All Party Parliamentary Group on Management
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Management (APPGM) exists to help develop closer understanding between politicians, business leaders and senior public sector managers. The Group is Chaired by Barry Sheerman MP and currently has around one hundred members.
Supported by CMI, the APPGM’s well-attended quarterly meetings provide a lively forum for high-level debate on topical management and leadership themes, introduced by high profile guest speakers. Recent speakers have included Lord Burns, Chairman of Santander UK and Channel 4 and Lord Eatwell, President of Queens' College, Cambridge, and CMI's Chief Economic Adviser, who debated whether the national deficit should be reduced faster. Ian Lucas MP, Minister for Business and Regulatory Reform, John Hayes MP, Shadow Minister for Universities and Skills, and John Thurso MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Business, spoke at the Group's meeting in November 2009 as we launched CMI's Manifesto for a Better Managed Britain.
Meeting notes from all the APPGM's events are available for download below. Members of the Group also receive regular briefings on management-related issues and are invited to contribute to the 'View from Westminster' column in CMI's bimonthly journal, Professional Manager, which has a readership of over 100,000.
Parliamentarians are welcome to register as members of the Group – for more information please contact Patrick Woodman, on 020 7421 2704, or by emailing patrick.woodman@managers.org.uk.
APPGM OFFICERS
Chair:
Barry Sheerman MP
Vice-chairs:
Lord Haskel (Lab)
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con)
Baroness Kingsmill (Lab)
Lorely Burt MP (Lib Dem)
Peter Bottomley MP (Con)
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Steve Easterbrook CCMI, UK Chief Executive of McDonalds, Keith Clarke CCMI, Chief Executive of Atkins, and Andrew White, Chief Executive of Defence, Science and Nuclear at Serco Group, led the first debate of the APPGM since the General Election, with a response from Janice Munday, a Director at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
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The APPGM: Debate on the Economy was a great success, and the views expressed by Lord Burns and Lord Eatwell, along with the co-chairs of the evening, Barry Sheerman MP and Ruth Spellman OBE, provoked stimulating and exciting debate. A written summary of the debate will be available on this page shortly.
In the meantime the debate is not over: to contribute to the online continuation of the APPGM debate on the rate of the UK's debt reduction please click here. To view the poll that accompanies the debate, please click here.
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Responses to the recession were debated at the Group's meeting in February 2009.
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The APPGM met in December 2008 for a discussion on the economic impact of professional bodies
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The Group met in June 2008 to debate how the new UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) can support better management and leadership, with our guest speakers: David Lammy MP, Minister for Skills; Chris Humphries of the UKCES; and Ian Smith of Oracle.
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The APPGM met in March 2008 to assess the impact of carbon trading on UK businesses, with an expert panel including Minister for the Environment Phil Woolas MP, Dr John Roberts CCMI, and Toby Campbell-Colquhoun of Shell UK.
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The APPGM met on 21 November 2007 to discuss how leading employers are using talent management to meet the skills challenges they face.
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Minutes from the Group's AGM, July 2007
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The APPGM met to discuss the implications of the Institute's pioneering research report on 12 June 2007.
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Women and Equality Minister Meg Munn MP, Jenny Watson of the Equal Opportunities Commission and Abbas Jaffer of Morgan Stanley led a lively discussion on how to increase female representation at the highest levels of UK plc.
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Minutes from the Group's AGM, July 2006
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DfES Minister Bill Rammell discussed the Government's priorities for skills funding and Sir Andrew Foster outlined his report on the future of the Further Education sector.
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DTI Minister Gerry Sutcliffe outlined the Government's approach to tackling ageism at work
