Fairs and Showgrounds APPG
First Registered: 13/11/2015 • Last updated on: 17/11/2021
Note: This APPG was last registered on 17th November 2021. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 15th June 2022 and may be defunct.
To help the industry in convening meetings with government departments who are introducing legislation to change existing legislation to the detriment of the fairs and showgrounds industry.
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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Alison Thewliss
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 17th November 2021
33 APPG Memberships
Afghanistan , Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Bahá'í Faith , British Hindus , Cameroon , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drug Policy Reform , Fair Business Banking , Financial Markets and Services , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Gaps in Support , HIV and AIDS , Hospitality and Tourism , Immigration Detention , Inclusive Growth , India , Industrial Heritage , International Students , Jazz , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Markets , Maternity , Mortgage Prisoners , Museums , Ovarian Cancer , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities , Theatre , Ticket Abuse , United Nations Women , White Ribbon UK , Working at Height , Yemen
Afghanistan , Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Bahá'í Faith , British Hindus , Cameroon , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drug Policy Reform , Fair Business Banking , Financial Markets and Services , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Gaps in Support , HIV and AIDS , Hospitality and Tourism , Immigration Detention , Inclusive Growth , India , Industrial Heritage , International Students , Jazz , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Markets , Maternity , Mortgage Prisoners , Museums , Ovarian Cancer , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities , Theatre , Ticket Abuse , United Nations Women , White Ribbon UK , Working at Height , Yemen
Marion Fellows
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Motherwell and Wishaw
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 17th November 2021
13 APPG Memberships
Boys' Brigade , Financial Education for Young People , Food Banks , Global Education , Italy , Lithuania , Oracy , Post Offices , State Pension Inequality for Women , Steel and Metal Related Industries , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Tibet , United Nations Women
Boys' Brigade , Financial Education for Young People , Food Banks , Global Education , Italy , Lithuania , Oracy , Post Offices , State Pension Inequality for Women , Steel and Metal Related Industries , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Tibet , United Nations Women
Emma Lewell-Buck
Vice Chair
Labour - South Shields
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 17th November 2021
David Linden
Secretary & Treasurer
Scottish National Party - Glasgow East
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 17th November 2021
14 APPG Memberships
Belgium , Ceramics , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Epilepsy , Faith and Society , Financial Resilience , Luxembourg , One Punch Assaults , Parkrun , Poverty , Running , Scotch Whisky , West Coast Main Line , Youth Affairs
Belgium , Ceramics , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Epilepsy , Faith and Society , Financial Resilience , Luxembourg , One Punch Assaults , Parkrun , Poverty , Running , Scotch Whisky , West Coast Main Line , Youth Affairs
Rosie Cooper
Officer
Labour - West Lancashire
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 17th November 2021
23 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Belgium , Bermuda , Bladder and Bowel Continence Care , Corporate Responsibility , Deafness , Dying Well , Funerals and Bereavement , Furniture Industry , Future of Retail , Gardening and Horticulture , Haiti , Indonesia , Luxembourg , Maldives , Media , New Towns , Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse , Sustainable Flood and Drought Management , Tunisia , United Nations Women , West Coast Main Line , Whistleblowing
Adult Social Care , Belgium , Bermuda , Bladder and Bowel Continence Care , Corporate Responsibility , Deafness , Dying Well , Funerals and Bereavement , Furniture Industry , Future of Retail , Gardening and Horticulture , Haiti , Indonesia , Luxembourg , Maldives , Media , New Towns , Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse , Sustainable Flood and Drought Management , Tunisia , United Nations Women , West Coast Main Line , Whistleblowing
David Amess
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate
Co-Chairman
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 10th March 2021
Wendy Morton
Vice-Chairman
Conservative - Aldridge-Brownhills
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
David Crausby
Vice-Chairman
Labour - Former Member for Bolton North East
Joined: 15th February 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Claire Perry
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Devizes
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Kwasi Kwarteng
Treasurer
Conservative - Spelthorne
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
David Crausby
Co-Chair
Labour - Former Member for Bolton North East
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 6th January 2017
No other APPG Memberships
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Public Enquiry Point:
Desmond Fitzgerald, Showmen's Guild of Great Britain, Central Office, Guild House, 41 Clarence Street, London TW18 4SY. Tel: 01894 461805
No benefits in kind are on record for the Fairs and Showgrounds APPG
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Fairs and Showgrounds APPG