Minutes of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Tuesday 14^th April 2026 at 5.00pm, Room N, Portcullis House

Present
Emma Lewell MP (External Independent Chair)
Chris Murray MP
Rupa Huq MP
Katrina Murray MP
Kirsteen Sullivan MP
Richard Baker MP
Douglas McAllister MP
Martin Rhodes MP
Gill German MP
John Bonsall (Parliamentary Assistant to Martin Rhodes MP)
Robert Wright (APPG Secretariat and Special Advisor)

Meeting
Emma Lewell MP, External Chair, convened the meeting and confirmed that the AGM was quorate, with eight Members of the House in attendance, and in accordance with the rules. The Chair then asked to confirm that all relevant papers had been produced and circulated, including an Annual Report, Income and Expenditure Statement and Due Diligence Statement, which was confirmed by those members present.

The External Chair then proceeded to ask for proposers and seconders to elect four Officers for the APPG, including a Chair.

Motions
To elect a new Chair and three further Officers for the APPG.

Martin Rhodes, Member for Glasgow North, was nominated and unanimously elected as Chair.

James Asser, Member for West Ham and Beckton, Douglas McAllister, Member for West Dunbartonshire, and Jack Rankin, Member for Windsor, were nominated and unanimously elected as Officers.

It was therefore confirmed that the four Officers of the APPG were:
Martin Rhodes MP (Chair)
James Asser MP
Douglas McAllister MP
Jack Rankin MP

It was further agreed that Davies Tanner would continue as the Official Secretariat and Special Advisors to the APPG.

In accordance with, and in compliance of, Parliamentary rules governing All-Party Parliamentary Groups, as set out by the Parliamentary Commissioner on Standards, Davies Tanner is partly funded by The Business of Events, an independent Think Tank for the events sector, to act as the group’s official Secretariat and Special Advisors. In turn, The Business of Events receives additional funding from a number of individual corporate partners.

It was agreed to advise the Registrar on the details of the AGM accordingly.

The meeting was adjourned at approximately 5.25pm