Animal Welfare APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 12/02/2025

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To advocate for improvements to animal welfare through policy, legislation and best practice.

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
Neil Hudson Portrait
Neil Hudson
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Epping Forest
Joined: 2nd June 2021
1 APPG Membership
Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
Lord Trees Portrait
Lord Trees
Co-Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
2 APPG Memberships
Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Science and Technology in Agriculture
Danny Chambers Portrait
Danny Chambers
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Winchester
Joined: 12th February 2025
2 APPG Memberships
Antimicrobial Resistance , Dog Advisory Welfare
Johanna Baxter Portrait
Johanna Baxter
Vice Chair
Labour - Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Joined: 12th February 2025
2 APPG Memberships
Cats , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Dr Neil Hudson MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: neil.hudson.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Marisa Heath, RSPCA. Tel: 07764 247 098

Email: admin@apgaw.org

Secretariat:

RSPCA acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.rspca.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://apgaw.org/

Benefits in Kind
Date
22 Oct 2024
Source
RSPCA
Description
Secretariat   From : 22/10/2024 To : 21/10/2025
Value
£18,001
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
RSPCA
Description
Funds the post of an administrator for the APPG   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£15,001
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
RSPCA
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£15,001
Financial Benefits Received
Date
3 Dec 2020
Source
Petfood Manufacturers Industry
Value
£10,000
Date
3 Dec 2020
Source
RSPCA
Value
£18,500
Date
13 Jun 2019
Source
Petfood Manufacturers Association
Value
£10,000
Date
21 Jul 2017
Source
RSPCA
Value
£16,500
Date
21 Jul 2017
Source
RSPCA (amount registered is per year but it is paid in monthly instalments)
Value
£16,500
Former APPG Officers
Baroness Mallalieu Portrait
Baroness Mallalieu
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Henry Smith Portrait
Henry Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Crawley
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Giles Watling Portrait
Giles Watling
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Clacton
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Liz Saville Roberts Portrait
Liz Saville Roberts
Treasurer
Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Memberships
Heritage Rail , Miscarriages of Justice , Nuclear Energy , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Women affected by the Criminal Justice System
Kirsten Oswald Portrait
Kirsten Oswald
Treasurer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for East Renfrewshire
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Chris Loder Portrait
Chris Loder
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for West Dorset
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Jane Stevenson Portrait
Jane Stevenson
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for Wolverhampton North East
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Jessica Morden Portrait
Jessica Morden
Secretary
Labour - Newport East
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Armenia , Georgia
Lord De Mauley Portrait
Lord De Mauley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Funerals and Bereavement
Andrew Rosindell Portrait
Andrew Rosindell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Romford
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 5th April 2023
6 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , British Heritage , Commonwealth , Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories , San Marino , Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Tracey Crouch Portrait
Tracey Crouch
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Chatham and Aylesford
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Taylor of Holbeach Portrait
Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Secretary
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
3 APPG Memberships
Freight and Logistics , Gardening and Horticulture , Netherlands
Cheryl Gillan Portrait
Cheryl Gillan
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Jim Fitzpatrick Portrait
Jim Fitzpatrick
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Poplar and Limehouse
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Theresa Villiers Portrait
Theresa Villiers
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for Chipping Barnet
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Rebecca Pow Portrait
Rebecca Pow
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Taunton Deane
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Angela Smith Portrait
Angela Smith
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Caroline Lucas Portrait
Caroline Lucas
Secretary
Green Party - Former Member for Brighton, Pavilion
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th June 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Andrea Jenkyns Portrait
Andrea Jenkyns
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for Morley and Outwood
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th June 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Kerry McCarthy Portrait
Kerry McCarthy
Secretary
Labour - Bristol East
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Sheryll Murray Portrait
Sheryll Murray
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for South East Cornwall
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Robert Flello Portrait
Robert Flello
Treasurer
Labour - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent South
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Portrait
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Vice Chair
Conservative - North Cotswolds
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 21st July 2016
2 APPG Memberships
China , Shooting and Conservation
Angus Brendan MacNeil Portrait
Angus Brendan MacNeil
Secretary
Independent - Former Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 21st July 2016
No other APPG Memberships