To provide a forum for the discussion of issues relating to refugees, both in the UK and abroad, and to promote the welfare of refugees.
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4 Current APPG Officers
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Anne McLaughlin
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Glasgow North East
Joined: 30th July 2015
Contact Details
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Anne McLaughlin MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 3000.
Email: anne.mclaughlin.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Hayden Banks, Refugee Council. Tel: 07780 664 598
Email: hayden.banks@refugeecouncil.org.uk
Secretariat:
Refugee Council acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
Show/Hide29 Jan 2023
Refugee Council
Secretariat From : 29/01/2023 To : 28/01/2024
£3,001
29 Jan 2022
Refugee Council
Secretariat From : 29/01/2022 To : 28/01/2023
£3,001
29 Jan 2021
Refugee Council
Secretariat From : 29/01/2021 To : 28/01/2022
£3,001
29 Jan 2020
Refugee Council
Secretariat From : 29/01/2020 To : 28/01/2021
£3,001
11 Jul 2019
Refugee Council
Secretariat From : 11/07/2019 To : 10/07/2020
£3,001
11 Jul 2018
Refugee Council
Secretariat From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
£3,001
11 Jul 2017
Refugee Council
Secretariat From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
£3,001
7 Jul 2016
Refugee Council
Secretariat From : 07/07/2016 To : 06/07/2017
£1,501
7 Jul 2015
The Refugee Council
Secretariat From : 07/07/2015 To : 31/12/2015
£1,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Refugees APPG
Former APPG Officers
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David Simmonds
Officer
Conservative - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Joined: 7th August 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
The Lord Bishop of Durham
Officer
Joined: 5th November 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 2nd January 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
Amy Callaghan
Officer
Scottish National Party - East Dunbartonshire
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
Anum Qaisar
Officer
Scottish National Party - Airdrie and Shotts
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
Human Rights
Carol Monaghan
Officer
Scottish National Party - Glasgow North West
Joined: 22nd July 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Romania , Scientific , Space
Patrick Grady
Officer
Scottish National Party - Glasgow North
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
CAFOD , Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , Global Education , Limits to Growth , Malawi , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , West Papua
Alison Thewliss
Officer
Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
John McNally
Officer
Scottish National Party - Falkirk
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion and Hairdressing , Microplastics , Tidy Britain
Caroline Lucas
Officer
Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 6th March 2024
Tim Loughton
Officer
Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham
Joined: 27th March 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
Adoption and Permanence , Archaeology , Armenia , Austria , British Museum , Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Children , Coastal Communities , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Kinship Care , Photography , Tennis , Tibet , Wilton Park , Yemen
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Worthing West
Joined: 22nd July 2022Departed: 17th May 2023
12 Step Recovery , Ageing and Older People , Austria , Carbon Monoxide , Citizens' Rights , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Extraordinary Rendition , Frozen British Pensions , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Haiti , Immigration Detention , Limits to Growth , Race and Community , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Small and Micro Business , Social Integration , South Africa , Transport Safety , United Nations , Women in Transport , Zimbabwe
Thangam Debbonaire
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Bristol West
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 20th May 2020
Heidi Allen
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for South Cambridgeshire
Joined: 2nd January 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Steve Double
Vice Chair
Conservative - St Austell and Newquay
Joined: 27th March 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Jeremy Lefroy
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stafford
Joined: 27th March 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
David Linden
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Glasgow East
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 23rd October 2019
Baroness Morgan of Cotes
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 10th October 2018
David Burrowes
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Enfield, Southgate
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
Mark Pritchard
Secretary
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 12th October 2016