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 for Wine of Great BritainSubject Group
To identify how Whitehall departments, in conjunction with Members of the Commons and Lords, can support producers of wine from grapes grown across the UK, to ensure that relevant legislation and regulations, combined with innovative support and trade deals, can deliver a profitable sector for the domestic and export markets.