Public Legal Education and Pro Bono APPG

First Registered: 28/09/2017 • Last updated on: 05/04/2023

Note: This APPG was last registered on 5th April 2023. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Performing Arts Education and Training APPG?

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To promote pro bono work and public legal education (PLE) nationally and internationally, to provide a forum for parliamentarians to work with the legal sector to foster a supportive policy environment for PLE and pro-bono, and encourage/raise awareness of initiatives to improve legal capability and free legal services provision.

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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Former Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Officers
Laura Farris Portrait
Laura Farris
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Newbury
Joined: 6th October 2021
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Christina Rees Portrait
Christina Rees
Co-Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Neath
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

James Daly Portrait
James Daly
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Bury North
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Barry Sheerman Portrait
Barry Sheerman
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Huddersfield
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Low of Dalston Portrait
Lord Low of Dalston
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 30th November 2022
1 APPG Officer Position
Assistive and Accessible Technology

No other APPG Memberships

Andy Slaughter Portrait
Andy Slaughter
Secretary
Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 30th November 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tonia Antoniazzi Portrait
Tonia Antoniazzi
Treasurer
Labour - Gower
Joined: 6th October 2021
Departed: 30th November 2022
6 APPG Officer Positions
Beer , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , ITV , Medical Cannabis under Prescription , Modern Languages , Rugby Union Football Club

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Taylor of Warwick Portrait
Lord Taylor of Warwick
Officer
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 6th October 2021
Departed: 30th November 2022
1 APPG Officer Position
Video Games and Esports

No other APPG Memberships

Alex Chalk Portrait
Alex Chalk
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Cheltenham
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Yvonne Fovargue Portrait
Yvonne Fovargue
Treasurer
Labour - Former Member for Makerfield
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Robert Neill Portrait
Robert Neill
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for Bromley and Chislehurst
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tom Tugendhat Portrait
Tom Tugendhat
Officer
Conservative - Tonbridge
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Officer Position
Estonia

No other APPG Memberships

Jonathan Djanogly Portrait
Jonathan Djanogly
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for Huntingdon
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Hamwee Portrait
Baroness Hamwee
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 21st November 2018
1 APPG Officer Position
Immigration Detention

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Laura Farris MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 4829.

Email: laura.farris.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Rebecca Wilkinson, LawWorks, 296-302 High Holborn, London WC1V 7JH. Tel: 07508 327 606

Email: appg-probono@lawworks.org.uk

Secretariat:

LawWorks acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.lawworks.org.uk/

Benefits in Kind
Date
8 Sep 2022
Source
LawWorks
Description
Secretariat   From : 08/09/2022 To : 07/09/2023
Value
£3,001
Date
8 Sep 2021
Source
LawWorks
Description
Secretariat   From : 08/09/2021 To : 07/09/2022
Value
£3,001
Date
21 Jul 2018
Source
LawWorks
Description
Secretariat   From : 21/07/2018 To : 20/07/2019
Value
£7,501
Date
21 Jul 2017
Source
LawWorks
Description
Secretariat   From : 21/07/2017 To : 20/07/2018
Value
£15,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Public Legal Education and Pro Bono APPG