Food and Health APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • 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 9th September 2025 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Smoking and Health APPG?

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To promote understanding of food and health issues in Parliament, including advice on diet and nutrition.

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
Baroness Walmsley Portrait
Baroness Walmsley
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Medical Cannabis under Prescription , Obesity

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Rooker Portrait
Lord Rooker
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Jenkin of Kennington Portrait
Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Fatherhood , Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , Obesity

No other APPG Memberships

Jo Gideon Portrait
Jo Gideon
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Vice Chair
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Art, Craft and Design in Education , First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate , Leamside Line , Parents , School Food , Ticket Abuse

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay Portrait
Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ian Byrne Portrait
Ian Byrne
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool West Derby
Joined: 29th December 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Acquired Brain Injury , Holy See , Motor Neurone Disease

No other APPG Memberships

Martyn Day Portrait
Martyn Day
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Balfe Portrait
Lord Balfe
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 29th August 2018
Departed: 17th May 2023
11 APPG Officer Positions
Bangladesh , Children who need Palliative Care , Citizens' Rights , Cuba , Fair Elections , Greenland , Households in Temporary Accommodation , Intergenerational Inquiry , Occupational Safety and Health , Single-Parent Families , Social, Cooperative, and Community Economy

No other APPG Memberships

David Amess Portrait
David Amess
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

None Portrait
Lord Rea
Vice Chair
 Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 20th May 2020
6 APPG Officer Positions
Creative Health , Defibrillators , Opera , Responsible Business , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Slovenia

No other APPG Memberships

Countess of Mar Portrait
Countess of Mar
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 8th April 2020
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley Portrait
Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
Secretary
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 26th April 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen Portrait
Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen
Treasurer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 14th March 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Countess of Mar Portrait
Countess of Mar
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bury St Edmunds
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer Portrait
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Huw Irranca-Davies Portrait
Huw Irranca-Davies
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ogmore
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 16th March 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Martyn Day MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5930.

Email: martyn.day.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Sean Thwaites, Central Lobby Consultants

Email: Sean.Thwaites@centrallobby.com

Group's Website:

http://www.fhf.org.uk/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Food and Health APPG

Financial Benefits Received
Date
11 May 2020
Source
Danone
Value
£2,000
Date
24 Dec 2018
Source
Danone Holdings (UK)
Value
£2,000
Date
13 Dec 2017
Source
Danone Holdings (UK)
Value
£3,000