Air Ambulances APPG
First Registered: 13/11/2015 • Last updated on: 05/11/2019
Note: This APPG was last registered on 5th Nov 2019. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of 29th Dec 2021 and may be defunct.
Raising the quality of care and effectiveness of air ambulances for patients through engagement with political leaders and policy makers.
1. Air Ambulance Funding
26/04/2021 - Westminster Hall
2. Ambulance Response Times
01/12/2021 - Lords Chamber
3. Ambulance Queues: Health Outcomes
13/01/2022 - Lords Chamber
4. Rugby Community Ambulance Station
28/10/2021 - Petitions
5. East Midlands Ambulance Service
21/02/2018 - Westminster Hall
1. Air Ambulance Funding
26/04/2021 - Westminster Hall
1: House has considered e-petition 259892, relating to air ambulance funding.The e-petition that we are considering - Speech Link
2. Ebola Response
14/02/2019 - Written Statements
1: people at land and air borders have been screened. We are also helping to procure ambulances and sanitation - Speech Link
3. Ambulance Services (Devon)
12/07/2017 - Westminster Hall
1: I understand the reasoning that double-crewed ambulances can provide the conveyance that people need to - Speech Link
2: ambulance resources out of their normal patterns. Ambulances are increasingly moved to further away places - Speech Link
3: would like to praise all those who support our Devon air ambulance service, all the volunteer community first - Speech Link
4. Lotteries Regulation
16/07/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: in many of our local communities, including air ambulances and local hospices.The consultation aimed to - Speech Link
2: society lotteries that support causes such as our air ambulances, which are bumping along at the top of the - Speech Link
5. Ambulance Response Times
01/12/2021 - Lords Chamber
1: alongside £4.4 million to keep an additional 154 ambulances on the road this winter. NHS 111 is recruiting - Speech Link
2: the BBC reported that Shropshire had run out of ambulances, as every ambulance was queueing outside hospitals - Speech Link
3: 700 and £4.4 million to keep an additional 154 ambulances on the road. Also, we are looking at ways to - Speech Link
asked by: Ruth Jones
12/01/2021
... what fiscal steps he is taking to tackle toxic air. 2. Air Pollution
asked by: Geraint Davies
17/11/2020
... what assessment he has made of increased cost of health problems caused by air pollution as a proportion of GDP since the start of the covid-19 outbreak; and what steps he is taking to reduce air pollution. 3. Air Pollution
asked by: Geraint Davies
20/11/2020
... what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary State of Health on the correlation between air quality indoors and outdoors in terms of public health. 4. Air Pollution
asked by: Geraint Davies
09/11/2020
... what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on using taxation to improve air quality. 5. Air Pollution
asked by: Geraint Davies
05/11/2020
... what assessment he has made of the effect of reforms to the judicial review system on the numbers of legal cases brought against the Government on illegal levels of air pollution.
Former APPG Members
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Robert Courts
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Witney
Joined: 13th February 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Italy
Jim Fitzpatrick
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Poplar and Limehouse
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Oliver Letwin
Officer
Independent - Former Member for West Dorset
Joined: 13th February 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Mike Penning
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Hemel Hempstead
Joined: 13th February 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Julian Sturdy
Vice Chair
Conservative - York Outer
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 21st November 2018
Chris Stephens
Officer
Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 21st November 2018
Stephen Morgan
Officer
Labour - Portsmouth South
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 21st November 2018
Business in a Pandemic (Covid) World , Civic Societies , Key Cities , Maritime and Ports , South East , UK Islands , Veterans
Luke Pollard
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 21st November 2018
Armed Forces , Basketball , Carbon Monoxide , Dance , Hockey , Hospitality and Tourism , Religious Education , Shipbuilding and Ship Repair , South West
Andrew Bridgen
Officer
Conservative - North West Leicestershire
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 21st November 2018
Lord Benyon
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 21st November 2018
Melanie Onn
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Great Grimsby
Joined: 31st August 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Mark Durkan
Officer
Social Democratic & Labour Party - Former Member for Foyle
Joined: 31st August 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Rushanara Ali
Officer
Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow
Joined: 31st August 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Action on Conflict and Global Britain , Bangladesh , Burma , Hajj and Umrah , Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness , Philanthropy and Social Investment , Rohingya , War Crimes
Devolution
Accounting for Growth , Alternative Dispute Resolution , Autism , Design and Innovation , Fusion Energy , Independent Education , Lithuania , Microplastics , Policing and Security , River Thames , Social Enterprise , West Papua
Chloe Smith
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Norwich North
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 21st July 2016
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 21st July 2016
Acquired Brain Injury , Alcohol Harm , Allergy , Australia and New Zealand , Bladder and Bowel Continence Care , Cancer , Carbon Monoxide , Child Contact Centres and Services , Commonwealth , Commonwealth Games , Complex Needs and Dual Diagnosis , Coronavirus , Dementia , Dying Well , Health , Hospice and End of Life Care , Intensive Care , Liver Disease and Liver Cancer , Medical Research , Music Education , Parkinson's , Recovery from Addictions , Skin , Smoking and Health
Jason McCartney
Officer
Conservative - Colne Valley
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 21st July 2016
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , BBC , Carbon Monoxide , Channel 4 , Cricket , East Coast Main Line , Fairtrade , Football Supporters , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Homelessness , Hospitality and Tourism , ITV , Kashmir , Knife Crime and Violence Reduction , Kurdistan Region in Iraq , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Northern Culture , Northern Powerhouse , Pharmacy , Rail in the North , Rowing , Rugby League , Sixth Form Education , State Pension Inequality for Women , Students , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Trailer and Towing Safety , Transport Across the North , Ukraine , University , Waterways , Woods and Trees , Working at Height , Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Baroness Masham of Ilton
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 21st July 2016
Access to Medicines and Medical Devices , Acquired Brain Injury , Antibiotics , Axial Spondyloarthritis , Bladder and Bowel Continence Care , Brain Tumours , Cancer , Coronavirus , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Eggs, Pigs and Poultry , Global Health , Global Tuberculosis , Health , Heart Valve Disease , HIV and AIDS , Liver Disease and Liver Cancer , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Minimally Invasive Cancer Therapies , Osteoporosis and Bone Health , Parkinson's , Prescribed Drug Dependence , Pro-Life , Respiratory Health , Sepsis , Skin , Spinal Cord Injury , Vaccinations for All , Vascular and Venous Disease
Baroness Sharples
Officer
Conservative - Retired on 18 December 2017
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 21st July 2016
David Tredinnick
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Bosworth
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 21st July 2016
Benefits in Kind
Show/Hide18 Jul 2018
Association of Air Ambulances Ltd
Secretariat From : 18/07/2018 To : 17/07/2019
£1,501
18 Jul 2017
Association of Air Ambulances Ltd
Secretariat From : 18/07/2017 To : 17/07/2018
£1,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Air Ambulances APPG