British Council APPG
First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 06/03/2024
Note: This APPG was last registered on 6th March 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the British Council and Soft Power APPG?
To help parliamentarians learn more about and better understand the British Council and its work, at home and abroad, to promote the English language alongside British education, culture and values; and to support the British Council, offering advice and encouragement in both its everyday and long-term work.
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Former APPG Officers
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Mark Logan
Vice Chair (East Asia)
Conservative - Former Member for Bolton North East
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Arts and Heritage , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories , Greenland , Poland , Racing and Bloodstock
No other APPG Memberships
Fabian Hamilton
Vice Chair
Labour - Leeds North East
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
British Council and Soft Power , Cycling and Walking , Haiti , Human Rights , Latin America , Morocco
No other APPG Memberships
Catherine West
Vice Chair
Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Grey-Thompson
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 6th March 2024
Rail , Wheelchair Users , Women in Parliament , Women's Football
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Watson of Invergowrie
Vice Chair (Australia & New Zealand)
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 6th June 2018Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Suttie
Vice Chair (Wider Europe)
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 6th March 2024
Baroness Smith of Newnham
Vice Chair (Europe)
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
Baroness Northover
Vice Chair (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
Critical Minerals , Indonesia , Qatar , Scientific
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
Vice Chair (Latin America)
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
BBC , Italy , ITV , Media , Mexico , Publishing , Shakespeare
No other APPG Memberships
Karen Bradley
Vice Chair (Americas)
Conservative - Staffordshire Moorlands
Joined: 24th January 2024Departed: 6th March 2024
Advertising , Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery , North Macedonia
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Brennan
Vice Chair (Middle East and North Africa)
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
Flick Drummond
Vice Chair (Middle East and North Africa)
Conservative - Former Member for Meon Valley
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Virendra Sharma
Vice Chair (South Asia)
Labour - Former Member for Ealing, Southall
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Memberships
John Baron
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Basildon and Billericay
Joined: 6th June 2018Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Karen Bradley
Vice Chair (Americas)
Conservative - Staffordshire Moorlands
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 13th December 2023
Advertising , Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery , North Macedonia
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Thornton
Vice Chair (Social Enterprise)
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 17th May 2023
Media , Parks and Green Spaces , Social, Cooperative, and Community Economy
No other APPG Memberships
Roger Gale
Vice Chair (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Conservative - Herne Bay and Sandwich
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Vice Chair (Youth)
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Brighton, Kemptown
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 9th February 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Hong Kong , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Nigeria , North Korea , Uyghurs , Yazidis
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Purvis of Tweed
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 6th June 2018Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Coussins
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 10th March 2021
Christian Matheson
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for City of Chester
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Conor McGinn
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for St Helens North
Joined: 6th June 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Prisk
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Hertford and Stortford
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Alderdice
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Baroness Hooper
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
CAFOD , Education , Egypt , Haiti , International Law, Justice and Accountability , Latin America , Mexico , Portugal , Spain
No other APPG Memberships
David Warburton
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Former Member for Somerton and Frome
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 26th April 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Cyber Innovation , Debt and Financial Inclusion , Food Banks , PANS PANDAS , Spinal Cord Injury , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details
Show/HideRegistered Contact:
Mr John Baron MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8138.
Email: john.baron.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Ruth Loeffler, British Council, 10 Spring Gardens, London SW1A 2BN. Tel: 07517 829 601
Email: ruth.loeffler@britishcouncil.org
Secretariat:
The British Council acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.britishcouncil.org/
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
Show/Hide12 Feb 2023
The British Council
Secretariat From : 12/02/2023 To : 11/02/2024
£27,001
12 Feb 2022
The British Council
Secretariat From : 12/02/2022 To : 11/02/2023
£27,001
12 Feb 2021
The British Council
Secretariat From : 12/02/2021 To : 11/02/2022
£27,001
12 Feb 2020
The British Council
Secretariat From : 12/02/2020 To : 11/02/2021
£27,001
18 Jul 2018
British Council
Secretariat From : 18/07/2018 To : 17/07/2019
£27,001
18 Jul 2017
British Council
Secretariat From : 18/07/2017 To : 17/07/2018
£46,501
29 Jun 2016
British Council
Secretariat From : 29/06/2016 To : 28/06/2017
£16,501
29 Jun 2015
British Council
Secretariat From : 29/06/2015 To : 31/12/2015
£4,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the British Council APPG