Deafness APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 12/01/2026

Note: This APPG was last registered on 12th January 2026. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 23rd February 2026 and may be defunct.

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To promote the interests of people who are deaf or have a hearing loss.

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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Former Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Officers
Peter Prinsley Portrait
Peter Prinsley
Vice Chair
Labour - Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
Joined: 12th February 2025
Departed: 12th January 2026
5 APPG Officer Positions
British Jews , Emergency Care , Healthcare Workers , Listed Properties , Prostate Cancer

No other APPG Memberships

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Alison Griffiths
Vice Chair
Conservative - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
Joined: 12th February 2025
Departed: 12th January 2026
5 APPG Officer Positions
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Beauty and Wellbeing , Cyber Innovation , Data Centres , Responsible Business

No other APPG Memberships

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Lord Bruce of Bennachie
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 12th February 2025
Departed: 12th January 2026
1 APPG Officer Position
Aid Match

No other APPG Memberships

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Catherine Atkinson
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Derby North
Joined: 12th February 2025
Departed: 12th January 2026
1 APPG Officer Position
Women in Transport

No other APPG Memberships

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Tommy Sheppard
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Edinburgh East
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Liz Twist
Vice Chair
Labour - Blaydon and Consett
Joined: 1st November 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Grid Networks , Respiratory Health , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention

No other APPG Memberships

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Chloe Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Norwich North
Joined: 1st November 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Lilian Greenwood
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Nottingham South
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Lord Shipley
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mike Penning Portrait
Mike Penning
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Hemel Hempstead
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Ian Mearns
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Gateshead
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Marion Fellows
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Motherwell and Wishaw
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

None Portrait
Rosie Cooper
Vice Chair
 Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 22nd February 2023
3 APPG Officer Positions
Responsible Business , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Tigray

No other APPG Memberships

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Stephen Lloyd
Vice-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Eastbourne
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Jim Fitzpatrick
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Poplar and Limehouse
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

None Portrait
Sir Mike Penning
Vice-Chair
 Joined: 8th November 2017
Departed: 20th December 2017
3 APPG Officer Positions
Responsible Business , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Tigray

No other APPG Memberships

Mike Penning Portrait
Mike Penning
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Hemel Hempstead
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 28th September 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

None Portrait
Neil Carmichael
Vice Chair
 Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
3 APPG Officer Positions
Responsible Business , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Tigray

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Catherine Atkinson MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: catherine.atkinson.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Rob Geaney, RNID

Email: robert.geaney@rnid.org.uk

Secretariat:

RNID acts as the group's secretariat. https://rnid.org.uk

Group's Website:

https://rnid.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-us/the-all-party-parliamentary-group-on-deafness

Benefits in Kind
Date
20 Jul 2023
Source
RNID
Description
Secretariat   From : 20/07/2023 To : 19/07/2024
Value
£1,501
Date
20 Jul 2022
Source
RNID
Description
Secretariat   From : 20/07/2022 To : 19/07/2023
Value
£1,501
Date
20 Jul 2021
Source
RNID
Description
Secretariat   From : 20/07/2021 To : 19/07/2022
Value
£1,501
Date
20 Jul 2020
Source
Action on Hearing Loss
Description
Secretariat   From : 20/07/2020 To : 19/07/2021
Value
£1,501
Date
5 Sep 2018
Source
Action on Hearing Loss
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/09/2018 To : 04/09/2019
Value
£1,501
Date
5 Sep 2017
Source
Action on Hearing Loss
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/09/2017 To : 04/09/2018
Value
£1,501
Date
1 Oct 2016
Source
Action on Hearing Loss
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/10/2016 To : 01/10/2017
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Deafness APPG