03 December 2009
The Register of All-Party Groups [As at 20 October 2009] is here:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi01.htm
There are also links at the top of the Register for:
The Nature of All-Party Groups
Purpose and Form of the 'Register of All-Party Groups'
Purpose and Form of the 'Approved List' of Groups
Administration of the Register and Approved List
Complaints about All-Party Groups
The APPG on ME's current office holders and twenty qualifying members (made
up of cross party MPs and members of the House of Lords) can be viewed
here:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi417.htm
Note that the Group details have not been updated since the AGM in July
2009.
The Office of Secretary to the APPG on ME became vacant following the
standing down of Dr Ian Gibson from his seat for Norwich North, on 8 June
2009.
The Countess of Mar was elected to the Office of Secretary at the group's
AGM, on 8 July 2009.
Note also that the Chair, Dr Des Turner, MP, announced at the AGM that it
was not his intention to stand at the next general election and that
therefore a new Chair would need to be found at that point.
Guide to the Rules on All-Party Groups:
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/PCFSGroupsRules.pdf
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General elections
If your group is NOT on the Approved List: this section applies to your
group.
5. Once a general election has been publicly announced we write to groups
with information about what action they need to take after the election. In
essence, unless the group reregisters within two calendar months from the
date when parliament first meets after a general election, it is removed
from the Groups' Register, and from the Approved List (if it is on the
latter).8 The purpose of this is to allow groups some continuity from
parliament to parliament and to give them time to appoint new officers,
enrol new members etc.
6. In order to re-register after a general election a group has to hold an
inaugural election of officers (which counts as the group's first AGM of
the new parliament) then complete and return the 'Application Forms for
Cross-Party Groups', within the 2 month period.
[8] The only exceptions are registered groups funded by Her Majesty's
Government (currently only the British- American Parliamentary Group); such
group are not required to re-register.
Suzy Chapman
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