To develop links between parliamentarians in this country and in Catalonia. To keep Members of Parliament abreast of the ongoing events and debates about Catalan self-determination and to help ensure that debate is carried out in the most democratic way.
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1. Imprisonment of Catalan Leaders
15/10/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: but the position of Her Majesty’s Government on Catalonia is clear: it is a matter for Spain. The United - Speech Link
2: respectful process of dialogue with the Government of Catalonia? Will the Secretary of State commit to pressing - Speech Link
3: which was agreed by Spain—including the people of Catalonia—in 1978, makes it quite clear that it is not legally - Speech Link
2. Catalonia
02/11/2017 - Commons Chamber
1: Spanish unity preserved.The situation in Catalonia is an internal matter for Spain and its people - Speech Link
2: to act in two ways: to call on the parties in Catalonia to enter into talks and to offer their good offices - Speech Link
3: On the comparison between Scotland and Catalonia, no two situations are alike, and each needs to - Speech Link
3. Catalan Independence Referendum
10/10/2017 - Westminster Hall
1: parliamentary group on Catalonia and as someone who observed the referendum in Catalonia last Sunday. I was - Speech Link
2: remarked to me that had events such as those in Catalonia occurred further away—perhaps not in an EU member - Speech Link
3: agreeing without resorting to violence? Given that Catalonia has submitted 19 formal requests to the Spanish - Speech Link
4. Points of Order
11/07/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: members of the all-party parliamentary group on Catalonia.Reference is made to meetings of the APPG - Speech Link
2: Chamber this morning for matters that occur in Catalonia, but I take very seriously the points the hon - Speech Link
3: elected Members of the European Parliament from Catalonia, as reported in The Guardian? I am sure that the - Speech Link
5. Oral Answers to Questions
21/11/2017 - Commons Chamber
1: House is united in our concern about events in Catalonia and how this has been handled over recent weeks - Speech Link
2: and the Government of the UK. The referendum in Catalonia was not legal in that way. We fully support Spain - Speech Link
3: Scottish referendum being a legal referendum, but Catalonia has had no legal routes from which to have a referendum - Speech Link
asked by: Patrick Grady
12/10/2020
... tabled by the hon. Member for Arfon. 2. Catalonia: Sovereignty
asked by: Owen Thompson
08/10/2020
... what discussions he has had with his Spanish counterpart on the disqualification of Quim Torra as President of Catalonia. 3. Catalonia: Sovereignty
asked by: Lord Blencathra
31/10/2019
...To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Spain about that government's treatment of protesters in Catalonia and Barcelona. 4. Catalonia: Sovereignty
asked by: Andrew Rosindell
25/10/2019
... what representations he has made to his Spanish counterpart on the recent prison sentences for Catalan separatist leaders; and if he will make a statement. 5. Catalonia: Sovereignty
asked by: Catherine West
21/10/2019
... whether he has made representations to his Spanish counterpart on the (a) general and (b) police response to pro-independence demonstrations in Catalonia.
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Douglas Chapman
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Dunfermline and West Fife
Joined: 29th March 2017Arctic and Nordic Councils , Denmark , Energy Studies , France , Hydrogen , Photonics and Quantum , Russia , Singapore , Town Centres
Banning Trophy Hunting , Cayman Islands , Critical Minerals , Global Tuberculosis , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Population, Development and Reproductive Health , Qatar , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Ukraine , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , War Crimes
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Contact Details
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Hywel Williams MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8150.
Email: hywel.williams.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Chris Bambery, Office of Hywel Williams MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 2JF. Tel: 07986 085162
Email: appgcatalonia@gmail.com
Group's Website:
No benefits in kind are on record for the Catalonia APPG
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Catalonia APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Lord Rennard
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 29th March 2017Departed: 21st April 2021
Access to Medicines and Medical Devices , Assistive Technology , Banning Trophy Hunting , Cancer , Dark Skies , Diabetes , Disability , Equipment for Disabled Children , Health , Mentoring , Political Literacy , Radiotherapy , Smoking and Health , Taiwan
Roger Godsiff
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Hall Green
Joined: 29th March 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
George Kerevan
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Former Member for East Lothian
Joined: 29th March 2017Departed: 2nd May 2017
Ms Margaret Ritchie
Vice Chair
Joined: 29th March 2017Departed: 2nd May 2017
Australia and New Zealand , Autism , Children , Children who need Palliative Care , Dark Skies , Photography , Respiratory Health , Transport Safety , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Chris Law
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Dundee West
Joined: 29th March 2017Departed: 2nd May 2017
Action on Conflict and Global Britain , Arctic and Nordic Councils , Canada , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Explosive Threats , Fair Business Banking , Listed Properties , Malawi , Motorcycling , Multiple Sclerosis , Scotch Whisky , Tibet , Uyghurs
Margaret Ferrier
Vice Chair
Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Joined: 29th March 2017Departed: 2nd May 2017
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Banning Trophy Hunting , Canada , Fire Safety and Rescue , Food Banks , Hong Kong , Human Rights , Malawi , Mindfulness , Online and Home Electrical Safety , Photonics and Quantum , Road Freight and Logistics