To examine the structural problems within the criminal justice system which result in miscarriages of justice and to provide a forum from which to improve access to justice for those who have been wrongly convicted.
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5 Current APPG Officers
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16 APPG Memberships
Accounting for Growth , Air Pollution , Assistive Technology , Carbon Monoxide , Design and Innovation , Financial Technology , Learning Disability , Management , Manufacturing , River Thames , Skills, Careers and Employment , Sustainable Resource , Transport Safety , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire , Youth Action against Climate Change
Accounting for Growth , Air Pollution , Assistive Technology , Carbon Monoxide , Design and Innovation , Financial Technology , Learning Disability , Management , Manufacturing , River Thames , Skills, Careers and Employment , Sustainable Resource , Transport Safety , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire , Youth Action against Climate Change
13 APPG Memberships
Channel Islands , Financial Markets and Services , France , Gibraltar , Hungary , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , London , London as a Global City , Norfolk Island , Opera , Rohingya , Rule of Law , Stroke
Channel Islands , Financial Markets and Services , France , Gibraltar , Hungary , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , London , London as a Global City , Norfolk Island , Opera , Rohingya , Rule of Law , Stroke
20 APPG Memberships
Adult Education , Adult Social Care , American Football , BBC , Business in a Pandemic (Covid) World , Cricket , Crypto and Digital Assets , Dance , Education Technology , Film and Broader Screen , Financial Technology , Football , Inclusive Entrepreneurship , ITV , New and Advanced Technologies , Performing Arts Education and Training , Public Legal Education and Pro Bono , Race and Community , United Nations Women , Video Games and Esports
Adult Education , Adult Social Care , American Football , BBC , Business in a Pandemic (Covid) World , Cricket , Crypto and Digital Assets , Dance , Education Technology , Film and Broader Screen , Financial Technology , Football , Inclusive Entrepreneurship , ITV , New and Advanced Technologies , Performing Arts Education and Training , Public Legal Education and Pro Bono , Race and Community , United Nations Women , Video Games and Esports
15 APPG Memberships
Airport Communities , Axial Spondyloarthritis , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Extraordinary Rendition , Fire Safety and Rescue , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Legal Aid , Online and Home Electrical Safety , Palestine , Poland , Public Legal Education and Pro Bono , Short Lets Sector , Trafficked Britons in Syria , Weddings , Wine and Spirits
Airport Communities , Axial Spondyloarthritis , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Extraordinary Rendition , Fire Safety and Rescue , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Legal Aid , Online and Home Electrical Safety , Palestine , Poland , Public Legal Education and Pro Bono , Short Lets Sector , Trafficked Britons in Syria , Weddings , Wine and Spirits
Contact Details
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Mr Barry Sheerman MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5037.
Email: sheermanb@parliament.uk
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Benefits in Kind
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Date
4 Feb 2021
4 Feb 2021
Source
APPEAL
APPEAL
Description
APPEAL is paid by individual partners of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP to act as the group's secretariat From : 04/02/2021 To : 03/02/2022
APPEAL is paid by individual partners of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP to act as the group's secretariat From : 04/02/2021 To : 03/02/2022
Value
£6,001
£6,001
Date
4 Feb 2020
4 Feb 2020
Source
APPEAL
APPEAL
Description
APPEAL is paid by Simpson Thacher & Barlett LLP to act as the group's secretariat From : 04/02/2020 To : 03/02/2021
APPEAL is paid by Simpson Thacher & Barlett LLP to act as the group's secretariat From : 04/02/2020 To : 03/02/2021
Value
£13,501
£13,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Miscarriages of Justice APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Crispin Blunt
Vice Chair
Conservative - Reigate
Joined: 13th February 2019Departed: 21st April 2021
10 APPG Memberships
CBD (Cannabidiol) Products , Deliberative Democracy , Drug Policy Reform , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , Humanist , Knife Crime and Violence Reduction , Kurdistan in Turkey and Syria , Prescribed Drug Dependence , Restorative Justice
CBD (Cannabidiol) Products , Deliberative Democracy , Drug Policy Reform , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , Humanist , Knife Crime and Violence Reduction , Kurdistan in Turkey and Syria , Prescribed Drug Dependence , Restorative Justice
Lucy Powell
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central
Joined: 20th December 2017Departed: 21st April 2021
Ellie Reeves
Officer
Labour - Lewisham West and Penge
Joined: 13th February 2019Departed: 21st April 2021
Robert Neill
Officer
Conservative - Bromley and Chislehurst
Joined: 13th February 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
13 APPG Memberships
Channel Islands , Financial Markets and Services , France , Gibraltar , Hungary , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , London , London as a Global City , Norfolk Island , Opera , Rohingya , Rule of Law , Stroke
Channel Islands , Financial Markets and Services , France , Gibraltar , Hungary , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , London , London as a Global City , Norfolk Island , Opera , Rohingya , Rule of Law , Stroke
Peter Bottomley
Officer
Conservative - Worthing West
Joined: 20th December 2017Departed: 2nd January 2019
73 APPG Memberships
Adult Education , Afrikan Reparations , Ageing and Older People , Arts and Heritage , Austria , BBC , Black Maternal Health , British Overseas Territories , Carbon Monoxide , Commonwealth , Community Development in Europe , Croatia , Cycling and Walking , Dalits , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Disability , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Equitable Life Policyholders , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Fatherhood , Flags and Heraldry , Gasworks Redevelopment , Global Security and Non-Proliferation , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Haiti , Hospice and End of Life Care , Immigration Detention , Insurance and Financial Services , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Kosovo , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Limits to Growth , London's Planning and Built Environment , Longevity , Maternity , Media , Music , No Recourse to Public Funds , Olympic and Paralympic Games , Opera , Park Homes , Performing Arts Education and Training , Photography , Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 , Race and Community , Religion in the Media , Religious Education , Republic of Korea , Retail Crime , Road Freight and Logistics , Rowing , Scientific , Scotch Whisky , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Social Enterprise , Social Integration , Social Science and Policy , South Africa , St George's Day , Tibet , Transport Safety , United Nations , United Nations Women , Vascular and Venous Disease , Votes at 16 , Western Sahara , Wine and Spirits , Wine of Great Britain , Women in Transport , Youth Affairs
Adult Education , Afrikan Reparations , Ageing and Older People , Arts and Heritage , Austria , BBC , Black Maternal Health , British Overseas Territories , Carbon Monoxide , Commonwealth , Community Development in Europe , Croatia , Cycling and Walking , Dalits , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Disability , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Equitable Life Policyholders , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Fatherhood , Flags and Heraldry , Gasworks Redevelopment , Global Security and Non-Proliferation , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Haiti , Hospice and End of Life Care , Immigration Detention , Insurance and Financial Services , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Kosovo , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Limits to Growth , London's Planning and Built Environment , Longevity , Maternity , Media , Music , No Recourse to Public Funds , Olympic and Paralympic Games , Opera , Park Homes , Performing Arts Education and Training , Photography , Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 , Race and Community , Religion in the Media , Religious Education , Republic of Korea , Retail Crime , Road Freight and Logistics , Rowing , Scientific , Scotch Whisky , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Social Enterprise , Social Integration , Social Science and Policy , South Africa , St George's Day , Tibet , Transport Safety , United Nations , United Nations Women , Vascular and Venous Disease , Votes at 16 , Western Sahara , Wine and Spirits , Wine of Great Britain , Women in Transport , Youth Affairs
Lord Ramsbotham
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 20th December 2017Departed: 2nd January 2019
5 APPG Memberships
Acquired Brain Injury , Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , Children , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Young People's Health
Acquired Brain Injury , Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , Children , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Young People's Health
Lord Knight of Weymouth
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 20th December 2017Departed: 29th August 2018