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-February 2016

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 [6]

Contact

Contact

The public enquiry point for the group is Rebekah Kendrick of the Wine and Spirit Trade Association.

Address: 39-45 Bermondsey St, London SE1 3XF

Tel: 020 7089 3881

Email: rebekah@wsta.co.uk

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. Wine and Spirit APPG Register Feb 16, www.parliament.uk, accessed 17 February 2016
  6. Parliament Register of All-Party Groups Section 2: Subject Groups All-Party Parliamentary Wine and Spirit Group accessed 25 November 2008