BBC APPG

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

To encourage debate and engage discussion about all elements of the Corporation's work, including the BBC World Service and the BBC’s role within the creative industries.

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
Tom Rutland Portrait
Tom Rutland
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - East Worthing and Shoreham
Joined: 2nd January 2025
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
Nuclear Energy , Ocean , Tennis
Lord Gilbert of Panteg Portrait
Lord Gilbert of Panteg
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 15th June 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
Aviation , Poland , Publishing
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Portrait
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Seamus Logan Portrait
Seamus Logan
Officer
Scottish National Party - Aberdeenshire North and Moray East
Joined: 2nd January 2025
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Tom Rutland MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: tom.rutland.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Helen Deller, BBC. Tel: 07809 597 710

Email: helen.deller@bbc.co.uk

Secretariat:

BBC acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.bbc.co.uk/

No benefits in kind are on record for the BBC APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the BBC APPG

Former APPG Officers
Deidre Brock Portrait
Deidre Brock
Co-Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Edinburgh North and Leith
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jeff Smith Portrait
Jeff Smith
Co-Chair
Labour - Manchester Withington
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Damian Green Portrait
Damian Green
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Ashford
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Brennan of Canton Portrait
Lord Brennan of Canton
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Colum Eastwood Portrait
Colum Eastwood
Vice Chair
Social Democratic & Labour Party - Foyle
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Genocide Prevention , Ireland and the Irish in Britain

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Young of Norwood Green Portrait
Lord Young of Norwood Green
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
T-Levels

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Taylor of Warwick Portrait
Lord Taylor of Warwick
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Video Games and Esports

No other APPG Memberships

Martin Vickers Portrait
Martin Vickers
Vice Chair
Conservative - Brigg and Immingham
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Channel Islands , Gibraltar , Kosovo and Albania , Poland , Rail , Steel and Metals-Related Industries

No other APPG Memberships

Grahame Morris Portrait
Grahame Morris
Vice Chair
Labour - Easington
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Cuba , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Racing and Bloodstock , Radiotherapy

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Menzies Portrait
Mark Menzies
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Fylde
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jason McCartney Portrait
Jason McCartney
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jo Gideon Portrait
Jo Gideon
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Viscount Colville of Culross Portrait
Viscount Colville of Culross
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Theo Clarke Portrait
Theo Clarke
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stafford
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Holly Lynch Portrait
Holly Lynch
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Halifax
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Maria Eagle Portrait
Maria Eagle
Co-Chair
Labour - Liverpool Garston
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Andrew Bowie Portrait
Andrew Bowie
Vice Chair
Conservative - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 11th January 2023
2 APPG Officer Positions
Scotch Whisky , Small Modular Reactors

No other APPG Memberships

Huw Merriman Portrait
Huw Merriman
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Bexhill and Battle
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Christian Matheson Portrait
Christian Matheson
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for City of Chester
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alison McGovern Portrait
Alison McGovern
Vice Chair
Labour - Birkenhead
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ranil Jayawardena Portrait
Ranil Jayawardena
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North East Hampshire
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 7th August 2020
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Gordon of Strathblane Portrait
Lord Gordon of Strathblane
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 24th February 2020
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

John Grogan Portrait
John Grogan
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Keighley
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jeremy Lefroy Portrait
Jeremy Lefroy
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stafford
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest Portrait
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
1 APPG Officer Position
Northern Culture

No other APPG Memberships

Angela Rayner Portrait
Angela Rayner
Secretary
Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 31st August 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships