Play APPG

First Registered: 20/10/2025 • Last updated on: 20/10/2025

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The APPG on Play is a cross-party group of Members of Parliament and the House of Lords committed to championing every child’s right to play by promoting its value, protecting time and space, and building acceptance across society. The group will advocate for a new National Play Strategy and play sufficiency legislation to ensure all children, in every community, have the freedom and opportunity to play every day.

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
Tom Hayes Portrait
Tom Hayes
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Bournemouth East
Joined: 20th October 2025
1 APPG Officer Position
Deep Geothermal
7 APPG Memberships
Bosnia and Herzegovina , City Regions Transport , Climate Change , Commonwealth , Fair Elections , Football Supporters , Nuclear Energy
Lord Howard of Rising Portrait
Lord Howard of Rising
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 20th October 2025
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Vikki Slade Portrait
Vikki Slade
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Mid Dorset and North Poole
Joined: 20th October 2025
5 APPG Officer Positions
National Trust , Parks and Green Spaces , Performing Arts Education and Training , Swimming , Town Centres
24 APPG Memberships
Apprenticeships , Autism , Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Carers , Children's Online Safety , Council Tax Reform , Dementia , Early Education and Childcare , Fair Elections , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Heritage Rail , Key Cities , Micromobility , Multiple Sclerosis , Prostate Cancer , Refugees , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Sepsis , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Tidy Britain , Water Pollution , Women in Parliament , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers , Youth Affairs
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Natasha Irons
Vice Chair
Labour - Croydon East
Joined: 20th October 2025
2 APPG Officer Positions
London , Youth Affairs
2 APPG Memberships
Children's Online Safety , Digital Communities
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Tom Hayes MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: tom.hayes.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Eugene Minogue, Play England

Email: eugene.minogue@playengland.org.uk

Secretariat:

Play England acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.playengland.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://www.playengland.org.uk/appg

No benefits in kind are on record for the Play APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Play APPG