Qatar APPG
First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 01/12/2025
Note: This APPG was last registered on 1st December 2025. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 12th January 2026 and may be defunct.
The APPG aims to enhance parliamentary understanding of Qatar's economic and strategic importance to the UK, strengthen bilateral engagement, and facilitate constructive dialogue on key areas of mutual interest.
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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Former APPG Officers
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Baroness Northover
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 5th November 2019Departed: 1st December 2025
Paul Holmes
Vice Chair
Conservative - Hamble Valley
Joined: 18th June 2025Departed: 1st December 2025
5 APPG Officer Positions
Central South , Hospice and End of Life Care , Saudi Arabia , South East , South Western Railway
Central South , Hospice and End of Life Care , Saudi Arabia , South East , South Western Railway
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Warsi
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 18th June 2025Departed: 1st December 2025
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Gregor Poynton
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Livingston
Joined: 18th June 2025Departed: 1st December 2025
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Royston Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Southampton, Itchen
Joined: 13th May 2024Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Tahir Ali
Vice Chair
Labour - Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
Joined: 13th May 2024Departed: 30th May 2024
Alun Cairns
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Vale of Glamorgan
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Nigel Evans
Honorary President
Conservative - Former Member for Ribble Valley
Joined: 5th November 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Shailesh Vara
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North West Cambridgeshire
Joined: 17th May 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Menzies
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Fylde
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
5 APPG Officer Positions
City Regions Transport , Football , Local Government , Netherlands , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies
City Regions Transport , Football , Local Government , Netherlands , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Hussain
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
Ranil Jayawardena
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North East Hampshire
Joined: 17th May 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Moynihan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
British Offshore Energy Industry , Dementia in Sport , Golf , Ticket Abuse
British Offshore Energy Industry , Dementia in Sport , Golf , Ticket Abuse
No other APPG Memberships
Pauline Latham
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Mid Derbyshire
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Bob Stewart
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Beckenham
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Sheryll Murray
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for South East Cornwall
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
James Sunderland
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bracknell
Joined: 17th May 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Lisa Cameron
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
John Whittingdale
Vice Chair
Conservative - Maldon
Joined: 19th October 2022Departed: 5th April 2023
6 APPG Officer Positions
Armenia , Intellectual Property , Lithuania , Media Freedom , Ukraine , Writers
Armenia , Intellectual Property , Lithuania , Media Freedom , Ukraine , Writers
No other APPG Memberships
Yvonne Fovargue
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Makerfield
Joined: 4th May 2022Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Mike Wood
Vice Chair
Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
Joined: 4th May 2022Departed: 5th April 2023
5 APPG Officer Positions
Bus and Coach , Cyprus , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Global Education , Sepsis
Bus and Coach , Cyprus , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Global Education , Sepsis
No other APPG Memberships
6 APPG Officer Positions
Japan , Sovereign Wealth Funds , Space , Thailand , United Arab Emirates , Vietnam
Japan , Sovereign Wealth Funds , Space , Thailand , United Arab Emirates , Vietnam
No other APPG Memberships
Alistair Carmichael
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Orkney and Shetland
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 5th April 2023
6 APPG Officer Positions
Bahá'í Faith , Fisheries , Jordan , Marine Energy , Space , Syria
Bahá'í Faith , Fisheries , Jordan , Marine Energy , Space , Syria
No other APPG Memberships
David Mundell
Deputy Chair
Conservative - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Joined: 29th December 2021Departed: 5th April 2023
6 APPG Officer Positions
HIV, AIDS and Sexual Health , Latin America , Nuclear Energy , Nutrition for Development , United Nations Global Goals , War Crimes
HIV, AIDS and Sexual Health , Latin America , Nuclear Energy , Nutrition for Development , United Nations Global Goals , War Crimes
No other APPG Memberships
Christian Matheson
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for City of Chester
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
John Whittingdale
Vice Chair
Conservative - Maldon
Joined: 4th May 2022Departed: 7th September 2022
6 APPG Officer Positions
Armenia , Intellectual Property , Lithuania , Media Freedom , Ukraine , Writers
Armenia , Intellectual Property , Lithuania , Media Freedom , Ukraine , Writers
No other APPG Memberships
Heather Wheeler
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for South Derbyshire
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
David Amess
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Redesdale
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 27th January 2021
Baroness Morris of Bolton
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 27th January 2021
Paula Sherriff
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Dewsbury
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Verma
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 23rd October 2019
14 APPG Officer Positions
Afrikan Reparations , Black Maternal Health , Children , Democratic Republic of Congo , Digital Inclusion , Digital Markets and Digital Money , Equitable Governance , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Governance and Inclusive Leadership , India , Indian Traditional Sciences , Kurds , Obstructive Sleep Apnoea , Tamils
Afrikan Reparations , Black Maternal Health , Children , Democratic Republic of Congo , Digital Inclusion , Digital Markets and Digital Money , Equitable Governance , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Governance and Inclusive Leadership , India , Indian Traditional Sciences , Kurds , Obstructive Sleep Apnoea , Tamils
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Stern
Vice-Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Uddin
Vice-Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 21st November 2018
4 APPG Officer Positions
Commonwealth , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , Women and Work
Commonwealth , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , Women and Work
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Sheikh
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Graham P Jones
Vice-Chair
Labour - Former Member for Hyndburn
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Kilclooney
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Phillip Lee
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Bracknell
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details
Show/HideRegistered Contact:
Gregor Poynton MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.
Email: gregor.poynton.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Freddie Neve, Asia House. Tel: 020 7307 5454
Email: qatarappg@asiahouse.co.uk
Secretariat:
Asia House acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.asiahouse.org/
Benefits in Kind
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Date
30 Apr 2025
30 Apr 2025
Source
Asia House
Asia House
Description
Secretariat From : 30/04/2025 To : 29/04/2026
Secretariat From : 30/04/2025 To : 29/04/2026
Value
£22,501
£22,501
Date
30 Apr 2025
30 Apr 2025
Source
Asia House
Asia House
Description
Secretariat From: 30/04/2025 To: 29/04/2026
Secretariat From: 30/04/2025 To: 29/04/2026
Value
£22,501
£22,501
Date
10 Feb 2022
10 Feb 2022
Source
Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Description
Visit to Qatar From : 10/02/2022 To : 15/02/2022 Cost Met : Flights, accommodation, internal transport and food
Visit to Qatar From : 10/02/2022 To : 15/02/2022 Cost Met : Flights, accommodation, internal transport and food
Value
£27,001
£27,001
Date
12 Oct 2021
12 Oct 2021
Source
Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Description
Visit to Qatar From : 12/10/2021 To : 17/10/2021 Cost Met : Flights, accommodation, internal transport and food
Visit to Qatar From : 12/10/2021 To : 17/10/2021 Cost Met : Flights, accommodation, internal transport and food
Value
£85,501
£85,501
Date
7 Oct 2021
7 Oct 2021
Source
Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Description
Visit to Qatar From : 07/10/2021 To : 12/10/2021 Cost Met : Flights, accommodation, internal transport and food
Visit to Qatar From : 07/10/2021 To : 12/10/2021 Cost Met : Flights, accommodation, internal transport and food
Value
£108,001
£108,001
Date
29 Jan 2021
29 Jan 2021
Source
Argo Capital Management Limited
Argo Capital Management Limited
Description
Secretariat From : 29/01/2021 To : 28/01/2022
Secretariat From : 29/01/2021 To : 28/01/2022
Value
£4,501
£4,501
Date
16 Nov 2016
16 Nov 2016
Source
Council for Arab-British Understanding
Council for Arab-British Understanding
Description
Secretariat From : 16/11/2016 To : 15/11/2017
Secretariat From : 16/11/2016 To : 15/11/2017
Value
£4,501
£4,501
Date
16 Feb 2016
16 Feb 2016
Source
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar
Description
Visit to Qatar From : 16/02/2016 To : 18/02/2016 Cost Met : Flights, accommodation and food
Visit to Qatar From : 16/02/2016 To : 18/02/2016 Cost Met : Flights, accommodation and food
Value
£51,001
£51,001
Date
1 Jan 2015
1 Jan 2015
Source
Council for Arab-British Understanding
Council for Arab-British Understanding
Description
Secretariat From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Secretariat From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£4,501
£4,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Qatar APPG