Emerging Drugs and Online Behavioural Trends APPG

First Registered: 18/06/2025 • Last updated on: 01/09/2026

Note: This APPG was last registered on 1st September 2026. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 12th October 2026 and may be defunct.

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This APPG addresses the growing threat posed by emerging drug trends, including highly potent synthetic cannabinoids and opioids, such as fentanyl and its derivatives; prescription drug misuse, and the unregulated market of fitness supplements proliferating across the web and dark web.

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 - 16 Current Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Officers
Caroline Johnson Portrait
Caroline Johnson
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham
Joined: 18th June 2025
Departed: 1st September 2026
1 APPG Officer Position
Youth Employment

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Taylor of Holbeach Portrait
Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 18th June 2025
Departed: 1st September 2026
6 APPG Officer Positions
Freight and Logistics , Gardening and Horticulture , Long Covid , Netherlands , Rural Transport , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill Portrait
Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 18th June 2025
Departed: 1st September 2026
1 APPG Officer Position
Allergy

No other APPG Memberships

Darren Paffey Portrait
Darren Paffey
Officer
Labour - Southampton Itchen
Joined: 18th June 2025
Departed: 1st September 2026
5 APPG Officer Positions
Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Central South , Modern Languages , Spain , Water Safety Education

No other APPG Memberships

16 Current APPG Members
Earl Attlee Portrait
Earl Attlee
Member
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Nuclear Energy
Gareth Bacon Portrait
Gareth Bacon
Member
Conservative - Orpington
1 APPG Officer Position
Private Capital
2 APPG Memberships
Sepsis , Transport Safety
Lord Booth Portrait
Lord Booth
Member
Conservative - Life peer
2 APPG Officer Positions
Self-Driving Vehicles , Turnaround and Business Improvement
4 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Commonwealth , Republic of Korea , Sepsis
Lord Brady of Altrincham Portrait
Lord Brady of Altrincham
Member
Conservative - Life peer
6 APPG Officer Positions
Cayman Islands , Responsible Vaping , San Marino , Thailand , UK Innovation Startups and SMEs , Vietnam
6 APPG Memberships
City Regions Transport , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Listed Properties , Republic of Korea , Sepsis
Louie French Portrait
Louie French
Member
Conservative - Old Bexley and Sidcup
2 APPG Officer Positions
Tamils , Tradespeople
2 APPG Memberships
Animal Welfare , British Hindus
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park Portrait
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
Member
Conservative - Life peer
2 APPG Officer Positions
Climate Change , Sustainable Finance
3 APPG Memberships
Antimicrobial Resistance , International Conservation , Modern Conflict
John Hayes Portrait
John Hayes
Member
Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings
6 APPG Officer Positions
Acquired Brain Injury , Craft , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Lebanon , Manufacturing , Skills, Careers and Employment
9 APPG Memberships
Adoption and Permanence , Baby Loss , Boxing , Freight and Logistics , Listed Properties , Multiple Sclerosis , Parks and Green Spaces , Pro-Life , Publishing
Lord Howell of Guildford Portrait
Lord Howell of Guildford
Member
Conservative - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Project Delivery
4 APPG Memberships
Commonwealth , Grid Networks , Nuclear Energy , Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Lord Hunt of Wirral Portrait
Lord Hunt of Wirral
Member
Conservative - Life peer
5 APPG Officer Positions
Insurance and Financial Services , Legal and Constitutional Affairs , Liverpool City Region , Steel and Metals-Related Industries , Thalidomide
2 APPG Memberships
Christians in Parliament , Mutuals
Baroness Jenkin of Kennington Portrait
Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
Member
Conservative - Life peer
4 APPG Officer Positions
Commercial Sexual Exploitation , Dietary Health , Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , Obesity
5 APPG Memberships
Choice at the End of Life , Financial Education for Young People , United Nations Global Goals , Women in Parliament , Women's Health
Lord Kamall Portrait
Lord Kamall
Member
Conservative - Life peer
8 APPG Officer Positions
Beyond Pills , Commonwealth , Creative Health , Dyslexia , Hajj and Umrah , School Food , Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia , Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities
9 APPG Memberships
Aid Match , Antimicrobial Resistance , Blockchain Technologies , ClimateTech , Heritage Rail , India , Less Survivable Cancers , Sepsis , Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Julia Lopez Portrait
Julia Lopez
Member
Conservative - Hornchurch and Upminster
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Beauty and Wellbeing , Sepsis
Lord Markham Portrait
Lord Markham
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Digital Communities , Sepsis
Joy Morrissey Portrait
Joy Morrissey
Member
Conservative - Beaconsfield
3 APPG Officer Positions
Ageing and Older People , British Sikhs , Public Sector Efficiency
5 APPG Memberships
Aviation , Beer , British Jews , Listed Properties , Sepsis
Lord Porter of Spalding Portrait
Lord Porter of Spalding
Member
Conservative - Life peer
3 APPG Officer Positions
Future Homes, Skills and Innovation , UK Innovation Startups and SMEs , Warm Homes
2 APPG Memberships
Housing and Care for Older People , Tidy Britain
Lord Taylor of Warwick Portrait
Lord Taylor of Warwick
Member
Non-affiliated - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Video Games and Esports
26 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Blockchain Technologies , Boxing , Christians in Parliament , Commonwealth , Cyber Security and Business Resilience , Digital Communities , Digital Identity , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Fair Banking , Financial Technology , Football Supporters , Governance and Inclusive Leadership , India , Infrastructure , Listed Properties , Miscarriages of Justice , Music , Mutuals , Performing Arts Education and Training , Prostate Cancer , Publishing , Sepsis , Shakespeare , Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Dr Caroline Johnson MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 5381.

Email: [email protected]

Public Enquiry Point:

Chris Vinante Giovannini

Email: [email protected]

Secretariat:

University of Hertfordshire (Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences Department) and University of Lincoln (Policy Hub, Research and Enterprise Department) jointly act as the group's secretariat. https://www.herts.ac.uk and https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/

Group's Website:

https://appg-emergingdrugs.org.uk/

Benefits in Kind
Date
28 Apr 2025
Source
University of Hertfordshire (Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences Department)
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/04/2025 To : 27/04/2026
Value
£3,001
Date
28 Apr 2025
Source
University of Hertfordshire (Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences Department)
Description
Secretariat   From: 28/04/2025 To: 27/04/2026
Value
£3,001
Date
28 Apr 2025
Source
University of Hertfordshire (Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences Department)
Description
University of Hertfordshire provides the joint secretariat and pays Chris Vinante Giovannini to assist it in this role (updated 28/05/2026).   From: 28/04/2025 To: 27/04/2026
Value
£3,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Emerging Drugs and Online Behavioural Trends APPG