INTERESTS

Caribbean Region

Caribbean Britain Business Council

The Caribbean-Britain Business Council (CBBC) is a not-for-profit membership organisation which brings together over 100 companies and associations with trade and investment interests in and from the Caribbean. The aim of the Council is to support and promote increased two way trade and investment between the UK and the Caribbean and raise a positive profile of the Caribbean amongst the UK private sector and government. The CBBC recognises that the private sector has an important long-term role in delivering sustainable social and economic development in the Caribbean.

Lord Foulkes is President of the Caribbean Britain Business Council.

All Party Parliamentary Group on the Dominican Republic

In March 2006, the President of the Dominican Republic, Dr Leonel Fernández, visited the UK on the first ever official visit to the country by a Dominican Head of State. The All Party Parliamentary Group on the Dominican Republic was inaugurated at the time of his visit. The group is made up of Parliamentarians who are interested in promoting closer relations between the UK and the Dominican Republic. An official delegation of British MPs and Peers led by Lord Foulkes, visited Santo Domingo in September 2006, and a delegation of Dominican Congressmen and women has visited the British Parliament in June 2007.

Lord Foulkes is President of the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Dominican Republic.

The Cuba Initiative

The Cuba Initiative was founded in 1995 in response to a request from the Governments of the United Kingdom and Cuba for an independent, bi-lateral, non-governmental body able to support and develop programmes that enhance the UK/Cuban relationship. As such, the work of the Cuba Initiative complements the official UK/Cuban government-to-government relationship. In addition to promoting trade and investment, the Initiative facilitates and fosters exchange in the fields of politics, government, trade, investment, science, sports, education and culture.

Lord Foulkes is Deputy Chairman of the Cuba Initiative.