To increase knowledge in Parliament on 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 detained people.
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4 Current APPG Officers
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Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill
Joined: 24th February 2020
Contact Details
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Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 6695.
Email: bell.ribeiroaddy.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Elspeth Macdonald, Medical Justice. Tel: 020 4551 1280
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
Show/Hide2 Dec 2024
Medical Justice
Secretariat From : 02/12/2024 To : 01/12/2025
£9,001
28 Jan 2024
Medical Justice
Secretariat From : 28/01/2024 To : 27/01/2025
£9,001
28 Jan 2023
Medical Justice
Secretariat From : 28/01/2023 To : 27/01/2024
£10,501
28 Jan 2022
Medical Justice
Secretariat From : 28/01/2022 To : 27/01/2023
£10,501
28 Jan 2021
Medical Justice
Secretariat From : 28/01/2021 To : 27/01/2022
£9,001
28 Jan 2020
Medical Justice
Secretariat From : 28/01/2020 To : 27/01/2021
£9,001
24 Apr 2019
Medical Justice
Secretariat From : 24/04/2019 To : 23/04/2020
£9,001
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Immigration Detention APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Anne McLaughlin
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North East
Joined: 2nd June 2021Departed: 30th May 2024
Peter Bottomley
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 30th May 2024
Alison Thewliss
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 30th May 2024
Beth Winter
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Cynon Valley
Joined: 5th April 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
Hywel Williams
Officer
Plaid Cymru - Former Member for Arfon
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
Earl of Sandwich
Officer
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
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
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
Domestic Violence and Abuse , Migration , Poverty and Inequality , Social Science and Policy
Helen Hayes
Officer
Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Officer
Green Party - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
Respiratory Health
Christine Jardine
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
Antisemitism , Aviation, Travel and Aerospace , Choice at the End of Life , Portugal , Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Stephen Doughty
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th April 2023
Richard Fuller
Officer
Conservative - North Bedfordshire
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 22nd February 2023
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
Stuart C McDonald
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Ruth George
Officer
Labour - Former Member for High Peak
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Joan Ryan
Secretary
The Independent Group for Change - Former Member for Enfield North
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Paul Sweeney
Treasurer
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Glasgow North East
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019