United Arab Emirates APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 18/06/2025

The primary aim of the this APPG is to strengthen the ties between the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom, enhancing mutual understanding and collaboration across a range of strategic sectors, including technology, business, artificial intelligence (AI), and security.

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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4 Current APPG Officers
Oliver Dowden Portrait
Oliver Dowden
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Hertsmere
Joined: 18th June 2025
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Beer , Modern Conflict
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Sir Oliver Dowden MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 3415.

Email: oliver.dowden.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Bethan Rees, Office of Oliver Dowden MP

Email: bethana.rees@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 Goddard of Stockport Portrait
Lord Goddard of Stockport
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 13th May 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
8 APPG Officer Positions
Blockchain Technologies , Cats , Fire Safety and Rescue , Greater Manchester , Greece , Local Markets , Morocco , Project Delivery

No other APPG Memberships

Rob Butler Portrait
Rob Butler
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Aylesbury
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Yvonne Fovargue Portrait
Yvonne Fovargue
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Makerfield
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Jones Portrait
David Jones
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Clwyd West
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tim Loughton Portrait
Tim Loughton
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for East Worthing and Shoreham
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Shailesh Vara Portrait
Shailesh Vara
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North West Cambridgeshire
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord McCabe Portrait
Lord McCabe
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Walney Portrait
Lord Walney
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Australia, United Kingdom and United States of America (AUKUS) , Small Modular Reactors

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Northover Portrait
Baroness Northover
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Critical Minerals , Indonesia , Qatar , Scientific

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Vice Chair
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Egypt , Georgia , India , Libya , Turkey

No other APPG Memberships

Caroline Ansell Portrait
Caroline Ansell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Eastbourne
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Kilclooney Portrait
Lord Kilclooney
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Bob Stewart Portrait
Bob Stewart
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Beckenham
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Carrington Portrait
Lord Carrington
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Douglas Chapman Portrait
Douglas Chapman
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Dunfermline and West Fife
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Spellar Portrait
Lord Spellar
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 23rd March 2022
Caroline Nokes Portrait
Caroline Nokes
Vice Chair
Conservative - Romsey and Southampton North
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Khalid Mahmood Portrait
Khalid Mahmood
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Karen Bradley Portrait
Karen Bradley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Staffordshire Moorlands
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 23rd March 2022
3 APPG Officer Positions
Advertising , Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery , North Macedonia

No other APPG Memberships

Viscount Waverley Portrait
Viscount Waverley
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Nick Fletcher Portrait
Nick Fletcher
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Don Valley
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Afzal Khan Portrait
Afzal Khan
Vice Chair
Labour - Manchester Rusholme
Joined: 2nd January 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
5 APPG Officer Positions
Bahrain , British Muslims , Greater Manchester , Pakistan , Parks and Green Spaces

No other APPG Memberships

Brendan O'Hara Portrait
Brendan O'Hara
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
Lord Beamish Portrait
Lord Beamish
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Leo Docherty Portrait
Leo Docherty
Vice Chair and Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for Aldershot
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 31st July 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

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 Officer Positions

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 Officer Positions

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 Officer Positions

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 Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Uddin Portrait
Baroness Uddin
Secretary
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 3rd February 2016
6 APPG Officer Positions
Commonwealth , Digital Identity , Libya , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , Women and Work

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 Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships