Drones and Modern Conflict APPG

First Registered: 14/07/2021 • Last updated on: 28/06/2023

Note: This APPG was last registered on 28th June 2023. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 20th November 2024 and may be defunct.

To examine the capabilities and commitments driving contemporary warfare (including working by, with and through partners, use of drones and technological capabilities, and increase in covert operations) which are outpacing conventional oversight mechanisms and safeguarding regimes, and resulting in rising civilian casualties worldwide.

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
Former APPG Members
Stewart Malcolm McDonald Portrait
Stewart Malcolm McDonald
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow South
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Stern Portrait
Baroness Stern
Co-Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Alex Sobel Portrait
Alex Sobel
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 28th June 2023
5 APPG Memberships
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Ukraine , West Papua
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle Portrait
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Vice Chair
Green Party - Life peer
Joined: 29th December 2021
Departed: 28th June 2023
1 APPG Membership
Respiratory Health
Baroness Smith of Newnham Portrait
Baroness Smith of Newnham
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 28th June 2023
1 APPG Membership
Germany
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts Portrait
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Gill Furniss Portrait
Gill Furniss
Vice Chair
Labour - Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
Caroline Lucas Portrait
Caroline Lucas
Vice Chair
Green Party - Former Member for Brighton, Pavilion
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Stewart Malcolm McDonald MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 6388.

Email: stewart.mcdonald.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Aditi Gupta, Office of Gill Furniss MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. Tel: 07876 688 351

Email: guptaab@parliament.uk

Group's Website:

http://appgdrones.org.uk/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Drones and Modern Conflict APPG

Date
5 Apr 2022
Source
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
Value
£4,425
Date
4 Jan 2022
Source
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
Value
£4,425
Date
20 Dec 2021
Source
Polden Puckham Charitable Foundation
Value
£20,000
Date
20 Oct 2021
Source
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
Value
£16,000
Date
5 Oct 2021
Source
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
Value
£4,425
Date
6 Jul 2021
Source
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
Value
£15,575