All-Party Parliamentary Wine and Spirit Group

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The groups states that its purpose is as follows:

'To promote and inform on the economic and commercial benefits of the UK wine and spirit trade; to inform and stimulate debate on issues of relevance to the trade and to consumers; to introduce parliamentarians to members of the trade from their constituencies and, where appropriate, to invite and lobby ministers.'[1]

Funding and finances

According to its website the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) 'acts as group's secretariat and provides wine for the group's AGMs.'[2]

  • Stephen Hogg - policy adviser at the WSTA in 2008 listed his responsibilities as including 'parliamentary affairs', and the 'All-Party Parliamentary Wine and Spirit Group.'[3]

People

Officers, November 2015

Members

Andrew Dismore | Lord Anderson of Swansea | Graham Allen | Andrew Love | Robert Marshall-Andrews | Kevin Barron | Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen | Baroness Henig | Andy Slaughter | Mike Gapes | Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Peter Bottomley | Lord Brougham and Vaux | Graham Brady | Michael Jack | James Paice | John Thurso | Elfyn Llwyd | Lord Sandberg | Roger Williams [5]

Secretariat

Publications

Contact details, Resources, Notes

Contact

External Resources

Notes

  1. Parliement Register of All-Party Groups Section 2: Subject Groups All-Party Parliamentary Wine and Spirit Group accessed 25 November 2008
  2. Parliement Register of All-Party Groups Section 2: Subject Groups All-Party Parliamentary Wine and Spirit Group accessed 25 November 2008
  3. Wine and Spirit Trade Association Who's Who - WSTA Team, accessed 25 November 2008
  4. Wine and Spirit APPG,www.parliament.uk, accessed 18 November 2015
  5. Parliament Register of All-Party Groups Section 2: Subject Groups All-Party Parliamentary Wine and Spirit Group accessed 25 November 2008