Extreme Poverty APPG
First Registered: 17/11/2021 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024
Note: This APPG was last registered on 24th January 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct.
To provide a focal point in the UK parliament for discussion on extreme poverty. To convene key stakeholders working towards the eradication of extreme poverty. To provide practical recommendations for the UK government to tackle extreme poverty.
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Former APPG Officers
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Chris Law
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Dundee Central
Joined: 17th November 2021Departed: 24th January 2024
Lord Purvis of Tweed
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 17th November 2021Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Brown of Silvertown
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 17th November 2021Departed: 24th January 2024
Patrick Grady
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North
Joined: 17th November 2021Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Imran Hussain
Vice Chair
Labour - Bradford East
Joined: 17th November 2021Departed: 24th January 2024
Boxing , Kashmir , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
No other APPG Memberships
Brendan O'Hara
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Joined: 17th November 2021Departed: 24th January 2024
Arbitrary Detention and Hostage Affairs , Genocide Prevention , Greenland , International Law, Justice and Accountability , Yazidis
No other APPG Memberships
Virendra Sharma
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ealing, Southall
Joined: 17th November 2021Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Memberships
Nigel Mills
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Amber Valley
Joined: 11th January 2023Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Vice Chair
Labour - Slough
Joined: 11th January 2023Departed: 24th January 2024
Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , South East , Western Rail Link to Heathrow
No other APPG Memberships
Wera Hobhouse
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Bath
Joined: 17th November 2021Departed: 24th January 2024
Eating Disorders , Emergency Care , Environment , Europe , Net Zero , Renewable and Sustainable Energy
No other APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Bahrain , Immigration Detention , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
No other APPG Memberships
Yasmin Qureshi
Officer
Labour - Bolton South and Walkden
Joined: 17th November 2021Departed: 11th January 2023
Dentistry and Oral Health , Maldives , Obesity , Pakistan , Primodos
No other APPG Memberships
Tom Tugendhat
Vice Chair
Conservative - Tonbridge
Joined: 17th November 2021Departed: 7th September 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details
Show/HideRegistered Contact:
Chris Law MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.
Email: chris.law.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Chris Lyne, BRAC UK, 19 Wootton St, London SE1 8TG. Tel: 020 3434 3071
Email: Chris@bracuk.net
Secretariat:
BRAC UK acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.bracuk.net
Benefits in Kind
Show/Hide25 Oct 2022
BRAC UK
Secretariat From : 25/10/2022 To : 24/10/2023
£19,501
25 Oct 2021
BRAC UK
Secretariat From : 25/10/2021 To : 24/10/2022
£19,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Extreme Poverty APPG