Democratic Republic of Congo APPG

First Registered: 23/03/2022 • Last updated on: 13/05/2024

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To promote bilateral trade and diplomatic relations and interests between the United Kingdom and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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4 Current APPG Officers
Gavin Williamson Portrait
Gavin Williamson
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - South Staffordshire
Joined: 9th August 2023
2 APPG Memberships
Snooker , Somaliland
Lilian Greenwood Portrait
Lilian Greenwood
Vice Chair
Labour - Nottingham South
Joined: 13th May 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Assistive Technology , Cycling and Walking , Deafness , Women in Transport
Alun Cairns Portrait
Alun Cairns
Treasurer
Conservative - Vale of Glamorgan
Joined: 13th May 2024
8 APPG Memberships
Beer , Blockchain Technologies , Crypto and Digital Assets , Energy Security , Financial Markets and Services , Qatar , Running , Semiconductors
Patrick Grady Portrait
Patrick Grady
Secretary
Scottish National Party - Glasgow North
Joined: 23rd March 2022
7 APPG Memberships
CAFOD , Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , Global Education , Limits to Growth , Malawi , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , West Papua
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Sir Gavin Williamson MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7245.

Email: gavin.williamson.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Martha Bevan, Office of Sir Gavin Williamson MP

Email: martha.bevan@parliament.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Democratic Republic of Congo APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Democratic Republic of Congo APPG

Former APPG Officers
Christian Wakeford Portrait
Christian Wakeford
Vice Chair
Labour - Bury South
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Insurance and Financial Services , Israel , Wrestling
Daniel Kawczynski Portrait
Daniel Kawczynski
Vice Chair
Conservative - Shrewsbury and Atcham
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Caribbean , Dominica , Foreign Affairs , Poland , Saudi Arabia , St Kitts and Nevis
Laurence Robertson Portrait
Laurence Robertson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Tewkesbury
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Engineering , Ethiopia and Djibouti , Pubs
Paul Holmes Portrait
Paul Holmes
Vice Chair
Conservative - Eastleigh
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Air Ambulances , Central South , Financial Resilience , South East
Gagan Mohindra Portrait
Gagan Mohindra
Vice Chair
Conservative - South West Hertfordshire
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Popat Portrait
Lord Popat
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Occupational Safety and Health
Viscount Waverley Portrait
Viscount Waverley
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 9th August 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Boateng Portrait
Lord Boateng
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
1 APPG Membership
St Kitts and Nevis
Lord Mancroft Portrait
Lord Mancroft
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
1 APPG Membership
12 Step Recovery
Lord Purvis of Tweed Portrait
Lord Purvis of Tweed
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Northover Portrait
Baroness Northover
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
2 APPG Memberships
Australia, New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development
Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale Portrait
Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
3 APPG Memberships
Malawi , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , Women, Peace and Security
Kim Johnson Portrait
Kim Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool, Riverside
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
7 APPG Memberships
Child of the North , Credit Unions , Race and Community , Showing Racism the Red Card , Somaliland , Visual Arts , Yemen
Alexander Stafford Portrait
Alexander Stafford
Vice Chair
Conservative - Rother Valley
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
7 APPG Memberships
Algeria , Archives and History , CAFOD , Corporate Responsibility , Environmental, Social, and Governance , Holy See , Hydrogen
Pauline Latham Portrait
Pauline Latham
Vice Chair
Conservative - Mid Derbyshire
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
3 APPG Memberships
Biodiversity in the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies , Global Tuberculosis , Vascular and Venous Disease
Lyn Brown Portrait
Lyn Brown
Vice Chair
Labour - West Ham
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
2 APPG Memberships
Ethiopia and Djibouti , Sudan and South Sudan
Justin Madders Portrait
Justin Madders
Vice Chair
Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
2 APPG Memberships
Autism , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform
Navendu Mishra Portrait
Navendu Mishra
Vice Chair
Labour - Stockport
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
6 APPG Memberships
British Gujaratis , Cricket , Dentistry and Oral Health , Land Value Capture , Western Sahara , Zimbabwe
Mark Fletcher Portrait
Mark Fletcher
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Bolsover
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Hoey Portrait
Baroness Hoey
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Sheikh Portrait
Lord Sheikh
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 7th September 2022
No other APPG Memberships