| TITLE
| All-Party Parliamentary Group on Communications
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| PURPOSE
| To provide a forum for discussion of issues relevant to the UK telecommunications industry and to raise matters with the government, the industry regulators and the industry itself.
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| OFFICERS
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| Title
| Name
| Party |
Chair
Vice-Chairs
Treasurer
Secretary
| John Robertson
Michael Fabricant
Alistair Carmichael
Jim Dowd
Bob Laxton
Chris Mole
| Lab
Con
LD
Lab
Lab
Lab
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| TWENTY QUALIFYING MEMBERS
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| Government Party
| Main Opposition Party
| Other
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
| John Robertson
Bob Laxton
Geraldine Smith
Chris Bryant
Jim Knight
Louise Ellman
Jim Dowd
Ann McKechin
Lord Harris of Haringey
Chris Mole
| Nigel Evans
Philip Hammond
Henry Bellingham
Derek Conway
Michael Fabricant
Ian Taylor
| Sandra Gidley
Adam Price
Sylvia Hermon
Annette Brooke
| LD
PC
UUP
LD
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| CONTACT DETAILS FOR CORRESPONDENCE AND GENERAL ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE GROUP
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| Mr John Robertson MP, Room 315 Portcullis House, Bridge Street, London SW1A 2LW. Tel: 020 7219 6964
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| BENEFITS RECEIVED BY GROUP FROM SOURCES OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT
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| £12,000 per annum from Connect to provide support towards a research assistant. Connect also paid the production costs (£6538) of a journal issued by the group (registered February 2007).
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| PAID EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT OF STAFF WHO HOLD A PARLIAMENTARY PASS
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| None. |
| DATE OF GROUP'S LAST REGISTERED ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
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| 28 June 2006 |
| CATEGORY OF GROUP
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| On Approved List; All-Party Parliamentary Subject Group.
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