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 Cancer in Children and Young PeopleSubject Group
Cross-party group of MPs and peers which aims to raise awareness of the experiences of children and young people (0-25) with cancer and their families, and issued affecting them, in Parliament.