Dalits APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

To draw attention to the discrimination against Dalits (the former untouchables) wherever it occurs and support attempts to eliminate it.

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10 Current APPG Officers
Lord Harries of Pentregarth Portrait
Lord Harries of Pentregarth
Co-Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
3 APPG Memberships
Georgia , Religion in the Media , West Papua
Lord Deben Portrait
Lord Deben
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 14th July 2021
1 APPG Membership
Energy Costs
Lord Cormack Portrait
Lord Cormack
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Jeremy Corbyn Portrait
Jeremy Corbyn
Vice Chair
Independent - Islington North
Joined: 30th July 2015
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Portrait
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 9th August 2023
Lord Cashman Portrait
Lord Cashman
Treasurer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
1 APPG Membership
Bereavement Support
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Yasmin Qureshi MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7019.

Email: yasmin.qureshi.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Meena Varma. Tel: 07966 081 558

Email: varmam@parliament.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Dalits APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Dalits APPG

Former APPG Officers
None Portrait
Kate Green
Officer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 28th June 2023
Chris Bryant Portrait
Chris Bryant
Vice Chair
Labour - Rhondda
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 15th June 2022
Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Worthing West
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 15th June 2022
83 APPG Memberships
12 Step Recovery , Adult Education , Afrikan Reparations , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Austria , BBC , British Muslims , British Overseas Territories , Carbon Monoxide , Children in Police Custody , Citizens' Rights , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Commonwealth , Community Development , Croatia , Cycling and Walking , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Disability , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Explosive Threats , Fatherhood , Film and Broader Screen , Flags and Heraldry , Frozen British Pensions , Global Security and Non-Proliferation , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Holocaust Memorial , Hospice and End of Life Care , Immigration Detention , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Limits to Growth , Manufacturing , Maternity , Media , Media Freedom , Music , Muslim Women , National Parks , National Trust , Night Time Economy , No Recourse to Public Funds , Opera , Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , Park Homes , Performing Arts Education and Training , Photography , Public Accountability , Race and Community , Religion in the Media , Religious Education , Rowing , Scientific , Scotch Whisky , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single Parent Families , Social Enterprise , Social Integration , Social Science and Policy , South East , St George's Day , Sustainable Finance , Tibet , Transport Safety , Ukraine , United Nations , United Nations Women , Vascular and Venous Disease , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , Western Sahara , White Ribbon UK , Wine and Spirits , Wine of Great Britain , Women and Work , Women in Transport , Zimbabwe
Lord Lester of Herne Hill Portrait
Lord Lester of Herne Hill
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Durkan Portrait
Mark Durkan
Secretary
Social Democratic & Labour Party - Former Member for Foyle
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Avebury Portrait
Lord Avebury
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 3rd February 2016
No other APPG Memberships