The 1928 Institute

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APPGs operated

1

lobby groups inside Westminster

MP officers

4

across all groups run

Registered funders

5

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

India All-Party Parliamentary GroupCountry, Area or Region Group
To promote the strengthening of the bilateral relationship between the UK and India, focusing on trade and investment, education, sustainable development, culture, health, science and innovation, defence and security, and enhancing the relationship between both countries’ parliaments on a national and regional level, and promoting people-to-people links.
Officered by: Baggy Shanker (Chair & Registered Contact), Lord Bilimoria (Co-Chair), Baroness Verma (President), Mark Pritchard (Vice Chair)
Paid by: The 1928 Institute (£3,001-4,500), UK India Business Council (£1,501-3,000), Indian High Commission (£7,501-9,000), UK-India Future Forum (£7,501-9,000), The 1928 Institute (£9,001-10,500)
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