All-Party Parliamentary China Group
Revision as of 11:15, 11 November 2016 by Riccardo Boscherini (talk | contribs) (→Financial benefits)
The purpose of the All-Party Parliamentary China Group is:
- To ensure parliamentarians are kept well informed on China, and to act as a platform for discussions on all issues of importance to the UK-China relationship.
Contents
People
Officers (updated from June 2016 annnual general meeting of the APPCG)
Chair
Treasurer
Secretary
Hong Kong sub committee chair
Deputy Chairs
- Lord Timothy Clement-Jones - Liberal Democrats
- Geoffrey Clifton-Brown - Conservative Party
- David Hanson - Labour
- Alex Salmond - Scottish National Party
- Lord David Steel - Liberal Democrats
Vice chairs
- Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh - Scottish National Party
- David Simpson - Democratic Unionist Party
- Craig Williams - Conservative Party
- Nigel Evans - Conservative Party
- Roger Godsiff - Labour
- Stephen Hammond - Conservative Party
- Mark Hendrick - Labour Co-op
- Robert Jenrick - Conservative Party
- Jeremy Lefroy - Conservative Party
- Chris Leslie - Labour Co-op
- Angus MacNeil - Scottish National Party
- Alan Mak - Conservative Party
- Jason McCartney - Conservative Party
- Madeleine Moon - Labour
- Will Quince - Conservative Party
- Geoffrey Robinson - Labour
- Julian Sturdy - Conservative Party
- Michelle Thomson - Independent
- Yvonne Fovargue - Labour
- Catherine West - Labour
Former Officers
- Mark Hendrick - Chair
- Nigel Dodds - Vice-Chair
- Madeleine Moon - Vice-Chair
- David T. C. Davies - Vice-Chair
- Lord Clement-Jones - Vice-Chair
- Emma Reynolds - Treasurer
- Lord Cotter - Secretary
- Lord Nat Wei - Vice-Chair
- Lord Brian Cotter - Vice-Chair
- Iain Stewart - Vice-Chair
- Robin Walker - Vice-Chair
- Heather Wheeler - Vice-Chair
- Mark Garnier - Vice-Chair
Members
The APPCG is one of the largest All Party Parliamentary Groups by membership. Full list of members can be found here: File:APPCG members list.docx (accessed from APPCG website in November 2016). [3]
Funding
Benefits received
- From 19-26 February 2011 some members of the group visited Hong Kong. All costs were met by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (registered March 2011).
- £10,000 from GKN plc, and £5000 from City of London (registered April 2011). £5000 from London Export Corporation Ltd and £10,000 from John Swire & Sons (registered May 2011). £10,000 from GlaxoSmithKline (registered July 2011). £10,000 from Astra Zeneca (registered July 2011).
- The group’s chairman visited China from 29 July to 26 August 2011, assisted by the following: London South Bank University covered the cost of return flights from London to Beijing; Huawei covered the cost of two football tickets and hospitality for the Italian Super Cup final at the Beijing Birds Nest Stadium on 6 August 2011; Confucius Institutes Headquarters (Hanban) covered costs for accommodation, Chinese language training including a Chinese language course, and general expenses from 29 July to 26 August 2011. £5000 from Arup. £5000 from University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (Registered September 2011). £10,000 from HSBC (registered October 2011). £5000 from University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (Registered November 2011). Free upgrades on flights were provided (at a cost of approximately £13,040) by Virgin Atlantic when members of the group visited China from 16-23 December 2011 (registered January 2012). [4] [2]
Financial benefits
These organisations paid the APPG:
- City of London - £5,000 (27/03/2015), £5,000 (08/04/2016)
- Visit Britain - £4,500 (20/03/2015)
- Arup - £5,000 (11/06/2015)
- John Swire and Sons - £10,000 (02/06/2015)
- China Britain Business Council - £4,500 (08/07/2015), £4,500 (25/02/2016) [5]
Benefits in kind
- The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office registered in June 2015 that it had paid (in bands of £1,500) £10,501-£12,000 for a visit to Hong Kong for the group on March 22 2015.
- The Institute of Director's City Branch paid (in bands of £1,500) £4,501-£6,000 for the group's annual dinner. (July 2015)
- HSBC paid (in bands of £1,500) £1,501-£3,000 for a UK-China Business Lunch. (August 2015)
- The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office paid (in bands of £1,500) £103,501-£105,000 for a visit to Hong Kong from 25-29 January 2016. [5]
Contact
APPG China Group Coordinator, Office of Richard Graham MP
Address: London SW1P 0AA
Tel: 02072197077
Email:appcg.enquiries@gmail.com
Website: http://appcg.org.uk
Resources
Notes
- ↑ APPCG | Officers, APPCG.org.uk, accessed 11 November 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 China APPG, Register 28 April 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 11 November 2016
- ↑ APPCG | Members, APPCG.org.uk, accessed 11 November 2016.
- ↑ Register of all-Party parliamentary groups (as at 28 April 2016), Parliament.uk, accessed 11 November 2016.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 China APPG, parliament.uk, accessed 22 April 2016
