Kuwait APPG

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

Note: This APPG was last registered on 7th May 2025. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct.

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.
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Reticulating Splines
Former APPG Officers
Mohammad Yasin Portrait
Mohammad Yasin
Vice Chair
Labour - Bedford
Joined: 7th May 2025
Departed: 7th May 2025
4 APPG Officer Positions
Adult Social Care , Bahrain , Immigration Detention , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Uddin Portrait
Baroness Uddin
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 7th May 2025
6 APPG Officer Positions
Commonwealth , Digital Identity , Libya , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , Women and Work

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Garnier Portrait
Mark Garnier
Vice Chair
Conservative - Wyre Forest
Joined: 7th May 2025
Departed: 7th May 2025
6 APPG Officer Positions
Japan , Sovereign Wealth Funds , Space , Thailand , United Arab Emirates , Vietnam

No other APPG Memberships

Tahir Ali Portrait
Tahir Ali
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
Joined: 7th May 2025
Departed: 7th May 2025
3 APPG Officer Positions
Jordan , Kashmir , Turkey

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

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
5 APPG Officer Positions
Dentistry and Oral Health , Maldives , Obesity , Pakistan , 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

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

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

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

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
1 APPG Officer Position
British Muslims

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

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