Register Of All-Party Parliamentary Groups [as at 28 April 2016] Kurdistan Region in Iraq

Title

All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Kurdistan Region in Iraq

Purpose

To promote friendship and understanding between the peoples of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq and the UK and to encourage the development of democratic institutions in the Kurdistan Region as part of the democratic and federal process in the rest of Iraq.

Category

Country Group

 

Officers

Role

Name

Party

Chair & Registered Contact

Jason McCartney

Conservative

Vice Chair

Nadhim Zahawi

Conservative

Secretary

Mike Gapes

Labour (Co-op)

Treasurer

Lord Clement-Jones

Liberal Democrat

Vice Chair

Mr David Anderson

Labour

Vice Chair

Mary Glindon

Labour

Vice Chair

Lord Glasman

Labour

Vice Chair

John Woodcock

Labour (Co-op)

Vice Chair

Fabian Hamilton

Labour

Vice Chair

Bob Stewart

Conservative

Vice Chair

Stephen Metcalfe

Conservative

Vice Chair

Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers

Crossbench

Vice Chair

Lord Bew

Crossbench

Vice Chair

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

Conservative

Vice Chair

Lord Trimble

Conservative

 

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Jason McCartney MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7041. Email: jason.mccartney.mp@parliament.uk.

 

Public Enquiry Point:

Gary Kent, c/o Dave Anderson MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5013. Email: kentg@parliament.uk

 

Group's Website:

http://www.appgkurdistan.org.uk/

 

 

Annual General Meeting

Date of most recent AGM in this Parliament

15/06/2015

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

No

Reporting year

15 Jun to 14 Jun

Next reporting deadline

15/10/2016

 

Registrable benefits received by the group

 

Benefits In Kind

Source

Description

Value £s

In bands of £1,500

Received

Registered

Gary Kent

Gary Kent was paid by Gulf Keystone Petroleum International to act as the APPG's secretariat

 

From : 01/01/2015

To : 31/03/2015

 

13,501-15,000

01/01/2015

30/06/2015

Qaiwan Group

Visit to Kurdistan Region of Iraq

 

From : 11/11/2015

To : 16/11/2015

 

Cost Met : Flights and accommodation.

 

18,001-19,500

11/11/2015

07/12/2015

Kurdistan Regional Government

Visit to Kurdistan Region of Iraq

 

From : 11/11/2015

To : 16/11/2015

 

Cost Met : Internal transport and accommodation.

 

9,001-10,500

11/11/2015

07/12/2015

Petoil Chia Surkh Ltd

Secretariat

 

From : 01/11/2015

To : 31/10/2016

 

57,001-58,500

11/12/2015

14/01/2016