Media Literacy APPG

First Registered: 16/12/2020 • Last updated on: 06/03/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 6th March 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 7th May 2025 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Political and Media Literacy APPG?

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Forum for parliamentarians to discuss how to equip young people and wider society with the critical thinking skills needed today. To work with industry, regulators and businesses to put forward positive proposals for change.

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 Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Members
Kirsty Blackman Portrait
Kirsty Blackman
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Future of Work , Political and Media Literacy , Women's Football
Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick Portrait
Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick
Co-Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
John Nicolson Portrait
John Nicolson
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Ochil and South Perthshire
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord McNicol of West Kilbride Portrait
Lord McNicol of West Kilbride
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Memberships
Blockchain Technologies , Financial Technology , Industrial Strategy , Open Banking and Payments , Political and Media Literacy
Siobhain McDonagh Portrait
Siobhain McDonagh
Vice Chair
Labour - Mitcham and Morden
Joined: 24th January 2024
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Memberships
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Brain Tumours , Children who need Palliative Care , Households in Temporary Accommodation , Tamils
Lord Knight of Weymouth Portrait
Lord Knight of Weymouth
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Future of Work , Parents
Caroline Dinenage Portrait
Caroline Dinenage
Officer
Conservative - Gosport
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Carers , Caribbean , Creative Health , Early Education and Childcare , Internet, Communications and Technology , Women's Health
Siobhain McDonagh Portrait
Siobhain McDonagh
Vice Chair
Labour - Mitcham and Morden
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
5 APPG Memberships
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Brain Tumours , Children who need Palliative Care , Households in Temporary Accommodation , Tamils
Damian Collins Portrait
Damian Collins
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Folkestone and Hythe
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 7th September 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Damian Hinds Portrait
Damian Hinds
Vice Chair
Conservative - East Hampshire
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 14th July 2021
5 APPG Memberships
Down Syndrome , Hospitality and Tourism , Political and Media Literacy , T-Levels , Wine of Great Britain
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Kirsty Blackman MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8791.

Email: kirsty.blackman.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Bejay Mulenga, The Student View, Electric Lane, Brixton, London SW9 8LA. Tel: 020 3923 0283

Email: info@thestudentview.org

Secretariat:

The Student View acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.thestudentview.org/

Benefits in Kind
Date
23 Nov 2021
Source
The Student View
Description
Secretariat   From : 23/11/2021 To : 22/11/2022
Value
£19,501
Date
23 Nov 2020
Source
The Student View
Description
Secretariat   From : 23/11/2020 To : 22/11/2021
Value
£19,501
Financial Benefits Received
Date
24 Apr 2021
Source
Adobe
Value
£10,000