Psychoactive Substances and Volatile Substance Abuse APPG

First Registered: 24/11/2016 • Last updated on: 11/09/2019

Note: This APPG was last registered on 11th September 2019. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 20th November 2024 and may be defunct.

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To raise awareness of NPS and VSA in Parliament and encourage discussion of issues around substances covered under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016. The Group works to ensure that the Government adopts policies that will reduce the harms of these substances and help spread good evidence-based prevention throughout the UK.

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.
Former Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Members
Lord Hanson of Flint Portrait
Lord Hanson of Flint
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 11th September 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Diana Johnson Portrait
Diana Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 11th September 2019
No other APPG Memberships
William Cash Portrait
William Cash
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stone
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 11th September 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Cheryl Gillan Portrait
Cheryl Gillan
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 11th September 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Cheryl Gillan Portrait
Cheryl Gillan
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 20th December 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Hanson of Flint Portrait
Lord Hanson of Flint
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
David Burrowes Portrait
David Burrowes
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Enfield, Southgate
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Fiona Bruce Portrait
Fiona Bruce
Co-Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Congleton
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Benefits in Kind
Date
18 Jul 2018
Source
Mentor UK
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 18/07/2018 To : 17/07/2019
Value
£1,501
Date
18 Jul 2018
Source
Re-Solv
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 18/07/2018 To : 17/07/2019
Value
£1,501
Date
18 Jul 2017
Source
Mentor UK
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 18/07/2017 To : 17/07/2018
Value
£1,501
Date
18 Jul 2017
Source
Re-Solv
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 18/07/2017 To : 17/07/2018
Value
£1,501
Date
14 Nov 2016
Source
Mentor UK
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 14/11/2016 To : 13/11/2017
Value
£1,501
Date
14 Nov 2016
Source
Re-Solv
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 14/11/2016 To : 13/11/2017
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Psychoactive Substances and Volatile Substance Abuse APPG