Immigration Detention APPG
First Registered: 19/06/2019 • Last updated on: 30/05/2024
Note: This APPG was last registered on 30th May 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 20th November 2024 and may be defunct.
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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Former APPG Members
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Anne McLaughlin
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North East
Joined: 2nd June 2021Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Peter Bottomley
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Alison Thewliss
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Memberships
Beth Winter
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Cynon Valley
Joined: 5th April 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Hywel Williams
Officer
Plaid Cymru - Former Member for Arfon
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Earl of Sandwich
Officer
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Kate Osamor
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton and Winchmore Hill
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
Stuart C McDonald
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
Helen Hayes
Officer
Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Officer
Green Party - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
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Respiratory Health
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Vice Chair
Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
Christine Jardine
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Memberships
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Stephen Doughty
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Richard Fuller
Officer
Conservative - North Bedfordshire
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Hamwee
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Afzal Khan
Vice Chair
Labour - Manchester Rusholme
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Keith Vaz
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Leicester East
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Stuart C McDonald
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Ruth George
Officer
Labour - Former Member for High Peak
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Joan Ryan
Secretary
The Independent Group for Change - Former Member for Enfield North
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Paul Sweeney
Treasurer
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Glasgow North East
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details
Show/HideRegistered Contact:
Alison Thewliss MP,
Email: No email supplied
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:
Benefits in Kind
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Date
28 Jan 2024
28 Jan 2024
Source
Medical Justice
Medical Justice
Description
Secretariat From : 28/01/2024 To : 27/01/2025
Secretariat From : 28/01/2024 To : 27/01/2025
Value
£9,001
£9,001
Date
28 Jan 2023
28 Jan 2023
Source
Medical Justice
Medical Justice
Description
Secretariat From : 28/01/2023 To : 27/01/2024
Secretariat From : 28/01/2023 To : 27/01/2024
Value
£10,501
£10,501
Date
28 Jan 2022
28 Jan 2022
Source
Medical Justice
Medical Justice
Description
Secretariat From : 28/01/2022 To : 27/01/2023
Secretariat From : 28/01/2022 To : 27/01/2023
Value
£10,501
£10,501
Date
28 Jan 2021
28 Jan 2021
Source
Medical Justice
Medical Justice
Description
Secretariat From : 28/01/2021 To : 27/01/2022
Secretariat From : 28/01/2021 To : 27/01/2022
Value
£9,001
£9,001
Date
28 Jan 2020
28 Jan 2020
Source
Medical Justice
Medical Justice
Description
Secretariat From : 28/01/2020 To : 27/01/2021
Secretariat From : 28/01/2020 To : 27/01/2021
Value
£9,001
£9,001
Date
24 Apr 2019
24 Apr 2019
Source
Medical Justice
Medical Justice
Description
Secretariat From : 24/04/2019 To : 23/04/2020
Secretariat From : 24/04/2019 To : 23/04/2020
Value
£9,001
£9,001
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Immigration Detention APPG