Archaeology APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 23/02/2026

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To further an understanding of archaeology in Parliament and promote archaeology and archaeological education.

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 Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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4 Current APPG Officers
Simon Opher Portrait
Simon Opher
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Stroud
Joined: 7th May 2025
5 APPG Officer Positions
Beyond Pills , Creative Health , Health , Net Zero , Opera
13 APPG Memberships
Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Carbon Monoxide , Climate Change , Environment , Fair Elections , Healthy Places , Maternity , Music , Music Education , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Pharmacy , Tidy Britain , Woods and Trees
Rachael Maskell Portrait
Rachael Maskell
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - York Central
Joined: 14th July 2021
5 APPG Officer Positions
Adoption and Permanence , Ageing and Older People , Child of the North , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Dying Well
48 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Afghan Women and Girls , Animal Welfare , Autism , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Baby Loss , Beer , Beyond Pills , Blockchain Technologies , British Sign Language , Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Carers , Christians in Parliament , City Regions Transport , Classics , Climate Change , Defibrillators , Dentistry and Oral Health , Early Education and Childcare , Environment , Fair Elections , Fairtrade , Faith and Society , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Healthy Homes and Buildings , Heritage Rail , Housing and Care for Older People , Hydrogen , Music Education , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Obesity , Performing Arts Education and Training , Pharmacy , Prostate Cancer , Respiratory Health , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Sepsis , Smoking and Health , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , United Nations Global Goals , University , Visual Arts and Artists , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics , Women in Parliament , Youth Affairs
Lord Banner Portrait
Lord Banner
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 7th May 2025
2 APPG Officer Positions
Defibrillators , Industrialised Construction
6 APPG Memberships
Boxing , Commonwealth , Environment , Ocean , Sepsis , War Crimes
Lord Redesdale Portrait
Lord Redesdale
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Energy Studies
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Dr Simon Opher MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 02072 197116.

Email: simon.opher.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Dr Mike Heyworth, Heyworth Heritage

Email: appag@archaeologyuk.org

Secretariat:

Heyworth Heritage acts as the group's secretariat. http://heyworthheritage.com/

Group's Website:

http://www.appag.org.uk/

Benefits in Kind
Date
4 Feb 2024
Source
The Archaeology Forum
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/02/2024 To : 03/02/2025
Value
£1,501
Date
4 Feb 2023
Source
The Archaeology Forum
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/02/2023 To : 03/02/2024
Value
£3,001
Date
4 Feb 2022
Source
The Archaeology Forum
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/02/2022 To : 03/02/2023
Value
£3,001
Date
4 Feb 2021
Source
The Archaeology Forum
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/02/2021 To : 03/02/2022
Value
£3,001
Date
4 Feb 2020
Source
The Archaeology Forum
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/02/2020 To : 03/02/2021
Value
£3,001
Date
11 Jul 2018
Source
Council for British Archaeology
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
Value
£1,501
Date
11 Jul 2017
Source
Council for British Archaeology
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
Value
£1,501
Date
9 Jun 2015
Source
Council for British Archaeology
Description
Secretariat   From : 09/06/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Archaeology APPG

Former APPG Officers
Tim Loughton Portrait
Tim Loughton
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for East Worthing and Shoreham
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Crathorne Portrait
Lord Crathorne
Officer
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Art, Craft and Design in Education

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Stunell Portrait
Lord Stunell
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord McColl of Dulwich Portrait
Lord McColl of Dulwich
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Healthcare Workers

No other APPG Memberships

Valerie Vaz Portrait
Valerie Vaz
Treasurer
Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Classical Music , Portugal , Publishing

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 22nd July 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn Portrait
Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 25th August 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Valerie Vaz Portrait
Valerie Vaz
Treasurer
Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
3 APPG Officer Positions
Classical Music , Portugal , Publishing

No other APPG Memberships

Paul Flynn Portrait
Paul Flynn
Treasurer
Labour - Former Member for Newport West
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 13th February 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships