Parliamentary Space Committee (An All-Party Parliamentary Group)
The Parliamentary Space Committe (An All-Party Parliamentary Group was designed in order:
- 'To raise awareness in Parliament of the importance and opportunities of space based capabilities to the UK economy, policy making, society and the space community; to highlight and promote the benefits from the UK's investment in space and its leading role within the global space economy.' [1]
Contents
Activities
People
Officers, September 2015
- Chair: David Morris - Conservative Party
- President: Nigel Evans - Conservative Party
- Patron: Adam Afriyie - Conservative Party
- Vice-chairs: Lord Julian Hunt of Chesterton Labour | Chi Onwurah Labour | John Spellar Labour | Iain Wright Labour | Mark Garnier Conservative Party | Dr Philip Lee - Conservative Party | Mark Pritchard Conservative Party | Ian Paisley DUP | Angus Brendan MacNeil SNP | Alan Meale Labour
Members, March 2015
Conservative Party - Adam Afriyie | Dr Dr Philip Lee | David Morris | Mark Garnier | Laura Sandys | Peter Luff | Cherly Gillan Liberal Democrats - Simon Wright | Dr Julian Huppert | Michael Thornton Labour - Alan Meale | Lord Julian Hunt of Chesterton | Kerry McCarthy | Chinyelu Onwurah | Ann McKechin | John Spellar | John Robertson | Pamela Nash | Lindsay Hoyle | Andrew Miller [1]
Secretariat
Sarah Chilman is financed by UK Space, a trade association, to act as secretary to the Parliamentary Space Committee.
Registered benefits
In July 2015, UK Space was registered as having paid (in bands of £1,500) £7,501-£9000 in benefits to Chilman for her secretarial role.[1]
Contact
Sarah Chilman, the group's secretary, is the Public Enquiry Point, and can be contacted on the email address: sarah.chilman@parliamentaryspacecommittee.com
Website
http://www.ukspace.org/space-organisations/parliamentary-space-committee/
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 'APP Register of 30 July 2015',parliament.uk, accessed 5 November 2015
