To promote issues of mutual concern between British MPs and the Western Sahara, and ensure the subject is never far from the political agenda of the UK Parliament.
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Bowel Cancer , Community Energy , Forestry and Tree Planting , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Netherlands
12 Step Recovery , Afrikan Reparations , Ageing and Older People , Austria , Carbon Monoxide , Citizens' Rights , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Extraordinary Rendition , Frozen British Pensions , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Haiti , Immigration Detention , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Limits to Growth , Public Accountability , Race and Community , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single Parent Families , Small and Micro Business , Social Integration , Social Science and Policy , South Africa , Transport Safety , United Nations , Wine and Spirits , Women in Transport , Zimbabwe
British Gujaratis , Cricket , Dentistry and Oral Health , Land Value Capture , Zimbabwe
Cuba , Deep Geothermal , Diagnostics , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Greyhound , Hadrian's Wall , Radiotherapy
Contact Details
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Ben Lake MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.
Email: ben.lake.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
John Gurr, Western Sahara Campaign, Manora, Cwmystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 4AF. Tel: 01974 282 214
Email: coordinator@wsahara.org.uk
No benefits in kind are on record for the Western Sahara APPG
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Western Sahara APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Alan Brown
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Joined: 23rd December 2015Departed: 6th March 2024
Energy Security , Energy Studies , Infrastructure , Marine Energy , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Wood Panel Industry
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Brighton, Kemptown
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
Council Housing , Industrial Hemp and CBD (Cannabidiol) Product , Private Rented Sector , Renters and Rental Reform , West Papua , Youth Affairs
Alex Sobel
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
22q11 Syndrome , Aid Match , Albania , British Jews , Cayman Islands , Channel 4 , Climate and Security , Fusion Energy , Global Deforestation , Heritage and Regeneration , Hospitality and Tourism , Human-Relevant Science , Internet, Communications and Technology , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Kosovo , Modern Conflict , Montenegro , Music , Net Zero , North Macedonia , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Slovenia , Sustainable Resource , Sweden , Tajikistan , Ukraine , United Nations , Video Games and Esports , West Papua , Zoos and Aquariums
Kim Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool, Riverside
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
Child of the North , Credit Unions , Race and Community , Showing Racism the Red Card , Somaliland , Visual Arts , Yemen
Jeremy Corbyn
Vice Chair
Independent - Islington North
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 6th March 2024
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Lord Davies of Stamford
Treasurer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Paul Flynn
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Newport West
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 10th October 2018
Mark Williams
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Ceredigion
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017