Medical Cannabis under Prescription APPG

First Registered: 18/07/2018 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

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The APPG exists to promote the importance of medical cannabis for patients in the UK. To raise awareness of the industry and the importance to growth of the economy and jobs within the sector. To work with other parties within government to raise awareness of this medication and the importance for patients, to help create an understanding of how this medication could sit within current medical frameworks.

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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4 Current Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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4 Current APPG Officers
Tonia Antoniazzi Portrait
Tonia Antoniazzi
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Gower
Joined: 18th July 2018
5 APPG Officer Positions
Beer , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , ITV , Modern Languages , Rugby Union Football Club
13 APPG Memberships
Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Autism , Cyprus , Dark Skies , Fair Banking , Future of Work , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Italy , Long Covid , Music , Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System
Jeremy Wright Portrait
Jeremy Wright
Vice Chair
Conservative - Kenilworth and Southam
Joined: 28th March 2025
2 APPG Officer Positions
Digital Regulation and Responsibility , Restorative Justice
2 APPG Memberships
Dementia , War Crimes
Baroness Walmsley Portrait
Baroness Walmsley
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 18th July 2018
1 APPG Officer Position
Obesity
4 APPG Memberships
Dentistry and Oral Health , Environment , Health , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers
Andy McDonald Portrait
Andy McDonald
Officer
Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
Joined: 28th March 2025
4 APPG Officer Positions
Acquired Brain Injury , Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , Palestine , Spinal Cord Injury
5 APPG Memberships
Autism , Council Tax Reform , Football Supporters , Miscarriages of Justice , Occupational Safety and Health
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Tonia Antoniazzi MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 1199.

Email: tonia.antoniazzi.mp@parliament.uk

Secretariat:

The Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society and Volteface jointly act as the group's secretariat. https://www.ukmccs.org/ and https://volteface.me/

Benefits in Kind
Date
16 Oct 2024
Source
The Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 16/10/2024 To : 15/10/2025
Value
£3,001
Date
16 Oct 2024
Source
Volteface
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 16/10/2024 To : 15/10/2025
Value
£3,001
Date
28 Jan 2023
Source
Tendo Consulting Limited
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2023 To : 27/01/2024
Value
£10,501
Date
28 Jan 2022
Source
Tendo Consulting Limited
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2022 To : 27/01/2023
Value
£10,501
Date
28 Jan 2021
Source
End Our Pain
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2021 To : 27/01/2022
Value
£10,501
Date
28 Jan 2020
Source
End Our Pain
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2020 To : 27/01/2021
Value
£10,501
Date
27 Jun 2018
Source
End Our Pain
Description
Secretariat   From : 27/06/2018 To : 26/06/2019
Value
£10,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Medical Cannabis under Prescription APPG

Former APPG Officers
Nickie Aiken Portrait
Nickie Aiken
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Cities of London and Westminster
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ronnie Cowan Portrait
Ronnie Cowan
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Inverclyde
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Christine Jardine Portrait
Christine Jardine
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Antisemitism , Choice at the End of Life , Grief Support and the Impact of Death on Society , Portugal , Switzerland and Liechtenstein

No other APPG Memberships

Ian Byrne Portrait
Ian Byrne
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool West Derby
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Acquired Brain Injury , Holy See , Motor Neurone Disease

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Jackson of Peterborough Portrait
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
International Freedom of Religion or Belief

No other APPG Memberships

Alberto Costa Portrait
Alberto Costa
Co-Chair
Conservative - South Leicestershire
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 22nd February 2023
4 APPG Officer Positions
Greece , Italy , Microplastics , Tidy Britain

No other APPG Memberships

Lloyd Russell-Moyle Portrait
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Brighton, Kemptown
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Meacher Portrait
Baroness Meacher
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Emma Hardy Portrait
Emma Hardy
Vice Chair
Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephanie Peacock Portrait
Stephanie Peacock
Vice Chair
Labour - Barnsley South
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mike Penning Portrait
Mike Penning
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Hemel Hempstead
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 27th January 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Dan Poulter Portrait
Dan Poulter
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 23rd October 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jim Shannon Portrait
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 23rd October 2019
5 APPG Officer Positions
Healthy Homes and Buildings , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Respiratory Health , UK Food Security , Vascular and Venous Disease

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Field of Birkenhead Portrait
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 23rd October 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships