On the 17th of November, the APPG on Global Education held its Annual General Meeting.
The APPG on Global Education receives over £1,500 in funding in the value of secretariat support provided by Results UK. As such, the APPG on Global Education is required to follow additional rules, including having an external chair preside over the meeting and publishing an annual report.
The meeting was presided by Madam Deputy Speaker, Ms Nusrat Ghani, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. Ms. Ghani served as the external chair to ensure the AGM met all of the requirements of the rules.
The meeting was quorate with 9 members present:
- Lord Michael German (Liberal Democrat)
- Bambos Charalambous MP (Labour)
- Mike Wood MP (Conservative)
- Lord Jack McConnell (Labour)
- Janet Daby MP (Labour)
- Chris Vince MP (Labour)
- Julia Buckley MP (Labour)
- Olivia Blake MP (Labour)
- Gurinder Singh Josan MP (Labour)
Madam Deputy Speaker Nusrat Ghani opened the meeting as the appointed external chair and read aloud the rules and expectations for the meeting.
Election of Officers:
- Bambos Charalambous MP (Labour) nominated as Chair, seconded and unanimously elected.
- Lord Michael German (Liberal Democrat) nominated as Co-Chair, seconded and unanimously elected.
- Baroness Christine Blower (Labour) nominated as Vice Chair, seconded and unanimously elected.
- Mike Wood MP (Conservative) nominated as Vice Chair, seconded and unanimously elected.
The makeup of the officers was confirmed as being in line with the Guide of the Rules, which requires four registered officers, including at least one from the government party and at least one from the main opposition party. At least two officers must be from the Commons.
The group then approved its required annual documents:
- Income and expenditure statement presented and approved.
- Annual Report presented and approved.
- Due diligence statement in relation to foreign government funding presented and approved.
Following confirmation that the AGM was in line with the Guide to the Rules, the external chair Ms Ghani departed and the APPG carried on with a discussion on the impact of aid cuts to global education and the upcoming announcement of FCDO department allocations for the 2026-29 spending review. Impacts of these reductions on UK funding for GPE and ECW were discussed, and their 2026 replenishments noted. Members were asked to consider and suggest APPG activities for the next year and provide feedback on communications.
The APPG thanks all members who attended the AGM and Deputy Speaker Ghani for presiding over the official portion of the meeting.