To promote the value of high quality publishing to UK society, culture and the economy. To foster a better understanding among parliamentarians about publishers, booksellers and associated fields, all of whom contribute to a world-leading publishing sector.
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APPG Supplied Content
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Submitters can draft and edit publications, and either release them on demand, or schedule release for a future date.
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4 Current APPG Officers
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Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 23rd December 2015Contact Details
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Andrew Lewer MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 3870.
Email: andrew.lewer.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Aoife O’Callaghan-White, The Publishers Association, 50 Southwark Street, London SE1 1UN. Tel: 07969 274 354
Secretariat:
The Publishers Association acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.publishers.org.uk/
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
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The Publishers Association
Secretariat From : 11/02/2024 To : 10/02/2025
£3,001
4 Dec 2017
The Publishers Association
Secretariat From : 04/12/2017 To : 03/12/2018
£1,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Publishing APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Mutuals
Lord Clement-Jones
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 20th May 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
Artificial Intelligence , China , Data Analytics , Digital Inclusion , Future of Work , Intellectual Property , Internet, Communications and Technology , Writers
Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness , Minimally Invasive Cancer Therapies , Radiotherapy
Lord Gilbert of Panteg
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Taylor of Warwick
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 30th November 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
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Lord Black of Brentwood
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th November 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
John Hayes
Vice Chair
Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
Acquired Brain Injury , Almshouses , Baby Loss , Craft , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Lebanon , Skills, Careers and Employment
Lord Strathcarron
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 30th November 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
John Whittingdale
Vice Chair
Conservative - Maldon
Joined: 30th November 2022Departed: 17th May 2023
Lord Foster of Bath
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 20th May 2020Departed: 17th May 2023
Brendan Clarke-Smith
Officer
Conservative - Bassetlaw
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 4th May 2022
Brazil , Finland , Motor Neurone Disease , Romania , Sweden , UK Shared Prosperity Fund
David Amess
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th October 2021
Alex Chalk
Vice Chair
Conservative - Cheltenham
Joined: 20th December 2017Departed: 27th March 2019
Iain Wright
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Hartlepool
Joined: 23rd December 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
Ben Howlett
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bath
Joined: 23rd December 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017