The British and U.S. Senate delegations to the 2011 Annual Conference, Washington D.C.

"The Friendship of the British people with the people of the United States is deep and abiding" The Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden, MP, Leader of the House of Commons, 1944.

The British-American Parliamentary group is the largest all-party, bi-lateral, Parliamentary group.  It has some 655 members from both Houses of Parliament.  Its Chairman is the Prime Minister, its Joint Presidents are the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Lord Speaker and the Co-Vice Chair are normally of Ministerial and Shadow Ministerial office.

The purpose and the achievement of the British-American Parliamentary Group is friendship and understanding between Senators and Members of Congress in Washington and MPs and Peers in Westminster.    It was formed shortly before the Second World War to promote closer relations and understanding between Members of both Houses of Parliament and Members of both Houses of the United States Congress by providing opportunities for discussion on problems common to both countries and for the exchange of visits and information.  During the Second World War the British Government started funding the Group.

The Group is now financed mainly by a grant in aid from the House of Commons Commission and the House of Lords House Committee and partly by Members' subscriptions.  There is no external funding or sponsorship.

The core of the BAPG's programme is alternate Annual Conferences with the House and then with the Senate.