United Arab Emirates APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

To promote good relations between the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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12 Current APPG Officers
David Jones Portrait
David Jones
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Clwyd West
Joined: 28th September 2017
Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Vice Chair
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 2nd June 2021
6 APPG Memberships
British Museum , Death Penalty , Media , Opera , Peru , Tennis
Lord Walney Portrait
Lord Walney
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 5th April 2023
Shailesh Vara Portrait
Shailesh Vara
Vice Chair
Conservative - North West Cambridgeshire
Joined: 5th April 2023
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Mr David Jones MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 3024.

Email: officeofdavidjonesmp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Edward Wilson, Office of David Jones MP

Email: ted.wilson@parliament.uk

Date
12 Feb 2022
Source
UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Description
Flights, accommodation, food and transport for visit to UAE   From : 12/02/2022 To : 17/02/2022
Value
£4,501
Date
10 Feb 2018
Source
UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Description
Visit to Dubai and Abu Dhabi   From : 10/02/2018 To : 16/02/2018   Cost Met : Air fares and accommodation
Value
£28,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the United Arab Emirates APPG

Former APPG Officers
Lord Carrington Portrait
Lord Carrington
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 22nd February 2023
Douglas Chapman Portrait
Douglas Chapman
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Dunfermline and West Fife
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 22nd February 2023
Khalid Mahmood Portrait
Khalid Mahmood
Vice Chair
Labour - Birmingham, Perry Barr
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 23rd March 2022
Viscount Waverley Portrait
Viscount Waverley
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
1 APPG Membership
India (Trade and Investment)
Brendan O'Hara Portrait
Brendan O'Hara
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Argyll and Bute
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
Kevan Jones Portrait
Kevan Jones
Vice Chair
Labour - North Durham
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
Leo Docherty Portrait
Leo Docherty
Vice Chair and Secretary
Conservative - Aldershot
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 31st July 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh Portrait
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Ochil and South Perthshire
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Alistair Burt Portrait
Alistair Burt
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for North East Bedfordshire
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Manzoor Portrait
Baroness Manzoor
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 16th March 2016
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Sheikh Portrait
Lord Sheikh
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 16th March 2016
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Alan Duncan Portrait
Alan Duncan
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Rutland and Melton
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 23rd December 2015
No other APPG Memberships