Difference between revisions of "All-Party Parliamentary Group on Egypt"

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===Officers, November 2015===
 
===Officers, November 2015===
 
*Chair: [[Gerald Howarth]] - [[Conservative Party]]
 
*Chair: [[Gerald Howarth]] - [[Conservative Party]]
*Co-chair: [[John Spellar]] - [[Labour]]]
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*Co-chair: [[John Spellar]] - [[Labour]]
 
*Vice-chair: Lord [[Mark Schreiber]] - [[Conservative Party]]
 
*Vice-chair: Lord [[Mark Schreiber]] - [[Conservative Party]]
 
*Vice-chair: Lord [[David Alton]] - Crossbench
 
*Vice-chair: Lord [[David Alton]] - Crossbench

Revision as of 11:33, 25 November 2015

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Egypt was set up with an aim 'to strengthen relations between British and Egyptian parliamentarians and promote BritishEgyptian 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, November 2015

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 Mr Takla had paid Chilman (in bands of £1,500) £7,501-£9000 in benefits to perform her secretarial role. [1]

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. Egypt APPG, www.parliament.uk, accessed 19 November 2015