Defence Technology APPG

First Registered: 02/01/2025 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

The APPG promotes engagement with the UK's defence tech sector, fostering collaboration among parliamentarians, industry, and stakeholders. It explores technological developments, assesses their impact on national security, and addresses policy challenges, supporting innovation and growth to enhance the UK's defence capabilities.

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
4 Current APPG Officers
Neil Shastri-Hurst Portrait
Neil Shastri-Hurst
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Solihull West and Shirley
Joined: 2nd January 2025
Fred Thomas Portrait
Fred Thomas
Co-Chair
Labour - Plymouth Moor View
Joined: 2nd January 2025
2 APPG Officer Positions
Boxing , Modern Conflict
3 APPG Memberships
Key Cities , Listed Properties , Water Pollution
Sarah Bool Portrait
Sarah Bool
Officer
Conservative - South Northamptonshire
Joined: 2nd January 2025
35 Current APPG Members
Luke Akehurst Portrait
Luke Akehurst
Member
Labour - North Durham
Baroness Buscombe Portrait
Baroness Buscombe
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Beer
Lord Cromwell Portrait
Lord Cromwell
Member
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Louise Jones Portrait
Louise Jones
Member
Labour - North East Derbyshire
No other APPG Officer Positions
5 APPG Memberships
Classics , Financial Technology , Long Covid , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Women in Parliament
Chris Kane Portrait
Chris Kane
Member
Labour - Stirling and Strathallan
Peter Lamb Portrait
Peter Lamb
Member
Labour - Crawley
Gagan Mohindra Portrait
Gagan Mohindra
Member
Conservative - South West Hertfordshire
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Beer , Waterways
Lord Mott Portrait
Lord Mott
Member
Conservative - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Inclusion and Nurture in Education
2 APPG Memberships
Ocean , Prostate Cancer
Lord Mountevans Portrait
Lord Mountevans
Member
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
1 APPG Officer Position
Latin America
2 APPG Memberships
Greece , Nuclear Energy
David Reed Portrait
David Reed
Member
Conservative - Exmouth and Exeter East
2 APPG Officer Positions
Explosive Weapons and their Impact , Foreign Affairs

No other APPG Memberships

Kenneth Stevenson Portrait
Kenneth Stevenson
Member
Labour - Airdrie and Shotts
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Bradley Thomas Portrait
Bradley Thomas
Member
Conservative - Bromsgrove
James Wild Portrait
James Wild
Member
Conservative - North West Norfolk
Martin Wrigley Portrait
Martin Wrigley
Member
Liberal Democrat - Newton Abbot
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: neil.shastrihurst.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

James Clark, APPG Secretariat Services Ltd. Tel: 07748 523 686

Email: secretariat@defencetechappag.org.uk

Secretariat:

APPG Secretariat Services Ltd acts as the group's secretariat.

Group's Website:

https://www.defencetechappg.org.uk/

Date
19 Nov 2024
Source
APPG Secretariat Services Ltd
Description
Secretariat   From : 19/11/2024 To : 18/11/2025
Value
£60,001
Date
19 Nov 2024
Source
APPG Secretariat Services Ltd
Description
APPG Secretariat Services Ltd is paid by Lockheed Martin to act as the group's secretariat   From : 19/11/2024 To : 18/11/2025
Value
£60,001
Date
19 Nov 2024
Source
APPG Secretariat Services Ltd
Description
APPG Secretariat Services Ltd is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Lockheed Martin, Capita, Leonardo, Story Homes, Ultra Electronics   From : 19/11/2024 To : 18/11/2025
Value
£60,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Defence Technology APPG

Former APPG Officers
Kevin Bonavia Portrait
Kevin Bonavia
Officer
Labour - Stevenage
Joined: 2nd January 2025
Departed: 12th February 2025
2 APPG Officer Positions
Legal and Constitutional Affairs , Space

No other APPG Memberships