Broadband and Digital Communication APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

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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17 Current APPG Officers
Julian Knight Portrait
Julian Knight
Officer
Independent - Solihull
Joined: 24th February 2020
Alun Cairns Portrait
Alun Cairns
Officer
Conservative - Vale of Glamorgan
Joined: 24th February 2020
Cherilyn Mackrory Portrait
Cherilyn Mackrory
Officer
Conservative - Truro and Falmouth
Joined: 24th February 2020
Jane Hunt Portrait
Jane Hunt
Officer
Conservative - Loughborough
Joined: 24th February 2020
Darren Henry Portrait
Darren Henry
Officer
Conservative - Broxtowe
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Virginia Crosbie Portrait
Virginia Crosbie
Officer
Conservative - Ynys Môn
Joined: 4th May 2022
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Selaine Saxby MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5952.

Email: selaine.saxby.mp@parliament.uk

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 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

Former APPG Officers
Fay Jones Portrait
Fay Jones
Officer
Conservative - Brecon and Radnorshire
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 19th October 2022
1 APPG Membership
Dark Skies
David Duguid Portrait
David Duguid
Officer
Conservative - Banff and Buchan
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 7th September 2022
Andrew Griffith Portrait
Andrew Griffith
Officer
Conservative - Arundel and South Downs
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Simon Hoare Portrait
Simon Hoare
Officer
Conservative - North Dorset
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
2 APPG Memberships
Northern Ireland Economy , Thalidomide
Rebecca Pow Portrait
Rebecca Pow
Officer
Conservative - Taunton Deane
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
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 Memberships
Scott Mann Portrait
Scott Mann
Vice-Chair
Conservative - North Cornwall
Joined: 2nd January 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
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 Memberships
Kirstene Hair Portrait
Kirstene Hair
Acting Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Angus
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
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
Andrew Bowie Portrait
Andrew Bowie
Vice-Chair
Conservative - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 21st November 2018
Victoria Atkins Portrait
Victoria Atkins
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Louth and Horncastle
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 31st January 2018
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 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 Memberships
Anne-Marie Trevelyan Portrait
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
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 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 Memberships
Michael Tomlinson Portrait
Michael Tomlinson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Matt Warman Portrait
Matt Warman
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Boston and Skegness
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
2 APPG Memberships
Digital Inclusion , Future of Work
Hywel Williams Portrait
Hywel Williams
Vice Chair
Plaid Cymru - Arfon
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
Kevan Jones Portrait
Kevan Jones
Vice Chair
Labour - North Durham
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016