Broadband and Digital Communication APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 30/05/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 30th May 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 7th May 2025 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Digital Communities APPG?

To further the rollout of broadband in rural and urban areas, and to look at digital communication across 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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Former APPG Officers
Flick Drummond Portrait
Flick Drummond
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Meon Valley
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alistair Carmichael Portrait
Alistair Carmichael
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Orkney and Shetland
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Fisheries , Jordan , Marine Energy , Syria

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Timms Portrait
Stephen Timms
Officer
Labour - East Ham
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Selaine Saxby Portrait
Selaine Saxby
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for North Devon
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Liz Saville Roberts Portrait
Liz Saville Roberts
Officer
Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
Julian Knight Portrait
Julian Knight
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Solihull
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alun Cairns Portrait
Alun Cairns
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Vale of Glamorgan
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jerome Mayhew Portrait
Jerome Mayhew
Officer
Conservative - Broadland and Fakenham
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Financial Education for Young People

No other APPG Memberships

Cherilyn Mackrory Portrait
Cherilyn Mackrory
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Truro and Falmouth
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jane Hunt Portrait
Jane Hunt
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Loughborough
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay Portrait
Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ian Liddell-Grainger Portrait
Ian Liddell-Grainger
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Bridgwater and West Somerset
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Greg Smith Portrait
Greg Smith
Officer
Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
Darren Henry Portrait
Darren Henry
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Broxtowe
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Virginia Crosbie Portrait
Virginia Crosbie
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Ynys Môn
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alison Thewliss Portrait
Alison Thewliss
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Menzies Portrait
Mark Menzies
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Fylde
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Fay Jones Portrait
Fay Jones
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Brecon and Radnorshire
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Duguid Portrait
David Duguid
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Banff and Buchan
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 7th September 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Timms Portrait
Stephen Timms
Officer
Labour - East Ham
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Andrew Griffith Portrait
Andrew Griffith
Officer
Conservative - Arundel and South Downs
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 23rd March 2022
3 APPG Officer Positions
Dark Skies , Infant Feeding , Wine of Great Britain

No other APPG Memberships

Simon Hoare Portrait
Simon Hoare
Officer
Conservative - North Dorset
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
6 APPG Officer Positions
Council Tax Reform , Dairy , Local Government , Menopause , Multiple Sclerosis , Theatre

No other APPG Memberships

Rebecca Pow Portrait
Rebecca Pow
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Taunton Deane
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Martin Whitfield Portrait
Martin Whitfield
Officer
Labour - Former Member for East Lothian
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Scott Mann Portrait
Scott Mann
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Cornwall
Joined: 2nd January 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ben Lake Portrait
Ben Lake
Vice-Chair
Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion Preseli
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
4 APPG Officer Positions
Forestry and Timber Security , France , Industrial Hemp , Netherlands

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Gordon of Strathblane Portrait
Lord Gordon of Strathblane
Vice-Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Kirstene Hair Portrait
Kirstene Hair
Acting Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Angus
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

John Lamont Portrait
John Lamont
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 19th June 2019
3 APPG Officer Positions
Blockchain Technologies , Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion , Fairtrade

No other APPG Memberships

Andrew Bowie Portrait
Andrew Bowie
Vice-Chair
Conservative - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 21st November 2018
2 APPG Officer Positions
Scotch Whisky , Small Modular Reactors

No other APPG Memberships

Victoria Atkins Portrait
Victoria Atkins
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Louth and Horncastle
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 31st January 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Kelvin Hopkins Portrait
Kelvin Hopkins
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Luton North
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Calum Kerr Portrait
Calum Kerr
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Joined: 16th March 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Anne-Marie Trevelyan Portrait
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Davies Portrait
Chris Davies
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Brecon and Radnorshire
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Antoinette Sandbach Portrait
Antoinette Sandbach
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Eddisbury
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Michael Tomlinson Portrait
Michael Tomlinson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Matt Warman Portrait
Matt Warman
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Boston and Skegness
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Hywel Williams Portrait
Hywel Williams
Vice Chair
Plaid Cymru - Former Member for Arfon
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Cameron of Dillington Portrait
Lord Cameron of Dillington
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
2 APPG Officer Positions
Dairy , Deep Geothermal

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Beamish Portrait
Lord Beamish
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Selaine Saxby MP,

Email: No email supplied

Public Enquiry Point:

Kieran Bergholcs, JBP Associates, 34 Smith Square, London SW1P 3HL . Tel: 07464 329 467

Email: Kieran.bergholcs@jbp.co.uk

Secretariat:

JBP Associates acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.jbp.co.uk/

Date
21 Jan 2024
Source
JBP Associates
Description
JBP Associates is paid by Independent Networks Cooperative Association and City Fibre Ltd to act as the group's secretariat   From : 21/01/2024 To : 20/01/2025
Value
£4,501
Date
21 Jan 2023
Source
JBP Associates
Description
JBP Associates is paid by Independent Networks Cooperative Association and City Fibre Ltd to act as the group's secretariat   From : 21/01/2023 To : 20/01/2024
Value
£4,501
Date
5 Nov 2015
Source
Political Intelligence
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/11/2015 To : 04/11/2016
Value
£4,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Broadband and Digital Communication APPG