Between the 24th and the 27th June, I had the great privilege of leading a small, cross-party delegation of Parliamentarians from both houses to Lithuania. The group was made up of Lord Malcolm Bruce of Bennachie (Lib Dem), and MPs Sir John Whittingdale (Conservative and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Lithuania), Iqbal Mohamed (Independent), Chris […]
From 29th March until 2nd April 2026 a delegation of British parliamentarians, led by me Fabian Hamilton MP (Labour), including Anna Dixon MP (Labour), John Slinger MP (Labour), Martin Vickers MP (Conservative), Baroness Blackstone (Labour) and Lord Cromwell (Crossbench). We were accompanied by Henry Collison, from the BGIPU Secretariat. The delegation met at London Stansted […]
Following a very successful delegation to the UK from the Parliament of Moldova in November 2024 and a brief fact-finding visit by Anneliese Dodds and John Whittingdale last September, this outward delegation to Moldova and then onto Romania from 1 to 5 March 2026 was much anticipated. The delegation was very balanced and harmonious. I […]
This was a long overdue outward delegation to the Swedish Riksdag to find out more about Sweden’s current political situation in the run-up to Parliamentary elections on 13th September this year and to get a feel for the state of the economy and society in a country regarded as one of our closest allies. The […]
From Monday 17 to Friday 21 November, I led a cross-party group of parliamentarians on a visit to Bogotá, Colombia. The delegation included Baroness Alexander, Baroness Prashar, Leigh Ingham MP, Caroline Dinenage MP and Stephen Gethins MP. They were accompanied by Dominique Rees and Henry Collison from the BGIPU. The visit offered a concentrated and […]
From 6-11 October, I was privileged to lead a cross-party group of UK Parliamentarians from both Houses to the Dominican Republic following a successful recent incoming delegation from the DR. Our delegation included Lord Randall, Kim Johnson MP, Pete Wishart MP, Alex Sobel MP and Darren Paffey MP and our visit was organised by the […]
The BGIPU delegation visit to Senegal took place from 5 to 10 October 2025. The delegation comprised Anneliese Dodds MP, Shaun Davies MP, Tan Dhesi MP, Marie Goldman MP, Brendan O’Hara MP and Lord Lemos and was supported by Dominique Rees and Chiara De Vita from BGIPU. A packed itinerary During the visit we met […]
A delegation to Mongolia consisting of myself, Rt Hon Baroness Northover, Tan Dhesi MP, Phil Brickell MP, James Wild MP, Lord Cromwell, Dominique Rees MBE (BGIPU Staff) and Joe Perry (BGIPU Staff) flew from London via Istanbul on Saturday 21st June, arriving in Ulaanbaatar at 07.20 on Sunday 22nd. After transferring to the hotel, the […]
The digital thermometer indicated 34 degrees in the ger (a traditional home typically used by nomadic Mongolian people) district in Ulanbattar on a hot summer’s day, a far cry from the -35 degree temperatures experienced in the winter. To keep warm in the coldest capital in the world many families – half of whom are […]
A BGIPU cross-party delegation visited Morocco from the 1st to the 6th of June 2025. The group was led by Fabian Hamilton MP and included Rupa Huq MP, Charlie Dewhirst MP, Iqbal Mohamed MP, Baroness Brown and Baroness Prashar. They were accompanied by Mathilde Ollivo of the BGIPU. The visit included meetings in Rabat, Tangier […]
