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According to the UK parliament's website;
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:All Party Parliamentary Groups 'are regarded as relatively informal compared with other cross-party bodies such as select committees of the House. The membership of all-party groups mainly comprises backbench Members of the House of Commons and Lords but may also include ministers and non-parliamentarians. Groups flourish and wane according to the interests and enthusiasm of Members.Groups are classified either as subject groups (relating to a particular topic eg. forestry) or country groups (relating to a particular country or region)'<ref>parliament.uk [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi02.htm#a1 all party groups] accessed 16/12/09</ref>.
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Rules for all party groups can be found [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/memi01.htm here].
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==Resources==
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==Notes==
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Revision as of 15:23, 16 December 2009


According to the UK parliament's website;

All Party Parliamentary Groups 'are regarded as relatively informal compared with other cross-party bodies such as select committees of the House. The membership of all-party groups mainly comprises backbench Members of the House of Commons and Lords but may also include ministers and non-parliamentarians. Groups flourish and wane according to the interests and enthusiasm of Members.Groups are classified either as subject groups (relating to a particular topic eg. forestry) or country groups (relating to a particular country or region)'[1].

Rules for all party groups can be found here.



Resources

Notes

  1. parliament.uk all party groups accessed 16/12/09