Kurdistan Region in Iraq All-Party Parliamentary Group
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]
Contents
People
Officers, November 2015
- Chair: Jason McCartney - Conservative Party
- Vice-chair: Nadhim Zahawi - Conservative Party
- Secretary: Mike Gapes - Labour Co-op
- Treasurer: Lord Timothy Clement-Jones - Liberal Democrats
- Vice-chair: David Anderson - Labour
- Vice-chair: Mary Glindon - Labour
- Vice-chair: Lord Maurice Glasman - Labour
- Vice-chair: John Woodcock - Labour Co-op
- Vice-chair: Fabian Hamilton - Labour
- Vice-chair: Bob Stewart - Conservative Party
- Vice-chair: Stephen Metcalfe - Conservative Party
- Vice-chair: Lord Nicholas Phillips - Crossbench
- Vice-chair: Lord Paul Bew - Crossbench
- Vice-chair: Baroness Fiona Hodgson - Conservative Party
- Vice-chair: Lord William Trimble - Conservative Party[2][3]
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.
Benefits in kind
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]
In December 2015, it was registered that the Qaiwan Group paid (in bands of £1,500) £18,001-£19-500 for a to Kurdistan from the 11th-16th November 2015, covering the cost of flights and accommodation. [3]
Contact
- Address:Mr David Anderson MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 4843
- Email:garynkent@gmail.com.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 House of Commons, Register Of All-Party Groups as at 22nd March 2012, accessed 11 April 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kurdistan APPG, www.parliament.uk, accessed 20 November 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kurdistan Region in Iraq APPG Register Feb 16, www.parliament.uk, accessed 18 February 2016
