British Offshore Oil and Gas Industry All-Party Parliamentary Group

From Powerbase
Revision as of 17:45, 10 November 2015 by Richard Bew (talk | contribs) (Secretariat)
Jump to: navigation, search

The British Offshore Oil and Gas All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) was set up to provide a forum for discussion of issues relevant to the British offshore oil and gas industry and other related industries, and to raise matters with government and industry itself.

Background

Launched in April 1999, the Group was established by Bob Blizzard the Labour MP for Waveney, Conservative peer Lord Fraser of Carmyllie and Sir Robert Smith – Liberal Democrat MP for Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine. Dame Anne Begg, the Labour MP for Aberdeen South was elected as the Chairman in June 2007 - this role was taken over after May 2015 by Conservative Mark Pritchard MP. The group has around 90 members according to Oil and Gas UK's website as of August 2015. [1] [2]

Officers

As at 29 September 2015

As at 30 July 2015

Secretariat

Benefits in kind

In June 2015, the group had registered (in bands of £1,500) £6,001 - £7,000 in benefits from Oil & Gas UK.

Notes

  1. Government Relations All Party Parliamentary Group, Oil and Gas UK website, accessed 26 August 2015
  2. However the Oil and Gas UK's website had not been updated in line with the House of Commons registered list of new officers as of 30 July 2015, so this figure may not be accurate
  3. Register of All-Party Groups 29 September 2015, www.parliament.uk, accessed 23 October 2015