Register Of All-Party Parliamentary Groups [as at 13 November 2015] Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)

Title

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)

Purpose

To improve the lives of people with ME. The APPG will achieve this by working collaboratively to stimulate greater understanding and awareness of the illness, and tackling key policy areas to improve outcomes for people affected by ME.

Category

Subject Group

 

Officers

Role

Name

Party

Chair & Registered Contact

Sir Peter Bottomley

Conservative

Co-Chair

Countess of Mar

Crossbench

Vice Chair

Mark Tami

Labour

Secretary

Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg

Conservative

 

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Sir Peter Bottomley MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5060. Email: bottomleyp@parliament.uk.

 

Public Enquiry Point:

Emma Hypher, Action for M.E. 42 Temple Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1EH. Tel: 0117 927 9551. Email: policy@actionforme.org.uk

 

Secretariat:

Action for M.E. and The ME Association jointly act as the group's secretariat. http://www.actionforme.org.uk/ and http://www.meassociation.org.uk/

 

Group's Website:

http://www.actionforme.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-for-change/appg-on-me/index

 

 

Annual General Meeting

Date of most recent AGM in this Parliament

01/07/2015

Did the group publish an income and expenditure statement relating to the AGM above?

No

Reporting year

01 Jul to 30 Jun

Next reporting deadline

01/11/2016

 

Registrable benefits received by the group

 

Benefits In Kind

Source

Description

Value £s

In bands of £1,500

Received

Registered

Action for M.E

Action for M.E. receives assistance from Whitehouse Consultancy to act as APPG's secretariat

 

From : 01/07/2015

To : 31/12/2015

 

1,501-3,000

01/07/2015

06/07/2015

The ME Association

Secretariat

 

From : 01/07/2015

To : 31/12/2015

 

1,501-3,000

01/07/2015

24/07/2015

 

Prepared 13th November 2015