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.'

Funding and finances

According to its website the Wine and Spirit Trade Association 'acts as group's secretariat and provides wine for the group's AGMs.'

People

Officers, November 2015

• 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

• 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.'

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

Contact details, Resources, Notes

Contact

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• Phone:
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• Website:http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi531.htm