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 Media GroupSubject Group
To provide a forum for the discussion of public policy on the media.
Officered by: Chris Kane (Chair & Registered Contact), John Cooper (Vice Chair), Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (Vice Chair), Torcuil Crichton (Vice Chair)