All-Party Parliamentary British-Qatar Group
The All-Party Parliamentary British-Qatar Group (APPGBQG) was established to help 'foster good relations between the UK and Qatar.'[1]
Contents
People
Officers, Feb and March 2016
- Chair: Dr Philip Lee - Conservative Party
- Co-chair: Baroness Patricia Morris of Bolton - Conservative Party
- Vice-chair: Mark Tami - Labour
- Vice-chair: Lord Rupert Mitford - Liberal Democrats
- Vice-chair: Baron John Taylor Kilclooney - Crossbench
- Vice-chair: Baroness Pola Uddin - Non-affiliated [2][3]
Officers, September 2015
- Chair: Dr Philip Lee - Conservative Party
- Co-chair: Baroness Susan Miller - Conservative Party
- Vice-chair: Mark Tami - Labour
- Vice-chair: Lord Rupert Mitford - Liberal Democrats
- VIce-chair: Lord David Taylor - Crossbench
- Vice-chair: Baroness Pola Uddin - Non-affiliated [1]
Secretariat
The group's secretariat is the Council for Arab-British understanding, helping to finance the group's activity and providing day-to-day administration. [1]
Benefits in kind
In July 2015, the group had received (in bands of £1,500) £4,501-£6000 of benefits from the Council for Arab-British Understanding.
In March 2016, the group received (in bands of £1,500) £51,001-£52,500 from the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs to meet the cost of flights, accommodation and travel for a group visit to Qatar from 16-18 February 2016. [2]
Contact
The public enquiry point for the group is Joseph Willits, a representative of the Council for Arab-British Understanding.
Address: 1 Gough Square, London EC4A 3DE
Telephone: 0207 832 1325.
Email: willitsj@caabu.org
Website
Information about the secretariat and some of the group itself can be found at http://www.caabu.org/.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 'British-Qatar APPG',parliament.uk, accessed 9 November 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 British-Qatar APPG, www.parliament.uk, accessed 22 April 2016
- ↑ Climate Change APPG Feb16 Register, parliament.uk, accessed 28 April 2016
