Portugal APPG Meeting with UK-Portugal Diplomats

As Chair of the APPG on Portugal I was pleased to welcome to Parliament on 19 March 2026 a group of 16 early-career diplomats, 8 from the UK and 8 from Portugal.

The meeting was organised to complement the UK-Portugal Joint Diplomats Training programme run by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and to help the diplomats learn about the work of UK MPs, how we influence international affairs and diplomacy, and how the APPG on Portugal fits into parliamentary democracy.

The Group were:

From the UK: Kate Nuttall; Iona Sinclair; Jack Watson; Lou Virrey; Ariane Watson; Kieran Dollard; 
Pukar Sharma-Daub; Tara McGough.

From Portugal: Débora Simões; Andreia Leitão; Diogo Caeiro de Jesus; André Francisco Soares Carvalho Alves Teixeira; Miguel Pacheco; David Sant’Ana Crisóstomo; Ana Clara Ribeiro; João de Almeida Dias.

Also present at the meeting were 2 other members of the APPG, Lord Rogan and Sir Julian Lewis MP who were also able to provide the Group with an insight of the work in the Lords and Select committees.