PARLIAMENTARY ACTION
Raising Catalonia at Westminster
Here the Speaker of the Catalan Parliament meets the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lyndsey Hoyle. We build links, table motions, ask questions and more.
ALL PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP ON CATALONIA AGM 14 JANUARY 2021
The inaugural meeting of the APPG on Parliament was held on Tuesday 14 January at Portcullis House.
Nine MPs attended - Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru), Gareth Johnson (Conservative), Anna McMorrin (Labour), Douglas Chapman (SNP), Andrew Rosindell (Conservative), Ronnie Cowan (SNP), Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative), Gavin Newlands (SNP), Margaret Ferrier (SNP) - and one Peer - Baroness Garden (Liberal Democrat).
The meeting agreed to refound the APPG, elected its new officers (listed below) and passed a motion on finance.
The Guest Speakers were Txell Bonnet, partner of Catalan Political Prisoner Jordi Cuixart and Elena Jiménez, Board member of Òmnium Cultural (Catalonia’s largest civic movement).
