Immigration Detention APPG

First Registered: 19/06/2019 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

To raise awareness in parliament about immigration detention in the UK and its impacts; to connect parliamentarians with relevant research, organisations and experts, including people with lived experience of detention; and to advocate for evidence-based policy reforms and the welfare of detainees.

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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APPG Supplied Content

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Submitters can draft and edit publications, and either release them on demand, or schedule release for a future date.

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15 Current APPG Officers
Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Officer
Conservative - Worthing West
Joined: 19th June 2019
82 APPG Memberships
12 Step Recovery , Adult Education , Afrikan Reparations , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Austria , BBC , British Muslims , British Overseas Territories , Carbon Monoxide , Children in Police Custody , Citizens' Rights , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Commonwealth , Community Development , Croatia , Cycling and Walking , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Disability , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Explosive Threats , Fatherhood , Film and Broader Screen , Flags and Heraldry , Frozen British Pensions , Global Security and Non-Proliferation , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Holocaust Memorial , Hospice and End of Life Care , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Limits to Growth , Manufacturing , Maternity , Media , Media Freedom , Music , Muslim Women , National Parks , National Trust , Night Time Economy , No Recourse to Public Funds , Opera , Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , Park Homes , Performing Arts Education and Training , Photography , Public Accountability , Race and Community , Religion in the Media , Religious Education , Rowing , Scientific , Scotch Whisky , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single Parent Families , Social Enterprise , Social Integration , Social Science and Policy , South East , St George's Day , Sustainable Finance , Tibet , Transport Safety , Ukraine , United Nations , United Nations Women , Vascular and Venous Disease , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , Western Sahara , White Ribbon UK , Wine and Spirits , Wine of Great Britain , Women and Work , Women in Transport , Zimbabwe
Harriet Harman Portrait
Harriet Harman
Officer
Labour - Camberwell and Peckham
Joined: 24th February 2020
Stuart C McDonald Portrait
Stuart C McDonald
Officer
Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Joined: 24th February 2020
Earl of Sandwich Portrait
Earl of Sandwich
Officer
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 24th February 2020
3 APPG Memberships
Kosovo , Nepal , Sudan and South Sudan
Hywel Williams Portrait
Hywel Williams
Officer
Plaid Cymru - Arfon
Joined: 19th June 2019
Beth Winter Portrait
Beth Winter
Officer
Labour - Cynon Valley
Joined: 5th April 2023
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Alison Thewliss MP, 1/2, 30 Bell Street, Glasgow, G1 1LG. Tel: 0141 552 7117.

Email: alison.thewliss.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Elspeth Macdonald, Medical Justice, Durham Road Resource Centre, 86 Durham Road, London N7 7DT. Tel: 020 7561 7482

Email: contact@appgdetention.org.uk

Secretariat:

Medical Justice acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.medicaljustice.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://appgdetention.org.uk/

Date
28 Jan 2023
Source
Medical Justice
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2023 To : 27/01/2024
Value
£10,501
Date
28 Jan 2022
Source
Medical Justice
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2022 To : 27/01/2023
Value
£10,501
Date
28 Jan 2021
Source
Medical Justice
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2021 To : 27/01/2022
Value
£9,001
Date
28 Jan 2020
Source
Medical Justice
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2020 To : 27/01/2021
Value
£9,001
Date
24 Apr 2019
Source
Medical Justice
Description
Secretariat   From : 24/04/2019 To : 23/04/2020
Value
£9,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Immigration Detention APPG

Former APPG Officers
Stephen Doughty Portrait
Stephen Doughty
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth
Joined: 19th June 2019
Departed: 5th April 2023
Richard Fuller Portrait
Richard Fuller
Officer
Conservative - North East Bedfordshire
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 22nd February 2023
Baroness Hamwee Portrait
Baroness Hamwee
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Paul Sweeney Portrait
Paul Sweeney
Treasurer
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Glasgow North East
Joined: 19th June 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Joan Ryan Portrait
Joan Ryan
Secretary
The Independent Group for Change - Former Member for Enfield North
Joined: 19th June 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Ruth George Portrait
Ruth George
Officer
Labour - Former Member for High Peak
Joined: 19th June 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Stuart C McDonald Portrait
Stuart C McDonald
Officer
Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Joined: 19th June 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
Keith Vaz Portrait
Keith Vaz
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Leicester East
Joined: 19th June 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships