To promote fairtrade within parliament; to deepen the relationship between local fairtrade organisations and parliamentarians and to further raise awareness of the importance of fairtrade.
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4 Current APPG Officers
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Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion
Children in Wales , Hospitality, Events, Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales , Local Markets
Contact Details
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Martin Rhodes MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.
Email: martin.rhodes.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Sophia Ostler, Fairtrade Foundation
Email: sophia.ostler@fairtrade.org.uk
Secretariat:
Fairtrade Foundation acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/
Benefits in Kind
Show/Hide12 Feb 2025
Fairtrade Foundation
Secretariat From : 12/02/2025 To : 11/02/2026
£1,501
28 Jan 2024
Fairtrade Foundation
Secretariat From : 28/01/2024 To : 27/01/2025
£3,001
28 Jan 2022
Fairtrade Foundation
Secretariat From : 28/01/2022 To : 27/01/2023
£4,501
28 Jan 2021
Fairtrade Foundation
Secretariat From : 28/01/2021 To : 27/01/2022
£3,001
28 Jan 2020
Fairtrade Foundation
Secretariat From : 28/01/2020 To : 27/01/2021
£3,001
12 Jul 2018
Fairtrade Foundation
Secretariat From : 12/07/2018 To : 11/07/2019
£3,001
12 Jul 2017
Fairtrade Foundation
Secretariat From : 12/07/2017 To : 11/07/2018
£3,001
1 Dec 2016
Fairtrade Foundation
Secretariat From : 01/12/2016 To : 30/11/2017
£7,501
1 Dec 2015
Fairtrade Foundation
Secretariat From : 01/12/2015 To : 30/11/2016
£7,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Fairtrade APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Anne McLaughlin
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North East
Joined: 14th July 2021Departed: 30th May 2024
Stuart C McDonald
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Joined: 8th April 2024Departed: 30th May 2024
Jason McCartney
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 30th May 2024
Holly Lynch
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Halifax
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 30th May 2024
Jeff Smith
Vice Chair
Labour - Manchester Withington
Joined: 6th January 2017Departed: 6th March 2024
Virendra Sharma
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ealing, Southall
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
British Hindus
Channel Islands , Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , Ocean , Taiwan , Zoos and Aquariums
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 11th January 2023Departed: 17th May 2023
Armenia , Georgia , Hospitality, Events, Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales
Huw Merriman
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bexhill and Battle
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 19th October 2022
Caroline Lucas
Officer
Green Party - Former Member for Brighton, Pavilion
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 2nd June 2021
Seema Malhotra
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 2nd June 2021
Stephen Doughty
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 2nd June 2021
Catherine McKinnell
Vice Chair
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 2nd June 2021
Lisa Cameron
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 2nd June 2021
Kim Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool Riverside
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 2nd June 2021
Child of the North , Cuba , Miscarriages of Justice , Race and Community , Somaliland
Kirstene Hair
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Angus
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Gareth Snell
Vice-Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
Tracy Brabin
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Batley and Spen
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Will Quince
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Colchester
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 27th March 2019
Cat Smith
Vice-Chair
Labour - Lancaster and Wyre
Joined: 6th January 2017Departed: 10th October 2018
Christianity in the Holy Land , Funerals and Bereavement , Parkrun , West Coast Main Line
Maggie Throup
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Erewash
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 10th October 2018
Mark Durkan
Vice Chair
Social Democratic & Labour Party - Former Member for Foyle
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Carolyn Harris
Vice Chair
Labour - Neath and Swansea East
Joined: 6th January 2017Departed: 2nd May 2017