France APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 12/02/2025

The APPG on France is dedicated to promoting and enhancing relations between the UK and France.

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
Ben Lake Portrait
Ben Lake
Chair & Registered Contact
Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion Preseli
Joined: 24th February 2020
Baroness Janke Portrait
Baroness Janke
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Touhig Portrait
Lord Touhig
Secretary
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
2 APPG Memberships
Autism , Netherlands
Edward Leigh Portrait
Edward Leigh
Treasurer
Conservative - Gainsborough
Joined: 30th July 2015
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Ben Lake MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: ben.lake.mp@parliament.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the France APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the France APPG

Former APPG Officers
Robert Neill Portrait
Robert Neill
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bromley and Chislehurst
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Stephen Crabb Portrait
Stephen Crabb
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer Portrait
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
Treasurer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
John Nicolson Portrait
John Nicolson
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Ochil and South Perthshire
Joined: 9th February 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Murphy of Torfaen Portrait
Lord Murphy of Torfaen
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Douglas Chapman Portrait
Douglas Chapman
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Dunfermline and West Fife
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Tony Lloyd Portrait
Tony Lloyd
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Rochdale
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Viscount Waverley Portrait
Viscount Waverley
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 22nd February 2023
1 APPG Membership
UK Fresh Produce Network
Lord Davies of Stamford Portrait
Lord Davies of Stamford
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for Chelsea and Fulham
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Anna McMorrin Portrait
Anna McMorrin
Vice Chair
Labour - Cardiff North
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Anderson of Swansea Portrait
Lord Anderson of Swansea
Treasurer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Rawlings Portrait
Baroness Rawlings
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 29th August 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
John Whittingdale Portrait
John Whittingdale
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Maldon
Joined: 29th August 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
Paul Farrelly Portrait
Paul Farrelly
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme
Joined: 29th August 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Robert Neill Portrait
Robert Neill
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Bromley and Chislehurst
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Peter Grant Portrait
Peter Grant
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glenrothes
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Robert Jenrick Portrait
Robert Jenrick
Vice Chair
Conservative - Newark
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Dykes Portrait
Lord Dykes
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Taylor of Bolton Portrait
Baroness Taylor of Bolton
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
1 APPG Membership
Football
Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Vice Chair
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
4 APPG Memberships
Georgia , India , Libya , Turkey
Lord Kilclooney Portrait
Lord Kilclooney
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Memberships