Rehman Chishti MP chaired the annual lunch with Rt Hon Priti Patel MP and panel of speakers: Ambassadors of Switzerland, Bahrain, Portugal and Peru, Carl Hunter and Simon Kuper with stirring debates on Global Britain topics.
The Rt Hon the Lord Howell of Guildford and The Rt Hon Mark Field MP gave rousing speeches about Britain today and why we should be optimistic about our global prosperity into the future.
The CFCC was privileged to have four excellent parliamentarians address members and diplomats yesterday: Lord Sheikh led with a speech on UK global trade; Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne spoke about her work as Trade Envoy and the Baku pipeline as well as fascinating insights into "the Brexit
HE Erlan Idrissov, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Foreign affairs talk at Embassy with Chairman and Officers of the Kazakhstan All Party Parliamentary Group: Chairman, Bob Stewart MP, Officer Lord Sheikh and Kazakhstan Trade Envoy Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne.