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The purpose of the '''Associate Parliamentary Group on Wholesale Financial Markets and Services'''
is to 'provide a medium through which MPs and Peers with a financial services interest may be
briefed on matters affecting the UK’s financial services industry'.

==Activities==
The Group was set up in 2003. All its activities take place under Chatham House rules, and it holds an annual private summer reception with MPs at the [[House of Commons]].

==People==
*[[Stephen Hammond]] (Con) - Chair 
*[[Baroness Cohen]] of Pimlico (Lab) - Vice-Chair
*[[David Ruffley]] (Con) - Vice-Chair
*[[Lord Teverson]] (LD) -Vice-Chair
*[[Andy Love]] (Lab) - Treasurer
* [[Michael Fallon]] (Con) - Secretary  <ref name="October"> Register of All-Party Groups, House of Commons, Published 1 October 2010 </ref>
[[Jonathan Evans]] – Con | [[Lord Fraser of Carmyllie]] - Con | [[Stephen Hammond]] – Con | [[Matthew Hancock]] – Con | [[David Ruffley]] – Con | [[Andrew Tyrie]] – Con | [[Robert Walter]] – Con | [[Lord Newby]] - LD | [[Lord Teverson]] – LD | [[Chuka Umunna]] -Lab |[[Lord Woolmer]] of Leeds | [[John Mann]] | [[Lord Cunningham]] of Felling | [[Lord Davidson]] of Glen Clova | [[Lord Eatwell]] | [[Lord Gordon]] of Strathblane | [[Lord Cobbold]] CB | [[Lord Rogan]] <ref> Register of All-Party Groups, (As at 9 February 2012) </ref>

*[[Patricia Duncan]], head of government affairs at the [[Futures and Options Association]] is the group's facilitator and is responsible for administering the Secretariat to the Parliamentary Group. She is a former Head of Public Affairs at [[London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange]] ([[LIFFE]]) and has also worked for [[Goldman Sachs]] (International Arbitrage) and for The [[London Stock Exchange]]. <ref> [http://www.foa.co.uk/Default.aspx?pageid={f1a877f0-3b1f-4b9a-a839-fbc3a8548c0a} Patricia Duncan], Futures Options Association, acc 30 June 2012 </ref>

===Former members===

==Funding and Affiliations==
The [[Futures and Options Association]] acts as the group’s secretariat. The [[Industry Advisory Group]] (comprising [[Association for Financial Markets in Europe]], [[Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers]], [[British Bankers' Association]], [[City of London Corporation]], [[Futures and Options Association]], [[ICE Futures Europe]], [[International Capital Market Association]], [[Investment Management Association]], [[LCH Clearnet Group]], [[London Metal Exchange]], [[London Stock Exchange]], [[NYSE Liffe]], [[Wholesale Market Brokers' Association]], and [[London Energy Brokers’ Association]]) funds events including business breakfasts, lunches and other functions held in the Palace of Westminster, an annual dinner, occasional research papers, advertising costs and web maintenance.<ref name="October"/>


==Contact==
Mr Stephen Hammond MP, House of Commons, London SW1A OAA. Tel: 020 7219 3401

==Resources==

==Notes==

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[[Category:Financial sector lobbying]]