Digital Markets and Digital Money APPG

First Registered: 20/11/2024 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

Note: This APPG was last registered on 7th May 2025. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Financial Markets and Services APPG?

The APPG covers the regulation of digital financial markets, regulated currencies (retail/wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC), Tokenised Deposits and Stablecoin), and all aspects of current and emerging forms of money and payment from cash to CBDCs. It will look at the development of the future UK/global payments landscape.

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Former Officers - 2 Current Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

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Former APPG Officers

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Lauren Edwards

Chair & Registered Contact

Labour - Rochester and Strood

Joined: 20th November 2024
Departed: 7th May 2025

5 APPG Officer Positions
Cricket , Financial Markets and Services , Insurance and Financial Services , Local Growth , Skills, Careers and Employment

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Ranger of Northwood

Co-Chair

Conservative - Life peer

Joined: 20th November 2024
Departed: 7th May 2025

2 APPG Officer Positions
Artificial Intelligence , Lithuania

No other APPG Memberships

Blake Stephenson

Officer

Conservative - Mid Bedfordshire

Joined: 20th November 2024
Departed: 7th May 2025

5 APPG Officer Positions
East of England , Infrastructure , Manufacturing , Pensions and Growth , Pubs

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Verma

Officer

Conservative - Life peer

Joined: 20th November 2024
Departed: 7th May 2025

9 APPG Officer Positions
Children , Democratic Republic of Congo , Digital Inclusion , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Governance and Inclusive Leadership , India , Kurds , Obstructive Sleep Apnoea , Tamils

No other APPG Memberships

2 Current APPG Members

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Lauren Edwards

Member

Labour - Rochester and Strood

5 APPG Officer Positions
Cricket , Financial Markets and Services , Insurance and Financial Services , Local Growth , Skills, Careers and Employment
16 APPG Memberships
Apprenticeships , Assistive and Accessible Technology , Blockchain Technologies , Bus and Coach , Cats , Council Tax Reform , Defence Technology , Environment , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Future of Work , Humanist , Listed Properties , Net Zero , Social, Cooperative, and Community Economy , South East , University

Lord Ranger of Northwood

Member

Conservative - Life peer

2 APPG Officer Positions
Artificial Intelligence , Lithuania
4 APPG Memberships
Commonwealth , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , India , London

Contact Details

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Registered Contact:

Lauren Edwards MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: lauren.edwards.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Andrew Henderson, Portdex Ltd. Tel: 01256 861813

Email: andrew@appgcbdc.org.uk

Secretariat:

Portdex Ltd acts as the group's secretariat. https://portdex.com/

Group's Website:

https://appgcbdc.org.uk/

Benefits in Kind

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Date
21 Oct 2024

Source
Portdex Ltd

Description
Portdex Ltd is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: paywith.glass (on behalf of the Digital Financial Markets Consortium), De La Rue plc From : 21/10/2024 To : 20/10/2025

Value
£16,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Digital Markets and Digital Money APPG