All-Party Parliamentary British-Qatar Group

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The All-Party Parliamentary British-Qatar Group (APPGBQG) was established to help 'foster good relations between the UK and Qatar.'[1]

People

Officers, Feb and March 2016

Officers, September 2015

Secretariat

The group's secretariat is the Council for Arab-British understanding, helping to finance the group's activity and providing day-to-day administration. [1]

Benefits in kind

In July 2015, the group had received (in bands of £1,500) £4,501-£6000 of benefits from the Council for Arab-British Understanding.

In March 2016, the group received (in bands of £1,500) £51,001-£52,500 from the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs to meet the cost of flights, accommodation and travel for a group visit to Qatar from 16-18 February 2016. [2][3]

Contact

The public enquiry point for the group is Joseph Willits, a representative of the Council for Arab-British Understanding.

Address: 1 Gough Square, London EC4A 3DE

Telephone: 0207 832 1325.

Email: willitsj@caabu.org

Website

Information about the secretariat and some of the group itself can be found at http://www.caabu.org/.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 'British-Qatar APPG',parliament.uk, accessed 9 November 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 British-Qatar APPG, www.parliament.uk, accessed 22 April 2016
  3. 3.0 3.1 Climate Change APPG Feb16 Register, parliament.uk, accessed 28 April 2016