British Council and Soft Power APPG

First Registered: 02/01/2025 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To help parliamentarians learn more about the British Council and its work, at home and abroad, to promote English alongside British education, culture and values; to promote the impact of this soft power; and to support the British Council, offering advice and encouragement in both its everyday and long-term work.

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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Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
Chris Webb Portrait
Chris Webb
Vice Chair
Labour - Blackpool South
Joined: 2nd January 2025
16 Current APPG Members
Karen Bradley Portrait
Karen Bradley
Member
Conservative - Staffordshire Moorlands
Helen Grant Portrait
Helen Grant
Member
Conservative - Maidstone and Malling
Lord Ricketts Portrait
Lord Ricketts
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Tarassenko Portrait
Lord Tarassenko
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
Explosive Weapons and their Impact , Life Sciences , University
Melanie Ward Portrait
Melanie Ward
Member
Labour - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
1 APPG Officer Position
United Nations
3 APPG Memberships
Afghan Women and Girls , Less Survivable Cancers , Women in Parliament
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Fabian Hamilton MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 3493.

Email: fabian.hamilton.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Ciaran Norris, British Council. Tel: 079 3534 1802

Email: ciaran.norris@britishcouncil.org

Secretariat:

British Council acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.britishcouncil.org/

Group's Website:

https://appg.britishcouncil.org

Date
29 Oct 2024
Source
British Council
Description
Secretariat   From : 29/10/2024 To : 28/10/2025
Value
£7,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the British Council and Soft Power APPG