To inform policy which secures the best quality of life and death for the growing number of babies, children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. To improve awareness of their needs and to make sure they are understood by those who can help, including government and parliament.
Officered by: Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Chair & Registered Contact), Lord Balfe (Co-Chair), Peter Dowd (Vice Chair), Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (Vice Chair)Paid by: Together for Short Lives (£31,501-33,000)