Freedom of Speech APPG

First Registered: 04/11/2020 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

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To protect and promote freedom of speech in the UK and around the world.

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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Reticulating Splines
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4 Current APPG Officers
Richard Holden Portrait
Richard Holden
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Basildon and Billericay
Joined: 12th February 2025
5 APPG Memberships
Freight and Logistics , Insurance and Financial Services , Media , Pubs , Self-Driving Vehicles
Graham Stringer Portrait
Graham Stringer
Deputy Chair
Labour - Blackley and Middleton South
Joined: 4th November 2020
1 APPG Membership
Pandemic Response and Recovery
Lord Young of Acton Portrait
Lord Young of Acton
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 12th February 2025
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Fox of Buckley Portrait
Baroness Fox of Buckley
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 7th May 2025
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Mr Richard Holden MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 3059.

Email: richard.holden.mp@parliament.uk

Benefits in Kind
Date
23 Feb 2022
Source
89up Ltd
Description
Event
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Freedom of Speech APPG

Former APPG Officers
Baroness Cox Portrait
Baroness Cox
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 28th March 2025
No other APPG Memberships
Adam Afriyie Portrait
Adam Afriyie
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Windsor
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Philip Davies Portrait
Philip Davies
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Shipley
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Daniel Kawczynski Portrait
Daniel Kawczynski
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Andrew Lewer Portrait
Andrew Lewer
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Northampton South
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Mendoza Portrait
Lord Mendoza
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Film and Broader Screen , National Trust
Viscount Ridley Portrait
Viscount Ridley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Memberships