Kuwait APPG

First Registered: 03/02/2016 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To strengthen and promote ties between the UK and Kuwait.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
View Official Register Entry


Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
Tahir Ali Portrait
Tahir Ali
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
Joined: 7th May 2025
4 APPG Officer Positions
Jordan , Kashmir , Turkey , Yemen
1 APPG Membership
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mark Garnier Portrait
Mark Garnier
Vice Chair
Conservative - Wyre Forest
Joined: 7th May 2025
5 APPG Officer Positions
Japan , Space , Thailand , Vietnam , Yemen
2 APPG Memberships
Beer , Belarus
Baroness Uddin Portrait
Baroness Uddin
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016
6 APPG Officer Positions
Commonwealth , Digital Identity , Libya , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , Women and Work

No other APPG Memberships

Mohammad Yasin Portrait
Mohammad Yasin
Vice Chair
Labour - Bedford
Joined: 7th May 2025
5 APPG Officer Positions
Adult Social Care , Bahrain , Immigration Detention , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , Yemen

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Tahir Ali MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 3000.

Email: tahir.ali.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Griff Simon, Office of Tahir Ali MP. Tel: 07826 853 700

Email: griff.simon@parliament.uk

Date
6 Nov 2018
Source
Kuwait National Assembly
Description
Visit to Kuwait   From : 06/11/2018 To : 09/11/2018   Cost Met : Air fares, transport, food and accommodation
Value
£15,001
Date
30 Jan 2016
Source
Kuwait National Assembly
Description
Visit to Kuwait   From : 30/01/2016 To : 02/02/2016   Cost Met : Flights and other transport, hotel, food
Value
£28,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Kuwait APPG

Former APPG Officers
Rehman Chishti Portrait
Rehman Chishti
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Gillingham and Rainham
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Yasmin Qureshi Portrait
Yasmin Qureshi
Vice Chair
Labour - Bolton South and Walkden
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Dentistry and Oral Health , Obesity , Pakistan , Primodos

No other APPG Memberships

Khalid Mahmood Portrait
Khalid Mahmood
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Khan of Burnley Portrait
Lord Khan of Burnley
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Menzies Portrait
Mark Menzies
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Fylde
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Matthew Offord Portrait
Matthew Offord
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Hendon
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alistair Carmichael Portrait
Alistair Carmichael
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Orkney and Shetland
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Fisheries , Jordan , Marine Energy , Syria

No other APPG Memberships

Rob Butler Portrait
Rob Butler
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Aylesbury
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Gohir Portrait
Baroness Gohir
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Astor of Hever Portrait
Lord Astor of Hever
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 15th June 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Morris of Bolton Portrait
Baroness Morris of Bolton
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Evans Portrait
Chris Evans
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Caerphilly
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
2 APPG Officer Positions
Archives and History , Writers

No other APPG Memberships

Leo Docherty Portrait
Leo Docherty
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Aldershot
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 31st July 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Rebecca Harris Portrait
Rebecca Harris
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Castle Point
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
1 APPG Officer Position
Get Refusal

No other APPG Memberships

Phillip Lee Portrait
Phillip Lee
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Bracknell
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ann Clwyd Portrait
Ann Clwyd
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Cynon Valley
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships