Maldives APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 18/06/2025

To raise awareness of key issues in the Maldives including environmental, educational, political and social issues and problems facing the country.

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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Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
Lord Bilimoria Portrait
Lord Bilimoria
Co-Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
Lord Sharpe of Epsom Portrait
Lord Sharpe of Epsom
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 18th June 2025
Helen Grant Portrait
Helen Grant
Vice Chair
Conservative - Maidstone and Malling
Joined: 18th June 2025
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Yasmin Qureshi MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7019.

Email: yasmin.qureshi.mp@parliament.uk

Date
23 Jul 2016
Source
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives
Description
Flights and accommodation for visit to Maldives   From : 23/07/2016 To : 29/07/2016
Value
£13,501
Date
13 Feb 2016
Source
High Commission of the Maldives
Description
Flights, other transport and accommodation for visit to Maldives   From : 13/02/2016 To : 21/02/2016
Value
£21,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Maldives APPG

Former APPG Officers
Rehman Chishti Portrait
Rehman Chishti
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Gillingham and Rainham
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Shailesh Vara Portrait
Shailesh Vara
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North West Cambridgeshire
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mohammad Yasin Portrait
Mohammad Yasin
Vice Chair
Labour - Bedford
Joined: 9th February 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Adult Social Care , Bahrain , Immigration Detention , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Khan of Burnley Portrait
Lord Khan of Burnley
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 9th February 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Sheryll Murray Portrait
Sheryll Murray
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for South East Cornwall
Joined: 9th February 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Martin Vickers Portrait
Martin Vickers
Vice Chair
Conservative - Brigg and Immingham
Joined: 9th February 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Channel Islands , Gibraltar , Kosovo and Albania , Poland , Rail , Steel and Metals-Related Industries

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Moynihan Portrait
Lord Moynihan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
British Offshore Energy Industry , Golf , Ticket Abuse

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Truscott Portrait
Lord Truscott
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Menzies Portrait
Mark Menzies
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Fylde
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord German Portrait
Lord German
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Global Education , Slovenia , Waterways

No other APPG Memberships

Lisa Cameron Portrait
Lisa Cameron
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

None Portrait
Rosie Cooper
Vice Chair
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Viscount Waverley Portrait
Viscount Waverley
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Vice Chair
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 23rd March 2022
5 APPG Officer Positions
Egypt , Georgia , India , Libya , Turkey

No other APPG Memberships

David Amess Portrait
David Amess
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Afzal Khan Portrait
Afzal Khan
Vice Chair
Labour - Manchester Rusholme
Joined: 11th September 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
5 APPG Officer Positions
Bahrain , British Muslims , Greater Manchester , Pakistan , Parks and Green Spaces

No other APPG Memberships

Roger Godsiff Portrait
Roger Godsiff
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Hall Green
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Law Portrait
Chris Law
Officer
Scottish National Party - Dundee Central
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 31st July 2019
2 APPG Officer Positions
Aid Match , Armenia

No other APPG Memberships

Matthew Offord Portrait
Matthew Offord
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Hendon
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 31st July 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ian Paisley Portrait
Ian Paisley
Vice-Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Former Member for North Antrim
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 31st July 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Alton of Liverpool Portrait
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
6 APPG Officer Positions
Hong Kong , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Nigeria , North Korea , Uyghurs , Yazidis

No other APPG Memberships

Andrew Percy Portrait
Andrew Percy
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Brigg and Goole
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 31st August 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Guto Bebb Portrait
Guto Bebb
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Aberconwy
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 31st August 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships