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As of July 2015, [[Meade Hall]] had paid (in bands of £1,500) £1,501-£3,000 in registered benefits to the UKBAPPG. <ref> [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/150929/bahrain.htm   
 
As of July 2015, [[Meade Hall]] had paid (in bands of £1,500) £1,501-£3,000 in registered benefits to the UKBAPPG. <ref> [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/150929/bahrain.htm   
Register Of All-Party Parliamentary Groups [as at 29 September 2015: Bahrain], www.parliament.uk, accessed 19 October 2015 </ref>
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Register of All-Party Parliamentary Groups as at 29 September 2015: Bahrain], www.parliament.uk, accessed 19 October 2015 </ref>
  
 
==Contact==
 
==Contact==

Revision as of 02:24, 20 October 2015

The UK-Bahrain All-Party Parliamentary Group (UKBAPPG) was set up 'to promote international cooperation between the UK and Bahrain', and 'to develop friendship and understanding between our countries and to promote mutual economic and political aims'. [1]

People

Officers, September 2015

Members, September 2015

Officers, March 2015

Members, March 2015

UK-Bahrain defence ties

In July 2014 it emerged that a Bahrain lobbyist had sponsored an entire table at that summer's Conservative Party fundraiser, with Lord Clanwilliam, chairman of Meade Hall, the UK-Bahrain All-Party Parliamentary Group's private secretariat, covering the £1000 a head cost.

Attendees included:

Secretariat

Meade Hall, a private consultancy, acts as the group's secretariat, carrying out administrative tasks and planning meetings or group events.

Registered benefits

As of July 2015, Meade Hall had paid (in bands of £1,500) £1,501-£3,000 in registered benefits to the UKBAPPG. [4]

Contact

James Edwards, Office of Conor Burns

Address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA.

Telephone: 020 7219 7021.

Email: james.edwards@parliament.uk

Website

The UKBAPPG does not yet have an official website, but live updates and information can be found at the twitter handle @BahrainAPPG

Notes

  1. Register of 30 March 2015 Parliament website, accessed 19 October 2015
  2. Register of 30 March 2015Parliament website, accessed 19 October 2015
  3. Bahrain lobbyist paid for table at Tory fundraiser, bahrainwatch.org, 5 July 2014, accessed 19 October 2015
  4. [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/150929/bahrain.htm Register of All-Party Parliamentary Groups as at 29 September 2015: Bahrain], www.parliament.uk, accessed 19 October 2015