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.'

People

Officers, Feb and April 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

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

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.

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.

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/.