A forum for parliamentarians to be informed and discuss challenges and opportunities within eye health and issues facing people living with sight loss. To also build the understanding of parliamentarians and civil society to support their effective advocacy and scrutiny of relevant UK government departments.
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4 Current APPG Officers
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Brain Tumours , Households in Temporary Accommodation , Men and Boys' Issues , Women in Parliament , Youth Affairs
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
Financial Education for Young People
Contact Details
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Marsha De Cordova MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 0209.
Email: marsha.decordova.mp@parliament.uk
Secretariat:
Royal National Institute of Blind People and Thomas Pocklington Trust jointly act as the group's secretariat. https://www.rnib.org.uk/ and https://www.pocklington.org.uk/
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
Show/Hide11 Sep 2024
Thomas Pocklington Trust
Joint secretariat From : 11/09/2024 To : 10/09/2025
£9,001
11 Sep 2024
Royal National Institute of Blind People
Joint Secretariat From : 11/09/2024 To : 10/09/2025
£9,001
10 Feb 2024
Royal National Institute of Blind People
Royal National Institute of Blind People acts as the group's secretariat and pays Thomas Pocklington Trust to assist them in this role From : 10/02/2024 To : 09/02/2025
£39,001
10 Feb 2023
Royal National Institute of Blind People
Secretariat From : 10/02/2023 To : 09/02/2024
£19,501
10 Feb 2023
Royal National Institute of Blind People
Royal National Institute of Blind People acts as the group's secretariat and pays Thomas Pocklington Trust to assist them in this role From : 10/02/2023 To : 09/02/2024
£19,501
10 Feb 2022
Royal National Institute of Blind People
Secretariat From : 10/02/2022 To : 09/02/2023
£6,001
6 Jun 2018
Bayer
Met costs of an inquiry (staff time of employee from Royal National Institute of Blind People and a reception)
£31,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Eye Health and Visual Impairment APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Peter Gibson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Darlington
Joined: 22nd July 2022Departed: 30th May 2024
Lord Low of Dalston
Co-Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 23rd December 2015Departed: 30th May 2024
British Sikhs , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single-Parent Families
Florence Eshalomi
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
Kate Osamor
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton and Winchmore Hill
Joined: 22nd July 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
Jim Shannon
Co-Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 23rd December 2015Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Holmes of Richmond
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 29th August 2018Departed: 4th May 2022
Cheryl Gillan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 31st January 2018Departed: 10th March 2021
Lord Austin of Dudley
Officer
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 23rd December 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Edward Argar
Vice Chair
Conservative - Melton and Syston
Joined: 23rd December 2015Departed: 18th July 2018
Cheryl Gillan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 20th December 2017
Nusrat Ghani
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Sussex Weald
Joined: 23rd December 2015Departed: 15th February 2017
Maria Caulfield
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for Lewes
Joined: 23rd December 2015Departed: 15th February 2017
Khalid Mahmood
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr
Joined: 23rd December 2015Departed: 15th February 2017
Angela Rayner
Vice Chair
Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne
Joined: 23rd December 2015Departed: 15th February 2017