To hold meetings for parliamentarians about football issues and raise matters of importance with the football authorities.
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4 Current APPG Officers
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Local Government , Netherlands , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies
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Contact Details
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Mr Clive Betts MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5114.
Email: officeofclivebettsmp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Lexington Communications. Tel: 020 7025 2300
Email: fa@lexcomm.co.uk
Secretariat:
Lexington Communications acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.lexcomm.co.uk/
Benefits in Kind
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Lexington Communications
Lexington Communications is paid by The Football Association to act as the group's secretariat From : 04/09/2024 To : 03/09/2025
£4,501
21 Jan 2024
English Football League
The Football APPG held a dinner with the EFL (English Football League) on the 21st of January 2024 in the House of Lords.
£13,501
28 Feb 2023
Lexington Communications
Lexington Communications is paid by The Football Association to act as the group's secretariat From : 28/02/2023 To : 27/02/2024
£4,501
28 Feb 2022
Lexington
Lexington is paid by The Football Association to act as the group's secretariat From : 28/02/2022 To : 27/02/2023
£4,501
28 Feb 2022
Lexington Communications
Lexington Communications is paid by The Football Association to act as the group's secretariat From : 28/02/2022 To : 27/02/2023
£4,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Football APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Sara Britcliffe
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Hyndburn
Joined: 17th May 2023Departed: 30th May 2024
Lord Taylor of Warwick
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
Video Games and Esports
Ian Byrne
Vice Chair
Independent - Liverpool West Derby
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
Mike Amesbury
Vice Chair
Independent - Runcorn and Helsby
Joined: 17th May 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
Leasehold and Commonhold Reform
Lord Faulkner of Worcester
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 6th March 2024
Channel Islands
Martin Vickers
Vice Chair
Conservative - Brigg and Immingham
Joined: 21st July 2016Departed: 5th April 2023
Channel Islands , Gibraltar , Kosovo and Albania , Poland , Rail , Steel and Metals-Related Industries
Karen Bradley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Staffordshire Moorlands
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 5th April 2023
Ian Mearns
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Gateshead
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 5th April 2023
Rachel Hopkins
Vice Chair
Labour - Luton South and South Bedfordshire
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 5th April 2023
Lord Addington
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 5th April 2023
Rugby Union Football Club
Mike Wood
Vice Chair
Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
Joined: 29th August 2018Departed: 19th October 2022
Bus and Coach , Cyprus , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Global Education
Huw Merriman
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bexhill and Battle
Joined: 15th June 2022Departed: 19th October 2022
Ben Bradley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Mansfield
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 4th May 2022
Dehenna Davison
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bishop Auckland
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 27th January 2021
Mark Eastwood
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Dewsbury
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 27th January 2021
Brendan Clarke-Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bassetlaw
Joined: 8th April 2020Departed: 27th January 2021
Stephen Hepburn
Secretary
Independent - Former Member for Jarrow
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Mark Hendrick
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Preston
Joined: 29th August 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Justin Madders
Vice Chair
Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
Joined: 11th September 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Mark Field
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Cities of London and Westminster
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
Chris Heaton-Harris
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for Daventry
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017