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 and around Parliament of the growing importance of space-based applications to the UK economy, to policy making, to society and to the science community; to highlight the benefits from the UK’s investment in space and its leading role within the global space economy; and to promote political debate and awareness of space-based opportunities and solutions for policy makers.'

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

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.

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/