To facilitate discussion between Durham University, parliamentarians and other interested parties; to build a bridge between academia and policy-making, highlighting the research and teaching excellence at Durham University and how that might help inform policy challenges in County Durham, the North East and beyond.
1. Durham University
23/10/2019 - APPGs
Found: To facilitate discussion between Durham University, parliamentarians and other interested parties; to
2. Durham University - written evidence
05/09/2018 - Inquiry: The Social Impact of Participation in Culture and Sport - Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
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Found: Written evidence - Durham UniversityWritten evidence submitted by Durham University Response to the Digital
3. Durham (University) Energy Institute - written evidence
31/10/2018 - Inquiry: Carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) - Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee
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Found: Written evidence - Durham (University) Energy InstituteWritten evidence submitted by Durham (University) Energy
4. Durham University - written evidence
31/01/2018 - Inquiry: Trade and the Commonwealth: Australia and New Zealand - International Trade Committee
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Found: Written evidence - Durham UniversityWritten Evidence Submitted by Dr Anamaria Nicolae and Mr Michael
5. Coombs v Information Commissioner and University of Durham: [2019] UKUT 119 (AAC)
04/07/2019 - Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
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Found: Coombs v Information Commissioner and University of Durham: [2019] UKUT 119 (AAC) - GOV.UK
1. Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Further Implementation etc.) Regulations 2019
05/06/2019 - Lords Chamber
1: -awarding powers or the right to call itself a university. Since its formation on January 1 2018, and as - Speech Link
2: which is university title. The OfS assumed responsibility for determining applications for university title - Speech Link
3: individual research councils and definitions of a university in previous legislation, replacing them with - Speech Link
2. Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
12/07/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: the point made by the right hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Jones), had Darwin been suppressed, that would - Speech Link
2: sexual violence cases, which are rife on our university campuses. On the deep principles that he holds - Speech Link
3: a matter of principle, every student at every university in every corner of the country should have the - Speech Link
3. Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North East of England) Regulations 2020
12/10/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Gateshead, County Durham and Sunderland. Families in these areas are no - Speech Link
2: Public health directors were ignored, NHS and university lab capacity was overlooked and, as the Institute - Speech Link
3: those job losses is obviously not far behind. University students, already fearful for their future, are - Speech Link
4. Shotley Bridge Community Hospital
06/10/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: been at the heart of the community in North West Durham since it was founded as a sanatorium for tuberculosis - Speech Link
2: support in not only his constituency but North Durham, which the hospital also serves. If the moneys - Speech Link
3: afflicted hospitals and facilities across County Durham.Finally, I want to highlight the great work - Speech Link
5. Offender Management: Checkpoint Programme
27/02/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: the findings of the Checkpoint programme, run by Durham Constabulary, to reduce reoffending rates and custodial - Speech Link
2: multi-agency pre-court diversion scheme used by Durham Constabulary for adult offenders who have committed - Speech Link
3: from Durham—just near Durham. I want to intervene in this debate largely to recognise what Durham did - Speech Link
asked by: Julian Lewis
24/02/2021
... (b) require such speakers to submit their speeches to the Union in advance and (c) cancel the invitations to such speakers or require that additional speakers should also be invited; what the legal basis is for student unions to exercise such powers against speakers whom they judge to be controversial; what recent assessment he has made of whether universities are meeting their obligations to (i) protect freedom of speech and (ii) exercise any necessary restrictions on speaker invitations by student societies which pose an identifiable threat to students on campus; and what assessment he has made of whether those obligations require review. 2. NHS: Durham
asked by: Richard Holden
15/02/2021
... what NHS facilities in the Durham county council area are under PFI contracts; and what the (a)(i) start and (ii) end date is and (b) other terms and conditions are of those contracts. 3. Railways: Durham
asked by: Richard Holden
29/01/2020
... whether his Department received representations from (a) Durham county council and (b) the previous Member for North West Durham on re-opening a rail link to Consett between the end of April 2017 and 14 November 2019. 4. Durham Prison
asked by: Richard Burgon
19/02/2019
... to which prison the modern scanning equipment that staff in HMP Durham noted had been promised was diverted to. 5. Schools: Durham
asked by: Grahame Morris
08/02/2019
... what resources his Department provides to Durham County Council for (a) the extension and modernisation of dilapidated school buildings and (b) the construction of new schools.
7 Current APPG Officers
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Cerebral Palsy , Coalfield Communities , Housing in the North , Renters and Rental Reform , Smoking and Health
Antisemitism , Bahrain , Belize , British Museum , British Overseas Territories , Cayman Islands , Dark Skies , Greece , Independent Education , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Laos , Montserrat , Singapore , Spinal Cord Injury , Sustainable Aviation , Thailand , Vietnam , Wine and Spirits
'Left Behind' Neighbourhoods , Accounting for Growth , Adult Education , Coalfield Communities , Conservation, Places and People , County , Cycling and Walking , Financial Education for Young People , Furniture Industry , Housing and Planning , Housing in the North , Industrial Heritage , Net Zero , Sixth Form Education , UK Shared Prosperity Fund , Weddings
Adoption and Permanence , Armed Forces Covenant , Brazil , Fair Business Banking , Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , Hospice and End of Life Care , Housing Market and Housing Delivery , Markets , Northern Powerhouse , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Personal Banking and Fairer Financial Services , Social Integration , Town Centres
Banning Trophy Hunting , Coastal Communities , Cuba , East Coast Main Line , Fair Business Banking , Greyhound , Housing in the North , Multiple Sclerosis , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Thalidomide , Venezuela , Women's Health
Contact Details
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Mary Kelly Foy MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 3000.
Email: mary.foy.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Rachael Richards, Durham University, The Palatine Centre, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE. Tel: 07880 413 629
No benefits in kind are on record for the Durham University APPG
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Durham University APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Bob Blackman
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Harrow East
Joined: 23rd October 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Alevis , Antisemitism , Azerbaijan , Bahá'í Faith , Bangladesh , Beer , British Hindus , British Jews , Building Communities , Commonwealth , Council of Sri Lankan Muslim Organisations UK , Dark Skies , Equitable Life Policyholders , Foreign Affairs , Holocaust Memorial , Homelessness , Housing and Social Mobility , India , Indian Traditional Sciences , Internet, Communications and Technology , Israel , Nepal , Night Time Economy , Parks and Green Spaces , Pension Scams , Renters and Rental Reform , Romania , Sixth Form Education , SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders , Smoking and Health , Sri Lanka , Tamils , Thalassaemia , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics
Victoria Prentis
Vice Chair
Conservative - Banbury
Joined: 23rd October 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Huw Merriman
Secretary
Conservative - Bexhill and Battle
Joined: 23rd October 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Autism , BBC , Fairtrade , Fruit, Vegetables and Horticulture , Knife Crime and Violence Reduction , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Portugal
British Sikhs