APPG officer roles
All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal cross-party groups that have no official status within Parliament. They are run by and for Members of the Commons and Lords, though many choose to involve individuals and organisations from outside Parliament in their administration and activities.
Officer Roles are drawn from the latest edition of the Register of APPGs. To see the latest edition of the register, go to Published Register of APPGs.
Acquired Brain Injury
To raise awareness of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and seek improvements in support and services for people with ABI and their carers; to provide a voice for people with ABI in parliament; and to raise issues across health, social care and welfare which affect people living with ABI.
Vice Chair
Antisemitism
To combat antisemitism and help develop and seek implementation of effective public policy to combat antisemitism.
Vice Chair
Beer
To promote the wholesomeness and enjoyment of beer and the unique role of the pub in UK society; to increase understanding of the social, cultural and historic role of brewing and pubs in the UK and their value to tourism; to broaden recognition of the contribution of brewing and pubs to employment and to the UK's economy; to promote understanding of the social responsibility exercised by the brewing and pub industries; to support the UK's brewing industry worldwide.
Vice Chair
Cancer
To keep cancer on the political agenda, monitor implementation of government initiatives, provide briefings to parliamentarians, and ensure policy-making is evidence-based and patient-centred.
Vice Chair
Charities and Volunteering
To provide a forum for discussing the issues affecting the voluntary and community sector.
Vice Chair
Commercial Sexual Exploitation
To work for an end to commercial sexual exploitation. To lead research and advocacy in Parliament to tackle all forms of commercial sexual exploitation. To seek public policy that works effectively to support victims, hold perpetrators to account and combat demand for sexual exploitation.
Officer
Dark Skies
To highlight the importance of preserving our ability to see a dark sky at night; promote the adoption of dark sky friendly lighting and planning policies; protect existing UK Dark Sky reserves and support potential new reserves; and collaborate with overseas groups such as the International Dark Sky Association.
Vice Chair
Equitable Life Policyholders
To campaign for justice for the victims of the Equitable Life scandal.
Vice Chair
Fair Business Banking
To identify the failings within the financial service sector and work with industry, regulators and businesses to encourage and promote positive proposals for change.
Vice Chair
Financial Resilience
To explore factors impacting people’s financial resilience and wellbeing. The group will investigate financial safety nets, looking in particular at the middle income group, focusing on the policy issues affecting people’s ability to cope with financial shocks in the immediate term, and their future financial preparedness.
Co-Chair
Hospitality, Events and Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales
To inform members of the innovations, markets, trading and other economic activity of the sectors involved; to help raise awareness of the economic value of the sectors to Wales and to offer support, where possible, to the businesses and their employees to help the promotion of job retention, future growth and sustainability.
Vice Chair
Learning Disability
To look at the issues facing people with a learning disability and their families. The group looks at the key issues of the day, across areas including health, social care, education, employment and benefits.
Officer
Medical Cannabis under Prescription
To help secure appropriate access to medical cannabis on the NHS in its various forms including full plant extract containing both CBD and THC in formulations produced to a consistent high quality pharmaceutical grade and manufactured to GMP standard.
Chair & Registered Contact
Modern Languages
To explore the educational, skills-related, employment, competitive and cultural benefits of learning and using languages throughout the UK; to provide a parliamentary forum for information exchange and consultation on languages and linguists; to encourage and support policies and action improving the take-up of languages in schools, further and higher education, in the workplace and in the community.
Vice Chair
Motherhood
To discuss issues related to motherhood, including but not limited to pregnancy, parenting, wellbeing, finance, employment, childcare, support services, and childhood; to be a voice for mothers in politics and those who wish to be more involved; and to raise the profile of issues related to motherhood in Parliament.
Co-Chair
Parkrun
To support parkrun and improve public health.
Officer
Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse
To ensure MPs and Peers have access to information about (a) perpetrators of domestic violence and (b) what makes an effective and safe perpetrator programme. To link MPs and Peers with local programmes, in order to increase their understanding of the above.
Officer
Personal Banking and Fairer Financial Services
To identify aspects of personal banking and financial services where the service providers or regulators have not delivered, or are not delivering, excellence and appropriate consumer protection; to facilitate and encourage all stakeholders to work together to resolve past and present shortcomings, and to bring about positive changes.
Vice Chair
Rugby Union Football Club
To play and promote the sport of rugby union within Parliament, between national parliaments, within the community and for charitable purposes.
Vice Chair
Single Parent Families
To collaborate across the political spectrum to campaign against legislative loopholes that disadvantage single parents, and for positive representation of a category which is increasingly common yet still all too often stigmatised.
Vice Chair
Tennis
To promote the sport of tennis, and to enable MPs and peers to play tennis matches together and compete with outside tennis teams.
Vice Chair
Timber Industries
Our primary purpose is to grow the use of timber in order to help: expand our low-carbon, high-performance offsite manufacturing base for construction; decarbonise the built environment; create safer and higher quality buildings and building supply chains; contribute to growing, sustainably managed forests and biodiverse landscapes.
Chair & Registered Contact
Wales in the World
To generate awareness of and to consider the profile of Wales on the international stage, and in doing so to consider themes and ideas to support the development and profile of Wales.
Officer
Women and Work
To promote discussion around women and work.
Officer
Wrestling
To promote, support, and raise awareness of professional wrestling; to work with the industry to improve it and to build confidence; to celebrate British success in professional wrestling.
Vice Chair