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The '''All-Party Parliamentary Group for Food and Drink Manufacturing''' (APPGFDM) was founded in 2013. Its purpose is to consider issues of concern to the food and drink manufacturing industry and raise awareness of these matters in Parliament.' <ref> [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/150730/food-and-drink-manufacturing.htm Register of 30 July 2015]Parliament website, accessed 15 October 2015 </ref>  
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The '''All-Party Parliamentary Group for Food and Drink Manufacturing''' (APPGFDM) integral purpose, as stated by the register for All-Party Parliamentary groups, is 'to consider issues of concern to the food and drink manufacturing industry and raise awareness of these matters in Parliament.' <ref> [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/150730/food-and-drink-manufacturing.htm Register of 30 July 2015]Parliament website, accessed 15 October 2015 </ref>  
  
 
===Activities and aims===
 
===Activities and aims===

Revision as of 10:21, 16 October 2015

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Food and Drink Manufacturing (APPGFDM) integral purpose, as stated by the register for All-Party Parliamentary groups, is 'to consider issues of concern to the food and drink manufacturing industry and raise awareness of these matters in Parliament.' [1]

Activities and aims

  • Provide a forum for debate and dialogue about issues related to food and drink manufacturing
  • inform parliamentarians about the issues impacting the industry
  • 'promote the UK food and drink manufacturing sector's interests in Parliament' [2]

Purpose

The APPGFDM was set up 'with an intention to':

  • counter incorrect and misleading information and statements in Parliament about the food and drink manufacturing industry
  • act as a critical friend to the industry by facilitating an important dialogue between Parliamentarians and industry representatives and raising issues that APPG members believe that industry should address
  • provide a point of reference for any parliamentarian looking to understand aspects of food and drink manufacturing
  • develop productive working relationships with other relevant APPGs where there is a common interest in issue impacting the UK food chain
  • broadly encourage the government to take a proportionate, evidence-based and consistent approach to policy and regulation impacting the industry. [3]

People

Officers as of September 2015

Officers as of March 2015

Members as of March 2015

Secretariat

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) acts as the APPGFDM's secretariat, helping the parliamentary officers organise events and day-to-day administration.

Registered benefits

As of July 2015, the FDF had registered (in bands of £1,500) £1,501-£3,000 in benefits to the group. [5]

Contact

The public enquiry point is the Food and Drink Federation's Emma Thomas [6]

Address: 6 Catherine Street, London WC2B 5JJ .
Telephone: 020 7420 7159
Email: emma.thomas@fdf.org.uk

Website

The group's website is: http://www.appgfooddrink.org.uk/appg/


Notes

  1. ↑ Register of 30 July 2015Parliament website, accessed 15 October 2015
  2. ↑ APPG on Food and Drink Manufacturingappgfooddrink.org.uk, accessed 15 October 2015
  3. ↑ APPG Food and Drink Manufacturingappgfooddrink.org.uk, accessed 15 October 2015
  4. ↑ Register as of 30 March 2015Parliament Website, accessed 15 October 2015
  5. ↑ Register of 29 September 2015, www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 October 2015
  6. ↑ As shown in the Register of All-Party Parliamentary Groups (30 July 2015)
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