Consumer Protection APPG

First Registered: 28/04/2016 • Last updated on: 28/03/2025

To provide a voice for ordinary retail consumers across a range of sectors in the UK economy; to raise awareness of issues, rights and obligations in the field of consumer protection with parliamentarians and the wider public.

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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4 Current APPG Officers
Gill Furniss Portrait
Gill Furniss
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Joined: 28th March 2025
Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell Portrait
Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th March 2025
1 APPG Membership
Financial Technology
Earl of Lindsay Portrait
Earl of Lindsay
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 17th May 2023
1 APPG Membership
Fair Banking
Mark Sewards Portrait
Mark Sewards
Vice Chair
Labour - Leeds South West and Morley
Joined: 28th March 2025
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Gill Furniss MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 0364.

Email: gill.furniss.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Kerry Nicol, Chartered Trading Standards Institute. Tel: 01268 582204

Email: kerryn@tsi.org.uK

Secretariat:

Chartered Trading Standards Institute acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.tradingstandards.uk/

Date
20 Jan 2024
Source
Chartered Trading Standards Institute
Description
Secretariat   From : 20/01/2024 To : 19/01/2025
Value
£4,501
Date
20 Jan 2023
Source
Chartered Trading Standards Institute
Description
Secretariat   From : 20/01/2023 To : 19/01/2024
Value
£4,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Consumer Protection APPG

Former APPG Officers
Yvonne Fovargue Portrait
Yvonne Fovargue
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Makerfield
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Altmann Portrait
Baroness Altmann
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 13th February 2019
Departed: 30th May 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Ageing and Older People , Get Refusal
Patricia Gibson Portrait
Patricia Gibson
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for North Ayrshire and Arran
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Darren Jones Portrait
Darren Jones
Vice Chair
Labour - Bristol North West
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Swindon
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 2nd January 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Richard Arkless Portrait
Richard Arkless
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Dumfries and Galloway
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Marie Rimmer Portrait
Marie Rimmer
Vice Chair
Labour - St Helens South and Whiston
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 2nd May 2017
Anne McLaughlin Portrait
Anne McLaughlin
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North East
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
John Howell Portrait
John Howell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Henley
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Marie Rimmer Portrait
Marie Rimmer
Vice Chair
Labour - St Helens South and Whiston
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 15th February 2017
Victoria Prentis Portrait
Victoria Prentis
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Banbury
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 15th February 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Michael Fabricant Portrait
Michael Fabricant
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Lichfield
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 15th February 2017
No other APPG Memberships