A secretariat is the entity that does the operational work of an All-Party Parliamentary Group: drafts agendas, briefs MPs, sends out invitations, books rooms, writes reports. When the secretariat is a lobby firm or PR firm, the APPG is a paid channel for the firm’s clients to access MPs. The MPs officer the group, the firm supplies the staff and the policy line, the firm’s clients (listed under Funders below) pay for the privilege.
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary RenditionSubject Group
To establish the truth about the scope and scale of UK involvement in extraordinary rendition, reduce the possibility that the UK will take part in extraordinary rendition in the future, and promote adherence to the rule of law.
Officered by: Andy Slaughter (Chair & Registered Contact), Lord Tyrie (Co-Chair), David Simmonds (Officer), Baroness Kramer (Treasurer)
Paid by: Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, APPG on Extraordinary Rendition in the previous Parliament, Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust +1 more