All-Party Parliamentary Wine and Spirit Group
The groups states that its purpose is as follows:
- 'To promote and inform on the economic and commercial benefits of the UK wine and spirit trade; to inform and stimulate debate on issues of relevance to the trade and to consumers; to introduce parliamentarians to members of the trade from their constituencies and, where appropriate, to invite and lobby ministers.'[1]
Contents
Funding and finances
According to its website the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) 'acts as group's secretariat and provides wine for the group's AGMs.'[2]
- Stephen Hogg - policy adviser at the WSTA in 2008 listed his responsibilities as including 'parliamentary affairs', and the 'All-Party Parliamentary Wine and Spirit Group.'[3]
People
Officers, November 2015-April 2016
- Chair: Tim Loughton - Conservative Party
- Secretary: Stephen Hammond - Conservative Party
- Treasurer: Peter Bottomley - Conservative Party
- Vice-chair: Albert Owen - Labour
- Vice-chair: Nic Dakin - Labour
- Vice-chair: Maria Caulfield - Conservative Party
- Vice-chair: Chris Law - Scottish National Party [4] [5] [6]
Members
Andrew Dismore | Lord Anderson of Swansea | Graham Allen | Andrew Love | Robert Marshall-Andrews | Kevin Barron | Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen | Baroness Henig | Andy Slaughter | Mike Gapes | Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Peter Bottomley | Lord Brougham and Vaux | Graham Brady | Michael Jack | James Paice | John Thurso | Elfyn Llwyd | Lord Sandberg | Roger Williams [7]
Contact
The public enquiry point for the group is Rebekah Kendrick of the Wine and Spirit Trade Association.
Address: 39-45 Bermondsey St, London SE1 3XF
Tel: 020 7089 3881
Email: rebekah@wsta.co.uk
Notes
- ↑ Parliement Register of All-Party Groups Section 2: Subject Groups All-Party Parliamentary Wine and Spirit Group accessed 25 November 2008
- ↑ Parliement Register of All-Party Groups Section 2: Subject Groups All-Party Parliamentary Wine and Spirit Group accessed 25 November 2008
- ↑ Wine and Spirit Trade Association Who's Who - WSTA Team, accessed 25 November 2008
- ↑ Wine and Spirit APPG,www.parliament.uk, accessed 18 November 2015
- ↑ Wine and Spirit APPG Register Feb 16, www.parliament.uk, accessed 17 February 2016
- ↑ Wine and Spirit Group APPG, Register 28 April 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 11 May 2016
- ↑ Parliament Register of All-Party Groups Section 2: Subject Groups All-Party Parliamentary Wine and Spirit Group accessed 25 November 2008
