To support parliamentarians engaging in discussions relating to music education through early years, primary, secondary, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), further and higher education, and lifelong learning. The APPG has a particular focus on curriculum, music hubs, challenges facing higher education, and progression into the creative and cultural sector.
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4 Current APPG Officers
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Bambos Charalambous
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Southgate and Wood Green
Joined: 30th November 2022
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Contact Details
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Bambos Charalambous MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 3460.
Email: bambos.charalambous.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Colin Stuart, Independent Society of Musicians. Tel: 020 7313 9312
Email: colin.stuart@ism.org
Secretariat:
Independent Society of Musicians acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.ism.org/
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
Show/Hide14 Jul 2022
Independent Society of Musicians
Secretariat From : 14/07/2022 To : 13/07/2023
£4,501
14 Jul 2021
Incorporated Society of Musicians
Secretariat From : 14/07/2021 To : 13/07/2022
£4,501
14 Jul 2020
Incorporated Society of Musicians
Secretariat From : 14/07/2020 To : 13/07/2021
£4,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Music Education APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 7th August 2020Departed: 30th May 2024
Sharon Hodgson
Vice Chair
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 30th May 2024
Art, Craft and Design in Education , First Do No Harm , Parents , School Food , Ticket Abuse
Wera Hobhouse
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Bath
Joined: 30th November 2022Departed: 30th May 2024
Eating Disorders , Environment , Europe , Net Zero , Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Earl of Clancarty
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 23rd October 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Aberdare
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 23rd December 2015Departed: 20th September 2023
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 23rd October 2019Departed: 20th September 2023
Alex Davies-Jones
Vice Chair
Labour - Pontypridd
Joined: 7th August 2020Departed: 20th September 2023
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 23rd December 2015Departed: 20th September 2023
Navendu Mishra
Vice Chair
Labour - Stockport
Joined: 30th November 2022Departed: 20th September 2023
British Hindus
Karin Smyth
Vice Chair
Labour - Bristol South
Joined: 30th November 2022Departed: 20th September 2023
Alistair Carmichael
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Orkney and Shetland
Joined: 30th November 2022Departed: 20th September 2023
Stephanie Peacock
Vice Chair
Labour - Barnsley South
Joined: 30th November 2022Departed: 20th September 2023
Simon Lightwood
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Wakefield and Rothwell
Joined: 30th November 2022Departed: 20th September 2023
David Warburton
Co-Chair
Independent - Former Member for Somerton and Frome
Joined: 23rd December 2015Departed: 19th October 2022
Diana Johnson
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Joined: 7th August 2020Departed: 19th October 2022
Lord Strasburger
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 23rd October 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Internet, Communications and Technology
Baroness Altmann
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Nigel Evans
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Ribble Valley
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Lyn Brown
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for West Ham
Joined: 23rd October 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Andrew Percy
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Brigg and Goole
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Diana Johnson
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Joined: 23rd December 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Mark Prisk
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Hertford and Stortford
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 11th September 2019