UK/Romania Business

APPGs operated

1

lobby groups inside Westminster

MP officers

2

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 for RomaniaCountry, Area or Region Group
To promote better relations between the UK and Romania and between their parliaments.
Officered by: Gareth Thomas (Chair & Registered Contact), Carolyn Harris (Vice Chair), Lord Davies of Gower (Vice Chair), Baroness Smith of Newnham (Vice Chair)
Paid by: UK/Romania Business (£1,501-3,000)
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