Food and Drink APPG

First Registered: 08/04/2020 • Last updated on: 02/01/2025

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To debate the policy priorities and issues related to the UK’s largest manufacturing sector, the food and drink sector. The group will aim to promote dialogue and discussion between industry and politicians through a series of policy roundtables, events and site visits.

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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4 Current APPG Officers
Mike Reader Portrait
Mike Reader
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Northampton South
Joined: 2nd January 2025
2 APPG Memberships
Infrastructure , International Trade and Investment
Amanda Hack Portrait
Amanda Hack
Vice Chair
Labour - North West Leicestershire
Joined: 2nd January 2025
1 APPG Membership
Leasehold and Commonhold Reform
Baroness Blower Portrait
Baroness Blower
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 2nd January 2025
2 APPG Memberships
Global Education , School Food
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Portrait
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Secretary
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
5 APPG Memberships
Flooding and Flooded Communities , Motor , Nordic Countries , Racing and Bloodstock , Water
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Mike Reader MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: mike.reader.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Sachin Gulrajani, Food and Drink Federation. Tel: 07531 905 471

Email: sachin.gulrajani@fdf.org.uk

Secretariat:

Food and Drink Federation acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.fdf.org.uk/

Benefits in Kind
Date
17 Mar 2023
Source
Food and Drink Federation
Description
Secretariat   From : 17/03/2023 To : 16/03/2024
Value
£3,001
Date
17 Mar 2021
Source
Food and Drink Federation
Description
Secretariat   From : 17/03/2021 To : 16/03/2022
Value
£3,001
Date
17 Mar 2020
Source
Food and Drink Federation
Description
Secretariat   From : 17/03/2020 To : 16/03/2021
Value
£3,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Food and Drink APPG

Former APPG Officers
John Stevenson Portrait
John Stevenson
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Carlisle
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Vice Chair
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
5 APPG Memberships
Art, Craft and Design in Education , First Do No Harm , Parents , School Food , Ticket Abuse
Nigel Mills Portrait
Nigel Mills
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for Amber Valley
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Deidre Brock Portrait
Deidre Brock
Co-Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Edinburgh North and Leith
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 28th June 2023
No other APPG Memberships
David Linden Portrait
David Linden
Co-Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow East
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships