Difference between revisions of "Kurdistan Region in Iraq All-Party Parliamentary Group"

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*Vice-chair: Lord [[William Trimble]] - [[Conservative Party]]<ref name="November">[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/151113/kurdistan-region-in-iraq.htm Kurdistan APPG], ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 20 November 2015</ref>  
 
*Vice-chair: Lord [[William Trimble]] - [[Conservative Party]]<ref name="November">[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/151113/kurdistan-region-in-iraq.htm Kurdistan APPG], ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 20 November 2015</ref>  
  
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===2012===
 
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*[[Nadhim Zahawi]]
 
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Parliamentary adviser [[Gary Kent]] is paid directly by [[Gulf Keystone Petroleum International]] Ltd to provide secretariat services for the group. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) UK Representation provides additional administrative services, occasional dinners for parliamentarians and organises an annual reception in conjunction with the group. The KRG and KRG UK also fund group delegations to the Kurdistan Region.<ref name="Register"/>
 
Parliamentary adviser [[Gary Kent]] is paid directly by [[Gulf Keystone Petroleum International]] Ltd to provide secretariat services for the group. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) UK Representation provides additional administrative services, occasional dinners for parliamentarians and organises an annual reception in conjunction with the group. The KRG and KRG UK also fund group delegations to the Kurdistan Region.<ref name="Register"/>
  
==Parliamentary pass==
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==Secretariat==
Gary Kent, Parliamentary Adviser to the Kurdistan Regional Government UK, holds a parliamentary pass.<ref name="Register"/>
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[[Gary Kent]], from the office of [[David Anderson]], is paid by [[Gulf Keystone Petroleum International]] to act as the group's secretariat.
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In June 2015, it was registered that '''Gulf Keystone''' had paid Kent (in bands of £1,500) £13,501-£15,000 in benefits for the role.<ref name="November"/>
  
 
==Contact==
 
==Contact==

Revision as of 16:46, 24 November 2015

The Kurdistan Region in Iraq All-Party Parliamentary Group aims to:

promote friendship and understanding between the people of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq and Great Britain and to encourage the development of democratic institutions in the Kurdistan Region as part of the democratic and federal process in the rest of Iraq. [1]

People

Officers, November 2015

2012

Funding

Parliamentary adviser Gary Kent is paid directly by Gulf Keystone Petroleum International Ltd to provide secretariat services for the group. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) UK Representation provides additional administrative services, occasional dinners for parliamentarians and organises an annual reception in conjunction with the group. The KRG and KRG UK also fund group delegations to the Kurdistan Region.[1]

Secretariat

Gary Kent, from the office of David Anderson, is paid by Gulf Keystone Petroleum International to act as the group's secretariat.

In June 2015, it was registered that Gulf Keystone had paid Kent (in bands of £1,500) £13,501-£15,000 in benefits for the role.[2]

Contact

Address:Mr David Anderson MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 4843
Email:garynkent@gmail.com.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 House of Commons, Register Of All-Party Groups as at 22nd March 2012, accessed 11 April 2012
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kurdistan APPG, www.parliament.uk, accessed 20 November 2015