Festivals APPG

First Registered: 28/06/2023 • Last updated on: 06/03/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 6th March 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct.

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To represent the views of independent festivals across the UK and support the industry in Parliament.

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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Former Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Officers
Giles Watling Portrait
Giles Watling
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Clacton
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Pete Wishart Portrait
Pete Wishart
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Perth and Kinross-shire
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Air Ambulances , Beer , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Intellectual Property , Music , Writers

No other APPG Memberships

Alex Davies-Jones Portrait
Alex Davies-Jones
Vice Chair
Labour - Pontypridd
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Brennan of Canton Portrait
Lord Brennan of Canton
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Damian Green Portrait
Damian Green
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Ashford
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Karen Bradley Portrait
Karen Bradley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Staffordshire Moorlands
Joined: 24th January 2024
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Advertising , Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery , North Macedonia

No other APPG Memberships

Karen Bradley Portrait
Karen Bradley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Staffordshire Moorlands
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 13th December 2023
3 APPG Officer Positions
Advertising , Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery , North Macedonia

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Fletcher Portrait
Mark Fletcher
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bolsover
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Giles Watling MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: giles.watling.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Megan Williams, Pepper Shackleton Wellard

Email: Meg.williams@peppershackletonwellard.com

Secretariat:

Pepper Shackleton Wellard acts as the group's secretariat. https://peppershackletonwellard.com/

Benefits in Kind
Date
6 Jun 2023
Source
Pepper Shackleton Wellard
Description
Pepper Shackleton Wellard is paid by AIF and UK hospitality to act as the group's secretariat   From : 06/06/2023 To : 05/06/2024
Value
£19,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Festivals APPG