All-Party Parliamentary Group on Egypt
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Egypt was set up with an aim 'to strengthen relations between British and Egyptian parliamentarians and promote British-Egyptian relations amongst both chambers of the UK parliament.'[1]
Contents
Activities
Some members of the group visited Cairo from 13-16 June 2014. The cost of flights, accommodation meals and internal travel was covered by the British University in Egypt.[1]
People
Officers, February 2016
- Chair: Gerald Howarth - Conservative Party
- Co-chair: John Spellar - Labour
- Vice-chair: Lord Mark Schreiber - Conservative Party
- Vice-chair: Lord David Alton - Crossbench
- Vice-chair: Lord Mohamed Sheikh - Conservative Party
- Vice-chair: Jeffrey Donaldson - Democratic Unionist Party
- Vice-chair: Mike Gapes - Labour Co-op
- Treasurer: Stephen Timms - Labour [2]
Officers, March 2015
- Chair: Robert Walter - Conservative Party
- Vice-chair: Mike Gapes - Labour (Co-op)
- Vice-chair: Baron Marlseford - Conservative Party
- Vice-chair: Baron David Alton of Liverpool - Crossbencher
- Treasurer: Stephen Timms - Labour
- Secretary: John Glen - Conservative Party
Members, March 2015
Conservative Party - Baroness Elizabeth Berridge | Alistair Burt | Gerald Howarth | Baron Inglewood | Baron Risby | David Ruffley | Robert Walter | Tim Yeo Labour - Richard Burden | Jeremy Corbyn | Jim Fitzpatrick | Meg Munn | Andy Slaughter | Lord Stone of Blackheath DUP - Jeffrey Donaldson [1]
Secretariat
Samir Takla provides the official secretariat to the group in an unpaid capacity. He funds Sarah Chilman to act as secretary to the APPGE, a role in which she helps conduct administrative tasks as well as event management.[1]
Registered Benefits
It was registered in July 2015 that Mr Takla had paid Chilman (in bands of £1,500) £7,501-£9000 in benefits to perform her secretarial role. [1]
On 16 November 2015, it was registered that Mr Takla had paid (in bands of £1,500) £7,501-£9,000 for two administrative assistants to work for the group.
He also paid $4,501-£6,000 for travel, accommodation and other expenses for a speaker at a meeting held 3 November 2015. [2]
Contact
The public enquiry point is Sarah Chilman.
She can be contacted on the following email: allpartygroupegypt@gmail.com
Website
The group does not at present have a website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 'APP Register 30 March 2015', parliament.uk, accessed 5 November 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Egypt APPG, www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 February 2016
