All-Party Parliamentary Group on Egypt

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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]

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, March 2016

Officers, March 2015

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 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 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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 'APP Register 30 March 2015', parliament.uk, accessed 5 November 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 Egypt APPG, www.parliament.uk, accessed 27 April 2016