Mental Health APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 30/05/2024

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To inform parliamentarians about all aspects of mental health.

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 APPG Officers
Rachael Maskell Portrait
Rachael Maskell
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - York Central
Joined: 24th February 2020
6 APPG Memberships
Adoption and Permanence , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Childhood Trauma , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Intensive Care
James Morris Portrait
James Morris
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Halesowen and Rowley Regis
Joined: 30th July 2015
4 APPG Memberships
Cyber Security and Business Resilience , Modernising Employment , Shakespeare , Waterways
Baroness Tyler of Enfield Portrait
Baroness Tyler of Enfield
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 13th February 2019
2 APPG Memberships
Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Children
Paulette Hamilton Portrait
Paulette Hamilton
Officer
Labour - Birmingham Erdington
Joined: 28th June 2023
3 APPG Memberships
Local Government , Midlands Engine , Thalassaemia
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Rachael Maskell MP,

Email: No email supplied

Public Enquiry Point:

Peter Hand, The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 21 Prescot Street, London E1 8BB

Email: peter.hand@rcpsych.ac.uk

Secretariat:

The Royal College of Psychiatrists and Rethink Mental Illness jointly act as the group's secretariat. https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/ and https://www.rethink.org/

Benefits in Kind
Date
5 Feb 2024
Source
The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 05/02/2024 To : 04/02/2025
Value
£6,001
Date
5 Feb 2024
Source
Rethink Mental Illness
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 05/02/2024 To : 04/02/2025
Value
£6,001
Date
5 Feb 2023
Source
The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 05/02/2023 To : 04/02/2024
Value
£6,001
Date
5 Feb 2023
Source
Rethink Mental Illness
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 05/02/2023 To : 04/02/2024
Value
£6,001
Date
5 Feb 2022
Source
The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 05/02/2022 To : 04/02/2023
Value
£4,501
Date
5 Feb 2022
Source
Rethink Mental Illness
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 05/02/2022 To : 04/02/2023
Value
£4,501
Date
12 Jul 2018
Source
Rethink Mental Illness
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 12/07/2018 To : 11/07/2019
Value
£3,001
Date
12 Jul 2018
Source
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 12/07/2018 To : 11/07/2019
Value
£3,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Mental Health APPG

Former APPG Officers
Baroness Watkins of Tavistock Portrait
Baroness Watkins of Tavistock
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Health , Intensive Care
Lord Davies of Brixton Portrait
Lord Davies of Brixton
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services
Liz Twist Portrait
Liz Twist
Officer
Labour - Blaydon and Consett
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
12 APPG Memberships
Acquired Brain Injury , Carbon Monoxide , Child Contact Centres and Services , Deafness , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Grid Networks , Muscular Dystrophy , Rare, Genetic and Undiagnosed Conditions , Respiratory Health , Sleep , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Water
Baroness Hollins Portrait
Baroness Hollins
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Autism , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Down Syndrome , Holy See , Hospice and End of Life Care , Mindfulness
Jeff Smith Portrait
Jeff Smith
Officer
Labour - Manchester Withington
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Memberships
BBC , Complex Needs and Dual Diagnosis , Drug Policy Reform , Industrial Hemp and CBD (Cannabidiol) Product , Media , Night Time Economy
Wera Hobhouse Portrait
Wera Hobhouse
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Bath
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
9 APPG Memberships
Childhood Trauma , Climate and Security , Community Energy , Eating Disorders , Environment , Key Cities , Music Education , Net Zero , Tidy Britain
Dean Russell Portrait
Dean Russell
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Watford
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Artificial Intelligence , Film and Broader Screen
Rehman Chishti Portrait
Rehman Chishti
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Gillingham and Rainham
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 17th May 2023
3 APPG Memberships
Hajj and Umrah , Kuwait , Pakistan
Colleen Fletcher Portrait
Colleen Fletcher
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Coventry North East
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
2 APPG Memberships
Road Passenger Transport - Recovery and Renewal , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies
None Portrait
The Earl of Listowel
Vice Chair
 Joined: 13th February 2019
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Munira Wilson Portrait
Munira Wilson
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Twickenham
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
6 APPG Memberships
Airport Communities , Childhood Trauma , Kinship Care , London , School Food , Women's Football
Helen Hayes Portrait
Helen Hayes
Officer
Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
1 APPG Membership
Community Energy
Matt Western Portrait
Matt Western
Officer
Labour - Warwick and Leamington
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
6 APPG Memberships
Council Housing , Electric Vehicles , Motor , Pubs , Small and Micro Business , SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders
Neil Coyle Portrait
Neil Coyle
Officer
Labour - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
1 APPG Membership
Housing and Care for Older People
Lord Moynihan Portrait
Lord Moynihan
Officer
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
1 APPG Membership
Ticket Abuse
Baroness Meacher Portrait
Baroness Meacher
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
2 APPG Memberships
Choice at the End of Life , Drug Policy Reform
Marco Longhi Portrait
Marco Longhi
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Dudley North
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
1 APPG Membership
Brazil
Ben Spencer Portrait
Ben Spencer
Vice Chair
Conservative - Runnymede and Weybridge
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
1 APPG Membership
Finland
Virginia Crosbie Portrait
Virginia Crosbie
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Ynys Môn
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 24th February 2020
2 APPG Memberships
Nuclear Energy , Small Modular Reactors
Ivan Lewis Portrait
Ivan Lewis
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Bury South
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Daniel Zeichner Portrait
Daniel Zeichner
Vice Chair
Labour - Cambridge
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
8 APPG Memberships
Arts and Heritage , Dark Skies , Data Analytics , Diagnostics , East of England , Life Sciences , Social Science and Policy , University
Afzal Khan Portrait
Afzal Khan
Vice Chair
Labour - Manchester Rusholme
Joined: 13th February 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
13 APPG Memberships
Bereavement Support , Curry Industry , Egypt , Faith and Society , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Hajj and Umrah , Islamic and Ethical Finance , Libya , Morocco , Muslim Women , Pakistan , Parks and Green Spaces , Uyghurs
Luciana Berger Portrait
Luciana Berger
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Liverpool, Wavertree
Joined: 13th February 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Johnny Mercer Portrait
Johnny Mercer
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Plymouth, Moor View
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Vice Chair
Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 11th September 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Tom Brake Portrait
Tom Brake
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Carshalton and Wallington
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 10th October 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Damien Moore Portrait
Damien Moore
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Southport
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 10th October 2018
2 APPG Memberships
Financial Resilience , Tajikistan
Laura Pidcock Portrait
Laura Pidcock
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for North West Durham
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 10th October 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Gloria De Piero Portrait
Gloria De Piero
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ashfield
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Oliver Colvile Portrait
Oliver Colvile
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Jason McCartney Portrait
Jason McCartney
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
9 APPG Memberships
Channel 4 , Dementia , Fairtrade , ITV , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Parkinson's , Sixth Form Education , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
Lord Alderdice Portrait
Lord Alderdice
Treasurer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
1 APPG Membership
Islamic and Ethical Finance