Kuwait APPG

First Registered: 03/02/2016 • Last updated on: 23/02/2026

To strengthen and sustain economic, social, and cultural ties between the United Kingdom 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.
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Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
Tahir Ali Portrait
Tahir Ali
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
Joined: 7th May 2025
5 APPG Officer Positions
Jordan , Kashmir , Oman , Türkiye , Yemen
4 APPG Memberships
Bosnia and Herzegovina , Boxing , Republic of Korea , Sustainable Plastics
Lord Whitby Portrait
Lord Whitby
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 23rd February 2026
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Beer , Commonwealth
Mohammad Yasin Portrait
Mohammad Yasin
Vice Chair
Labour - Bedford
Joined: 7th May 2025
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Tahir Ali MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5351.

Email: tahir.ali.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Yosef Abdelhalim, Office of Tahir Ali MP. Tel: 020 7219 5351

Email: Yosef.abdelhalim@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
Mark Garnier Portrait
Mark Garnier
Vice Chair
Conservative - Wyre Forest
Joined: 7th May 2025
Departed: 7th May 2025
5 APPG Officer Positions
Sovereign Wealth Funds , Space , Thailand , United Arab Emirates , Vietnam

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
2 APPG Officer Positions
Lancashire , Uyghurs

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

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 , Maldives , Obesity , Primodos

No other APPG Memberships

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Baroness Morris of Bolton Portrait
Baroness Morris of Bolton
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
2 APPG Officer Positions
British Muslims , Palestine

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