Classics APPG

First Registered: 20/11/2024 • Last updated on: 12/01/2026

To provide a forum for parliamentarians to discuss, with others, issues of strategic national importance affecting the teaching and learning of classics in schools, colleges, universities, museums and communities.

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
21 Current APPG Members
Baroness Black of Strome Portrait
Baroness Black of Strome
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Kevin Bonavia Portrait
Kevin Bonavia
Member
Labour - Stevenage
No other APPG Officer Positions
7 APPG Memberships
Access to Justice , Carers , Fair Elections , Homelessness , Life Sciences , Refugees , Theatre
Lord Boswell of Aynho Portrait
Lord Boswell of Aynho
Member
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Baroness Coussins Portrait
Baroness Coussins
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Modern Languages
2 APPG Memberships
Beer , Financial Education for Young People
Earl of Effingham Portrait
Earl of Effingham
Member
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Financial Education for Young People
Lord Evans of Weardale Portrait
Lord Evans of Weardale
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Hope of Craighead Portrait
Lord Hope of Craighead
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord King of Bridgwater Portrait
Lord King of Bridgwater
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Beer
Earl of Oxford and Asquith Portrait
Earl of Oxford and Asquith
Member
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Parekh Portrait
Lord Parekh
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Aid Match , India
Joani Reid Portrait
Joani Reid
Member
Labour - East Kilbride and Strathaven
2 APPG Officer Positions
Antisemitism , Children's Online Safety
1 APPG Membership
Less Survivable Cancers
Louise Sandher-Jones Portrait
Louise Sandher-Jones
Member
Labour - North East Derbyshire
David Smith Portrait
David Smith
Member
Labour - North Northumberland
Lord Thomas of Gresford Portrait
Lord Thomas of Gresford
Member
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Modern Conflict
Lord True Portrait
Lord True
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Peter Swallow MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 01344 918 198.

Email: peter.swallow.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Gráinne Cassidy, The Classical Association. Tel: 07508 610348

Email: appg@classicalassociation.org

Secretariat:

The Classical Association acts as the group's secretariat. https://classicalassociation.org

Group's Website:

https://classicalassociation.org/all-party-parliamentary-group-for-classics/

Date
21 Oct 2024
Source
The Classical Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 21/10/2024 To : 20/10/2025
Value
£1,501
Date
21 Oct 2024
Source
The Classical Association
Description
Secretariat   From: 21/10/2024 To: 20/10/2025
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Classics APPG