Bangladesh APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To foster a greater understanding of the country of Bangladesh and provide a conduit for the Bangladeshi community here in the UK.

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
Apsana Begum Portrait
Apsana Begum
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Poplar and Limehouse
Joined: 20th November 2024
Rachel Blake Portrait
Rachel Blake
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Cities of London and Westminster
Joined: 20th November 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Micromobility
3 APPG Memberships
Homelessness , Listed Properties , London
Lord Hussain Portrait
Lord Hussain
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 20th November 2024
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Apsana Begum MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 6826.

Email: apsana.begum.mp@parliament.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Bangladesh APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Bangladesh APPG

Former APPG Officers
Tom Hunt Portrait
Tom Hunt
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Ipswich
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Rupa Huq Portrait
Rupa Huq
Officer
Labour - Ealing Central and Acton
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
Lord Alton of Liverpool Portrait
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Hong Kong , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Nigeria , North Korea , Uyghurs , Yazidis

No other APPG Memberships

Rushanara Ali Portrait
Rushanara Ali
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Bethnal Green and Stepney
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Dholakia Portrait
Lord Dholakia
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mohammad Yasin Portrait
Mohammad Yasin
Vice Chair
Labour - Bedford
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Adult Social Care , Bahrain , Immigration Detention , Kuwait , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , Yemen

No other APPG Memberships

Virendra Sharma Portrait
Virendra Sharma
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ealing, Southall
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Naz Shah Portrait
Naz Shah
Vice Chair
Labour - Bradford West
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Foreign Affairs , Islamic and Ethical Finance

No other APPG Memberships

Shabana Mahmood Portrait
Shabana Mahmood
Vice Chair
Labour - Birmingham Ladywood
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Khalid Mahmood Portrait
Khalid Mahmood
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tahir Ali Portrait
Tahir Ali
Vice Chair
Labour - Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Jordan , Kashmir , Kuwait , Turkey , Yemen

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Bilimoria Portrait
Lord Bilimoria
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
India , International Students , Manufacturing

No other APPG Memberships

Imran Hussain Portrait
Imran Hussain
Vice Chair
Labour - Bradford East
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Boxing , Kashmir , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

No other APPG Memberships

Afzal Khan Portrait
Afzal Khan
Vice Chair
Labour - Manchester Rusholme
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Bahrain , British Muslims , Greater Manchester , Pakistan , Parks and Green Spaces

No other APPG Memberships

Chi Onwurah Portrait
Chi Onwurah
Vice Chair
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Africa , Engineering , Jazz , Space

No other APPG Memberships

Jonathan Reynolds Portrait
Jonathan Reynolds
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Stalybridge and Hyde
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Valerie Vaz Portrait
Valerie Vaz
Vice Chair
Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Classical Music , Gardening and Horticulture , Parkrun , Portugal , Publishing

No other APPG Memberships

Bob Blackman Portrait
Bob Blackman
Vice Chair
Conservative - Harrow East
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
Tony Lloyd Portrait
Tony Lloyd
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Rochdale
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Geraint Davies Portrait
Geraint Davies
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Swansea West
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Sheikh Portrait
Lord Sheikh
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 7th September 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

None Portrait
Baroness Tonge
Vice Chair
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 27th January 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jim Shannon Portrait
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
None Portrait
Viscount Waverley
Vice Chair
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Nicholas Dakin Portrait
Nicholas Dakin
Vice Chair
Labour - Scunthorpe
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Paul Scully Portrait
Paul Scully
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Sutton and Cheam
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jim Fitzpatrick Portrait
Jim Fitzpatrick
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Poplar and Limehouse
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Anne Main Portrait
Anne Main
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for St Albans
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Theresa Villiers Portrait
Theresa Villiers
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chipping Barnet
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 23rd October 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Will Quince Portrait
Will Quince
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Colchester
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 27th March 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Ahmed Portrait
Lord Ahmed
Treasurer
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 10th October 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Field Portrait
Mark Field
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Cities of London and Westminster
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Simon Danczuk Portrait
Simon Danczuk
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Rochdale
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships