Infant Feeding and Inequalities APPG

First Registered: 28/04/2016 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

To raise awareness of infant feeding and allow MPs, peers and policy stakeholders an opportunity to meet regularly to ensure that this topic remains a priority for HM Government with a view to reducing inequalities and improving health.

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13 Current APPG Officers
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Drew Hendry
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Joined: 7th September 2022
Oliver Heald Portrait
Oliver Heald
Vice Chair
Conservative - North East Hertfordshire
Joined: 24th February 2020
Gareth Thomas Portrait
Gareth Thomas
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West
Joined: 24th February 2020
Kirsty Blackman Portrait
Kirsty Blackman
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North
Joined: 28th April 2016
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Alison Thewliss MP, House of Commons , London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 6447.

Email: alison.thewliss.mp@parliament.uk

Group's Website:

http://www.infantfeedingappg.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Infant Feeding and Inequalities APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Infant Feeding and Inequalities APPG

Former APPG Officers
Lord Bethell Portrait
Lord Bethell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 7th September 2022
Departed: 22nd February 2023
Julian Knight Portrait
Julian Knight
Vice Chair
Independent - Solihull
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 22nd February 2023
Jonathan Reynolds Portrait
Jonathan Reynolds
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Stalybridge and Hyde
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 22nd February 2023
Anneliese Dodds Portrait
Anneliese Dodds
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
2 APPG Memberships
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Carla Lockhart Portrait
Carla Lockhart
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Upper Bann
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
Emma Little Pengelly Portrait
Emma Little Pengelly
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Former Member for Belfast South
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Stephen Pound Portrait
Stephen Pound
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ealing North
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Karen Lumley Portrait
Karen Lumley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Redditch
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Durkan Portrait
Mark Durkan
Vice Chair
Social Democratic & Labour Party - Former Member for Foyle
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships