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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Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
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3 APPG Officer Positions
Children's Online Safety , Fatherhood , Industrial Strategy
9 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Aviation , British Hindus , Financial Technology , Hydrogen , India , Manufacturing , Nuclear Energy , Political and Media Literacy
Children's Online Safety , Fatherhood , Industrial Strategy
9 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Aviation , British Hindus , Financial Technology , Hydrogen , India , Manufacturing , Nuclear Energy , Political and Media Literacy
2 APPG Officer Positions
British Muslims , Palestine
2 APPG Memberships
Bosnia and Herzegovina , Governance and Inclusive Leadership
British Muslims , Palestine
2 APPG Memberships
Bosnia and Herzegovina , Governance and Inclusive Leadership
5 APPG Officer Positions
Central South , Hospice and End of Life Care , Saudi Arabia , South East , South Western Railway
4 APPG Memberships
Beauty and Wellbeing , Belarus , Blockchain Technologies , Cyber Security and Business Resilience
Central South , Hospice and End of Life Care , Saudi Arabia , South East , South Western Railway
4 APPG Memberships
Beauty and Wellbeing , Belarus , Blockchain Technologies , Cyber Security and Business Resilience
3 APPG Officer Positions
Critical Minerals , Indonesia , Scientific
14 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Blockchain Technologies , Climate Change , Commonwealth , Environment , Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , International Students , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Net Zero , Nutrition for Development , Smoking and Health , Taiwan , University , Women in Parliament
Critical Minerals , Indonesia , Scientific
14 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Blockchain Technologies , Climate Change , Commonwealth , Environment , Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , International Students , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Net Zero , Nutrition for Development , Smoking and Health , Taiwan , University , Women in Parliament
Contact Details
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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
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
Former APPG Officers
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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
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
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
3 APPG Officer Positions
British Offshore Energy Industry , Golf , Ticket Abuse
British Offshore Energy Industry , Golf , Ticket Abuse
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
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
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
Mike Wood
Vice Chair
Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
Joined: 4th May 2022Departed: 5th April 2023
6 APPG Officer Positions
Bus and Coach , Cyprus , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Global Education , Sepsis , Speech and Language Difficulties
Bus and Coach , Cyprus , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Global Education , Sepsis , Speech and Language Difficulties
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
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
Liberal Democrat - 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
9 APPG Officer Positions
Children , Democratic Republic of Congo , Digital Inclusion , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Governance and Inclusive Leadership , India , Kurds , Obstructive Sleep Apnoea , Tamils
Children , Democratic Republic of Congo , Digital Inclusion , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Governance and Inclusive Leadership , India , Kurds , Obstructive Sleep Apnoea , Tamils
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Stern
Vice-Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 21st November 2018
Baroness Uddin
Vice-Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 21st November 2018
6 APPG Officer Positions
Commonwealth , Digital Identity , Libya , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , Women and Work
Commonwealth , Digital Identity , Libya , 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