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APPG Secretariat · Lobby firm dossier

Steve McGuirk

APPGs operated
1
lobby groups inside Westminster
MP officers
4
across all groups run
Registered funders
2
paying entries on the APPG register
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.

APPGs operated · 1

  • All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fire Safety and RescueSubject Group

    To meet and consider important fire safety and rescue issues with appropriate specialists in these fields, consulting wider with other related agencies to create a safer built environment; contributing to fire safety events both inside and outside parliament, whilst raising issues of concern to government through its minsters.

    Officered by: Bob Blackman (Chair & Registered Contact), Elaine Stewart (Vice Chair), Baroness Brinton (Vice Chair), Lord Hendy (Vice Chair)
    Paid by: Fire Sector Federation, Fire Sector Federation