Modern Conflict APPG

First Registered: 09/08/2023 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

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The APPG is an interest group for parliamentarians considering the capabilities and commitments driving contemporary warfare. Our work advances discussion and policy-making regarding protection considerations, technology, covert operations, and other issues which are outpacing conventional oversight mechanisms in the context of modern conflict.

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
Richard Foord Portrait
Richard Foord
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Honiton and Sidmouth
Joined: 9th August 2023
5 APPG Memberships
Digital Communities , Estonia , Kosovo and Albania , Serbia , South West
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts Portrait
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 9th August 2023
1 APPG Membership
Charities and Volunteering
Baroness Stern Portrait
Baroness Stern
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 9th August 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Fred Thomas Portrait
Fred Thomas
Officer
Labour - Plymouth Moor View
Joined: 7th May 2025
2 APPG Memberships
Boxing , Defence Technology
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Richard Foord MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 8790.

Email: richard.foord.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Kaleigh Heard, University College London. Tel: 07752 427073

Email: kaleigh.heard@ucl.ac.uk

Secretariat:

University College London acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/

Group's Website:

https://www.appgmodernconflict.org/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Modern Conflict APPG

Financial Benefits Received
Date
8 Mar 2025
Source
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
Value
£11,250
Former APPG Officers
Stewart Malcolm McDonald Portrait
Stewart Malcolm McDonald
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow South
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Alex Sobel Portrait
Alex Sobel
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Students , Ukraine , West Papua
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle Portrait
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Vice Chair
Green Party - Life peer
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Antimicrobial Resistance , Respiratory Health
Baroness Smith of Newnham Portrait
Baroness Smith of Newnham
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Falkland Islands , Germany
Amy Callaghan Portrait
Amy Callaghan
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for East Dunbartonshire
Joined: 9th August 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships