Choice at the End of Life APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 08/04/2024

To improve the experience of dying in the UK by promoting and expanding people's choices at the end of life. To promote a change in the law to allow the choice of assisted dying for terminally ill, mentally competent adults.

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4 Current APPG Officers
Karin Smyth Portrait
Karin Smyth
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Bristol South
Joined: 18th July 2018
Kit Malthouse Portrait
Kit Malthouse
Co-Chair
Conservative - North West Hampshire
Joined: 28th September 2017
1 APPG Membership
Central South
Baroness Meacher Portrait
Baroness Meacher
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
1 APPG Membership
Drug Policy Reform
Christine Jardine Portrait
Christine Jardine
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West
Joined: 24th February 2020
2 APPG Memberships
Hydrogen , Malawi
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Karin Smyth MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: karin.smyth.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Thomas Davies, Dignity in Dying, 181 Oxford Street, London W1D 2JT. Tel: 020 7479 7734

Email: thomas.davies@dignityindying.org.uk

Group's Website:

http://www.appg-endoflifechoice.org.uk/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Choice at the End of Life APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Choice at the End of Life APPG

Former APPG Officers
Lucy Allan Portrait
Lucy Allan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Telford
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Caroline Lucas Portrait
Caroline Lucas
Vice Chair
Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
Ben Lake Portrait
Ben Lake
Vice Chair
Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Goddard of Stockport Portrait
Lord Goddard of Stockport
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Stuart C McDonald Portrait
Stuart C McDonald
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Falconer of Thoroton Portrait
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Rachel Hopkins Portrait
Rachel Hopkins
Vice Chair
Labour - Luton South
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Council Housing , Humanist , Pubs
Paul Blomfield Portrait
Paul Blomfield
Vice Chair
Labour - Sheffield Central
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Somaliland , Students , University
Baroness Jenkin of Kennington Portrait
Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Andrew Mitchell Portrait
Andrew Mitchell
Co-Chair
Conservative - Sutton Coldfield
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Nick Boles Portrait
Nick Boles
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Former Member for Grantham and Stamford
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Jim Fitzpatrick Portrait
Jim Fitzpatrick
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Poplar and Limehouse
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Tommy Sheppard Portrait
Tommy Sheppard
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
Kevin Hollinrake Portrait
Kevin Hollinrake
Vice Chair
Conservative - Thirsk and Malton
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Alistair Carmichael Portrait
Alistair Carmichael
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Orkney and Shetland
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
Crispin Blunt Portrait
Crispin Blunt
Vice Chair
Independent - Reigate
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Membership
Drug Policy Reform
Baroness Jay of Paddington Portrait
Baroness Jay of Paddington
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships