| TITLE
| All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment
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| PURPOSE
| To inform and educate parliamentarians about the importance of high quality eyecare for the prevention of eye disease and blindness and for the eye health of the nation; and to promote better understanding of visual impairment and greater social inclusion.
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| OFFICERS
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| Title
| Name
| Party |
Chair
Vice-Chairs
Secretary
| Sandra Gidley
Baroness Knight of Collingtree
Dr Doug Naysmith
David Amess
| LD
Con
Lab
Con
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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
| Andy Burnham
Harry Cohen
Dr Doug Naysmith
Jonathan Shaw
Dr Rudi Vis
Dr Howard Stoate
Vernon Coaker
Dari Taylor
Dr Hywel Francis
Derek Wyatt
| Tim Boswell
David Amess
Lord Jenkin of Roding
Baroness Knight of Collingtree
Dr Andrew Murrison
Angela Watkinson
| Annette Brooke
David Heath
Sandra Gidley
Paul Holmes
| LD
LD
LD
LD
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| CONTACT DETAILS FOR CORRESPONDENCE AND GENERAL ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE GROUP
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| Ms Sandra Gidley MP, House of Commons, London SW1A OAA. Tel: 020 7219 5986
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| BENEFITS RECEIVED BY GROUP FROM SOURCES OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT
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| College of Optometrists and Royal National Institute of the Blind provide administrative assistance (organising meetings, inviting speakers and sending out invitations to MPs and peers, taking minutes).
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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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| 12 July 2006 |
| CATEGORY OF GROUP
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| On Approved List; All-Party Parliamentary Subject Group.
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