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.
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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Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
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2 APPG Officer Positions
Events , University
6 APPG Memberships
Afghan Women and Girls , Micromobility , Mutuals , Social, Cooperative, and Community Economy , Theatre , United Nations Global Goals
Events , University
6 APPG Memberships
Afghan Women and Girls , Micromobility , Mutuals , Social, Cooperative, and Community Economy , Theatre , United Nations Global Goals
2 APPG Officer Positions
Food and Drink , Volunteer Rescue Services
4 APPG Memberships
Blockchain Technologies , Internet, Communications and Technology , Nuclear Energy , Serbia
Food and Drink , Volunteer Rescue Services
4 APPG Memberships
Blockchain Technologies , Internet, Communications and Technology , Nuclear Energy , Serbia
5 APPG Officer Positions
Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Poland , Single-Parent Families , University , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
26 APPG Memberships
Access to Justice , Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Armenia , Aviation , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Beer , Boxing , CAFOD , Diabetes , Environment , Fair Elections , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Get Refusal , Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , India , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , London , Micromobility , Music , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Social Science and Policy , Tidy Britain , Visual Arts and Artists , Women affected by the Criminal Justice System , Women's Health
Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Poland , Single-Parent Families , University , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
26 APPG Memberships
Access to Justice , Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Armenia , Aviation , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Beer , Boxing , CAFOD , Diabetes , Environment , Fair Elections , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Get Refusal , Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , India , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , London , Micromobility , Music , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Social Science and Policy , Tidy Britain , Visual Arts and Artists , Women affected by the Criminal Justice System , Women's Health
2 APPG Officer Positions
Hospitality, Events, Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales , Local Markets
8 APPG Memberships
Digital Communities , Global Education , Listed Properties , Science and Technology in Agriculture , Sepsis , Water Pollution , Women in Parliament , Youth Affairs
Hospitality, Events, Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales , Local Markets
8 APPG Memberships
Digital Communities , Global Education , Listed Properties , Science and Technology in Agriculture , Sepsis , Water Pollution , Women in Parliament , Youth Affairs
3 Current APPG Members
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1 APPG Officer Position
Czechia
6 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Autism , Beyond Pills , Maternity , Social Science and Policy , Waterways
Czechia
6 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Autism , Beyond Pills , Maternity , Social Science and Policy , Waterways
1 APPG Officer Position
First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate
4 APPG Memberships
Access to Justice , Bus and Coach , Football Supporters , India
First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate
4 APPG Memberships
Access to Justice , Bus and Coach , Football Supporters , India
6 APPG Officer Positions
Adoption and Permanence , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Child of the North , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Dying Well
47 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Afghan Women and Girls , Animal Welfare , Autism , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Baby Loss , Beer , Beyond Pills , Blockchain Technologies , British Sign Language , Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Carers , Christians in Parliament , City Regions Transport , Classics , Climate Change , Defibrillators , Dentistry and Oral Health , Early Education and Childcare , Environment , Fair Elections , Faith and Society , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Healthy Homes and Buildings , Heritage Rail , Housing and Care for Older People , Hydrogen , Music Education , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Obesity , Performing Arts Education and Training , Pharmacy , Prostate Cancer , Respiratory Health , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Sepsis , Smoking and Health , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , United Nations Global Goals , University , Visual Arts and Artists , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics , Women in Parliament , Youth Affairs
Adoption and Permanence , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Child of the North , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Dying Well
47 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Afghan Women and Girls , Animal Welfare , Autism , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Baby Loss , Beer , Beyond Pills , Blockchain Technologies , British Sign Language , Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Carers , Christians in Parliament , City Regions Transport , Classics , Climate Change , Defibrillators , Dentistry and Oral Health , Early Education and Childcare , Environment , Fair Elections , Faith and Society , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Healthy Homes and Buildings , Heritage Rail , Housing and Care for Older People , Hydrogen , Music Education , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Obesity , Performing Arts Education and Training , Pharmacy , Prostate Cancer , Respiratory Health , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Sepsis , Smoking and Health , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , United Nations Global Goals , University , Visual Arts and Artists , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics , Women in Parliament , Youth Affairs
Contact Details
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Martin Rhodes MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.
Email: [email protected]
Public Enquiry Point:
Sophia Ostler, Fairtrade Foundation
Email: [email protected]
Secretariat:
Fairtrade Foundation acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/
Benefits in Kind
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Date
12 Feb 2026
12 Feb 2026
Source
Fairtrade Foundation
Fairtrade Foundation
Description
Secretariat From: 12/02/2026 To: 11/02/2027
Secretariat From: 12/02/2026 To: 11/02/2027
Value
£1,501
£1,501
Date
12 Feb 2025
12 Feb 2025
Source
Fairtrade Foundation
Fairtrade Foundation
Description
Secretariat From : 12/02/2025 To : 11/02/2026
Secretariat From : 12/02/2025 To : 11/02/2026
Value
£1,501
£1,501
Date
12 Feb 2025
12 Feb 2025
Source
Fairtrade Foundation
Fairtrade Foundation
Description
Secretariat From: 12/02/2025 To: 11/02/2026
Secretariat From: 12/02/2025 To: 11/02/2026
Value
£1,501
£1,501
Date
28 Jan 2024
28 Jan 2024
Source
Fairtrade Foundation
Fairtrade Foundation
Description
Secretariat From : 28/01/2024 To : 27/01/2025
Secretariat From : 28/01/2024 To : 27/01/2025
Value
£3,001
£3,001
Date
28 Jan 2022
28 Jan 2022
Source
Fairtrade Foundation
Fairtrade Foundation
Description
Secretariat From : 28/01/2022 To : 27/01/2023
Secretariat From : 28/01/2022 To : 27/01/2023
Value
£4,501
£4,501
Date
28 Jan 2021
28 Jan 2021
Source
Fairtrade Foundation
Fairtrade Foundation
Description
Secretariat From : 28/01/2021 To : 27/01/2022
Secretariat From : 28/01/2021 To : 27/01/2022
Value
£3,001
£3,001
Date
28 Jan 2020
28 Jan 2020
Source
Fairtrade Foundation
Fairtrade Foundation
Description
Secretariat From : 28/01/2020 To : 27/01/2021
Secretariat From : 28/01/2020 To : 27/01/2021
Value
£3,001
£3,001
Date
12 Jul 2018
12 Jul 2018
Source
Fairtrade Foundation
Fairtrade Foundation
Description
Secretariat From : 12/07/2018 To : 11/07/2019
Secretariat From : 12/07/2018 To : 11/07/2019
Value
£3,001
£3,001
Date
12 Jul 2017
12 Jul 2017
Source
Fairtrade Foundation
Fairtrade Foundation
Description
Secretariat From : 12/07/2017 To : 11/07/2018
Secretariat From : 12/07/2017 To : 11/07/2018
Value
£3,001
£3,001
Date
1 Dec 2016
1 Dec 2016
Source
Fairtrade Foundation
Fairtrade Foundation
Description
Secretariat From : 01/12/2016 To : 30/11/2017
Secretariat From : 01/12/2016 To : 30/11/2017
Value
£7,501
£7,501
Date
1 Dec 2015
1 Dec 2015
Source
Fairtrade Foundation
Fairtrade Foundation
Description
Secretariat From : 01/12/2015 To : 30/11/2016
Secretariat From : 01/12/2015 To : 30/11/2016
Value
£7,501
£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
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Stuart C McDonald
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Joined: 8th April 2024Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Jason McCartney
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Holly Lynch
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Halifax
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
4 APPG Officer Positions
Grid Networks , Non-Profit Making Members Clubs , Respiratory Health , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
Grid Networks , Non-Profit Making Members Clubs , Respiratory Health , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
No other APPG Memberships
Jeff Smith
Vice Chair
Labour - Manchester Withington
Joined: 6th January 2017Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
BBC , Drug Policy Reform , Ticket Abuse , West Coast Main Line
BBC , Drug Policy Reform , Ticket Abuse , West Coast Main Line
No other APPG Memberships
Virendra Sharma
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ealing, Southall
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
6 APPG Officer Positions
Cayman Islands , Channel Islands , Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , Ocean , Taiwan , Zoos and Aquariums
Cayman Islands , Channel Islands , Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , Ocean , Taiwan , Zoos and Aquariums
No other APPG Memberships
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 11th January 2023Departed: 17th May 2023
6 APPG Officer Positions
Bahá'í Faith , Healthy Homes and Buildings , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Pakistani Minorities , Respiratory Health , Vascular and Venous Disease
Bahá'í Faith , Healthy Homes and Buildings , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Pakistani Minorities , Respiratory Health , Vascular and Venous Disease
No other APPG Memberships
3 APPG Officer Positions
Armenia , Georgia , Hospitality, Events, Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales
Armenia , Georgia , Hospitality, Events, Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales
No other APPG Memberships
Huw Merriman
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bexhill and Battle
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Caroline Lucas
Officer
Green Party - Former Member for Brighton, Pavilion
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 2nd June 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Seema Malhotra
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 2nd June 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Stephen Doughty
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 2nd June 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
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
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Kim Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool Riverside
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 2nd June 2021
6 APPG Officer Positions
Boxing , Broadcasting, Entertainment and Arts Unions , Cuba , Miscarriages of Justice , Race Equality in Education , Somaliland
Boxing , Broadcasting, Entertainment and Arts Unions , Cuba , Miscarriages of Justice , Race Equality in Education , Somaliland
No other APPG Memberships
Kirstene Hair
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Angus
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Gareth Snell
Vice-Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
4 APPG Officer Positions
Ceramics , Literacy , Packaging in the Circular Economy , Sixth Form Education
Ceramics , Literacy , Packaging in the Circular Economy , Sixth Form Education
No other APPG Memberships
Tracy Brabin
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Batley and Spen
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Will Quince
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Colchester
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 27th March 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Cat Smith
Vice-Chair
Labour - Lancaster and Wyre
Joined: 6th January 2017Departed: 10th October 2018
4 APPG Officer Positions
Christianity in the Holy Land , Greenland , Parkrun , West Coast Main Line
Christianity in the Holy Land , Greenland , Parkrun , West Coast Main Line
No other APPG Memberships
Maggie Throup
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Erewash
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 10th October 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Durkan
Vice Chair
Social Democratic & Labour Party - Former Member for Foyle
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Carolyn Harris
Vice Chair
Labour - Neath and Swansea East
Joined: 6th January 2017Departed: 2nd May 2017