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*Vice-chair: [[Mike Gapes]] - [[Labour Co-op]]
 
*Vice-chair: [[Mike Gapes]] - [[Labour Co-op]]
 
*Treasurer: [[Stephen Timms]] - [[Labour]] <ref name="Feb">[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/160203/egypt.htm Egypt APPG], ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 15 February 2016</ref>
 
*Treasurer: [[Stephen Timms]] - [[Labour]] <ref name="Feb">[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/160203/egypt.htm Egypt APPG], ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 15 February 2016</ref>
 
===Officers, November 2015===
 
*Chair: [[Gerald Howarth]] - [[Conservative Party]]
 
*Co-chair: [[John Spellar]] - [[Labour]]
 
*Vice-chair: Lord [[Mark Schreiber]] - [[Conservative Party]]
 
*Vice-chair: Lord [[David Alton]] - Crossbench
 
*Vice-chair: Lord [[Mohamed Sheikh]] - [[Conservative Party]]
 
*Vice-chair: [[Jeffrey Donaldson]] - [[Democratic Unionist Party]]
 
*Vice-chair: [[Mike Gapes]] - [[Labour Co-op]]
 
*Treasurer: [[Stephen Timms]] - [[Labour]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/151113/egypt.htm Egypt APPG], ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 19 November 2015</ref>
 
  
 
===Officers, March 2015===
 
===Officers, March 2015===

Revision as of 10:15, 16 February 2016

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Egypt was set up with an aim 'to strengthen relations between British and Egyptian parliamentarians and promote British-Egyptian 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, February 2016

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]

On 16 November 2015, it was registered that Mr Takla had paid (in bands of £1,500) £7,501-£9,000 for two administrative assistants to work for the group.

He also paid $4,501-£6,000 for travel, accommodation and other expenses for a speaker at a meeting held 3 November 2015. [2]

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. 2.0 2.1 Egypt APPG, www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 February 2016