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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16 Current APPG Officers
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Alison Thewliss
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central
Joined: 19th June 2019
32 APPG Memberships
Afghanistan , Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Bahá'í Faith , British Hindus , Cameroon , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drug Policy Reform , Fair Business Banking , Financial Markets and Services , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Gaps in Support , HIV and AIDS , Hospitality and Tourism , Inclusive Growth , India , Industrial Heritage , International Students , Jazz , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Markets , Maternity , Mortgage Prisoners , Museums , Ovarian Cancer , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities , Theatre , Ticket Abuse , United Nations Women , White Ribbon UK , Working at Height , Yemen
Afghanistan , Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Bahá'í Faith , British Hindus , Cameroon , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drug Policy Reform , Fair Business Banking , Financial Markets and Services , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Gaps in Support , HIV and AIDS , Hospitality and Tourism , Inclusive Growth , India , Industrial Heritage , International Students , Jazz , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Markets , Maternity , Mortgage Prisoners , Museums , Ovarian Cancer , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities , Theatre , Ticket Abuse , United Nations Women , White Ribbon UK , Working at Height , Yemen
17 APPG Memberships
Choice at the End of Life , Cyprus , Eating Disorders , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Hong Kong , Hospitality and Tourism , Hydrogen , Malawi , Marine Energy , Media , Medical Cannabis under Prescription , Motor Neurone Disease , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Personal Banking and Fairer Financial Services , Small and Micro Business , United Nations Women , Women in Parliament
Choice at the End of Life , Cyprus , Eating Disorders , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Hong Kong , Hospitality and Tourism , Hydrogen , Malawi , Marine Energy , Media , Medical Cannabis under Prescription , Motor Neurone Disease , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Personal Banking and Fairer Financial Services , Small and Micro Business , United Nations Women , Women in Parliament
15 APPG Memberships
Afrikan Reparations , Caribbean , Drug Policy Reform , Fairtrade , Green Deal Misselling , Industrial Heritage , Malawi , Mindfulness , Missing Children and Adults , No Recourse to Public Funds , Norway , Rohingya , Social Integration , Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities , Universal Credit
Afrikan Reparations , Caribbean , Drug Policy Reform , Fairtrade , Green Deal Misselling , Industrial Heritage , Malawi , Mindfulness , Missing Children and Adults , No Recourse to Public Funds , Norway , Rohingya , Social Integration , Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities , Universal Credit
14 APPG Memberships
Afrikan Reparations , Bereavement Support , Black Maternal Health , British Overseas Territories , Child Criminal Exploitation and Knife Crime , Communities of Inquiry across the Generations , Crypto and Digital Assets , Dementia , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , Healthcare Infrastructure , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Race and Community , Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia
Afrikan Reparations , Bereavement Support , Black Maternal Health , British Overseas Territories , Child Criminal Exploitation and Knife Crime , Communities of Inquiry across the Generations , Crypto and Digital Assets , Dementia , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , Healthcare Infrastructure , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Race and Community , Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia
13 APPG Memberships
Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming , Antibiotics , Apprenticeships , Customer Service , Drones and Modern Conflict , Environment , Gardening and Horticulture , Hong Kong , Metaverse and Web 3.0 , Small and Micro Business , Wetlands , Working at Height , Youth Employment
Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming , Antibiotics , Apprenticeships , Customer Service , Drones and Modern Conflict , Environment , Gardening and Horticulture , Hong Kong , Metaverse and Web 3.0 , Small and Micro Business , Wetlands , Working at Height , Youth Employment
72 APPG Memberships
Adult Education , Afrikan Reparations , Ageing and Older People , Austria , BBC , Black Maternal Health , British Overseas Territories , Carbon Monoxide , Citizens' Rights , Commonwealth , Community Development in Europe , Croatia , Cycling and Walking , Dalits , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Disability , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Equitable Life Policyholders , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Fatherhood , Flags and Heraldry , Frozen British Pensions , Gasworks Redevelopment , Global Security and Non-Proliferation , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Haiti , Hospice and End of Life Care , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Kosovo , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Limits to Growth , London's Planning and Built Environment , Longevity , Manufacturing , Maternity , Media , Metaverse and Web 3.0 , Music , No Recourse to Public Funds , Olympic and Paralympic Games , Opera , Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , Park Homes , Performing Arts Education and Training , Photography , Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 , Race and Community , Religion in the Media , Religious Education , Republic of Korea , Scientific , Scotch Whisky , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Social Enterprise , Social Integration , South Africa , St George's Day , Tibet , Transport Safety , United Nations , United Nations Women , Vascular and Venous Disease , Western Sahara , Wine and Spirits , Wine of Great Britain , Women in Transport , Youth Affairs , Zimbabwe
Adult Education , Afrikan Reparations , Ageing and Older People , Austria , BBC , Black Maternal Health , British Overseas Territories , Carbon Monoxide , Citizens' Rights , Commonwealth , Community Development in Europe , Croatia , Cycling and Walking , Dalits , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Disability , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Equitable Life Policyholders , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Fatherhood , Flags and Heraldry , Frozen British Pensions , Gasworks Redevelopment , Global Security and Non-Proliferation , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Haiti , Hospice and End of Life Care , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Kosovo , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Limits to Growth , London's Planning and Built Environment , Longevity , Manufacturing , Maternity , Media , Metaverse and Web 3.0 , Music , No Recourse to Public Funds , Olympic and Paralympic Games , Opera , Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , Park Homes , Performing Arts Education and Training , Photography , Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 , Race and Community , Religion in the Media , Religious Education , Republic of Korea , Scientific , Scotch Whisky , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Social Enterprise , Social Integration , South Africa , St George's Day , Tibet , Transport Safety , United Nations , United Nations Women , Vascular and Venous Disease , Western Sahara , Wine and Spirits , Wine of Great Britain , Women in Transport , Youth Affairs , Zimbabwe
7 APPG Memberships
Armed Forces , Climate Change , Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , HIV and AIDS , Pacific Islands , Somaliland , Uzbekistan
Armed Forces , Climate Change , Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , HIV and AIDS , Pacific Islands , Somaliland , Uzbekistan
12 APPG Memberships
Carers , Compassionate Politics , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Food Banks , Health and the Natural Environment , Migration , Mindfulness , No Recourse to Public Funds , Poverty , Rule of Law , Tennis , Universal Credit
Carers , Compassionate Politics , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Food Banks , Health and the Natural Environment , Migration , Mindfulness , No Recourse to Public Funds , Poverty , Rule of Law , Tennis , Universal Credit
Stuart C McDonald
Officer
Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Joined: 24th February 2020
6 APPG Memberships
Choice at the End of Life , Citizens' Rights , Immigration Law and Policy , Lithuania , Social Integration , Trafficked Britons in Syria
Choice at the End of Life , Citizens' Rights , Immigration Law and Policy , Lithuania , Social Integration , Trafficked Britons in Syria
6 APPG Memberships
Eritrea , Kosovo , Nepal , Prescribed Drug Dependence , South Africa , Sudan and South Sudan
Eritrea , Kosovo , Nepal , Prescribed Drug Dependence , South Africa , Sudan and South Sudan
8 APPG Memberships
Banning Trophy Hunting , Catalonia , Equitable Life Policyholders , Listed Properties , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Shellfish Aquaculture , Uzbekistan , Wine of Great Britain
Banning Trophy Hunting , Catalonia , Equitable Life Policyholders , Listed Properties , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Shellfish Aquaculture , Uzbekistan , Wine of Great Britain
Contact Details
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Alison Thewliss MP, 33 London Road, Glasgow, G1 5NW. 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:
Benefits in Kind
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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
Former APPG Officers
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Baroness Hamwee
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Afzal Khan
Vice Chair
Labour - Manchester, Gorton
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
26 APPG Memberships
Action on Conflict and Global Britain , Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Bereavement Support , Britain-Pakistan Trade and Tourism , Council of Sri Lankan Muslim Organisations UK , Food Banks , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Hajj and Umrah , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Kashmir , Lawyers and Judges at Risk Globally , Magnitsky Sanctions , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Muslim Women , Net Zero , Oman , Palestine , Parks and Green Spaces , Poverty , Race Equality in Education , Religion in the Media , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , United Nations Women , Uyghurs
Action on Conflict and Global Britain , Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Bereavement Support , Britain-Pakistan Trade and Tourism , Council of Sri Lankan Muslim Organisations UK , Food Banks , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Hajj and Umrah , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Kashmir , Lawyers and Judges at Risk Globally , Magnitsky Sanctions , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Muslim Women , Net Zero , Oman , Palestine , Parks and Green Spaces , Poverty , Race Equality in Education , Religion in the Media , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , United Nations Women , Uyghurs
Paul Sweeney
Treasurer
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Glasgow North East
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
Ruth George
Officer
Labour - Former Member for High Peak
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Stuart C McDonald
Officer
Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
6 APPG Memberships
Choice at the End of Life , Citizens' Rights , Immigration Law and Policy , Lithuania , Social Integration , Trafficked Britons in Syria
Choice at the End of Life , Citizens' Rights , Immigration Law and Policy , Lithuania , Social Integration , Trafficked Britons in Syria
Keith Vaz
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Leicester East
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships