To support the sport of rugby league football.
1. Financial support for football and rugby league clubs during the covid-19 outbreak
08/10/2020 - Early Day Motions
Found: is concerned about the future of football and rugby league clubs without fans being able to attend stadiums;
2. RUGBY LEAGUE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
26/10/2018 - Early Day Motions
Found: House welcomes the European Championship of rugby league between Scotland, Ireland, Wales and France
3. SUPER LEAGUE GRAND FINALS
15/10/2018 - Early Day Motions
Found: teams that reached the men's and women's Super League Grand Finals held on 13 October 2018; further congratulates
4. ENGLAND RUGBY LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL FIXTURES
25/10/2018 - Early Day Motions
Found: this House welcomes the Autumn 2018's England rugby league international fixtures; notes that the England
5. STATE OF MIND SUPER LEAGUE ROUND
13/06/2018 - Early Day Motions
Found: That this House welcomes the State of Mind Super League round, taking place for the eighth year in Round
1. Covid-19: Support for Rugby League
02/11/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: know how strongly you have always supported rugby league and its impact on our communities. This morning - Speech Link
2. Petition
22/10/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: Pontefract and Castleford calling for support for rugby league clubs during the covid crisis. The petition - Speech Link
3. Women’s Rugby: Government Support
13/10/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: spend his 50th birthday than talking about women’s rugby with us. I wish him many happy returns.Madam - Speech Link
4. Sport Sector: Financial Support
19/11/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: announced a £16 million emergency bail-out for rugby league to prevent the sport’s collapse, and the Treasury’s - Speech Link
2: who rely on swimming, their football team, their rugby game, their running club or their round of golf - Speech Link
3: announcement is very welcome. Rugby league, rugby union and the national league have all expressed to me their - Speech Link
5. Professional and Amateur Sport: Government Support
30/09/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: this year the Government stepped in to protect rugby league from the imminent threat of collapse. Both those - Speech Link
2: coming from, but its urgency relates to the national league starting on Saturday. Therefore, the reassurances - Speech Link
3: of the Premier League. We have had constructive conversations with the Premier League and the EFL, which - Speech Link
asked by: Marie Rimmer
16/11/2017
... how much funding her Department has provided to the Rugby Football League in each of the last 10 years; and on what projects that funding has been spent. 2. Rugby
asked by: Tulip Siddiq
03/03/2020
... what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) Premiership Rugby Limited and (b) the Rugby Football Union on the governance of rugby clubs. 3. Rugby
asked by: Lord Kennedy of Southwark
17/02/2020
...To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of rugby league in England and Wales. 4. Rugby: Finance
asked by: Lord Addington
06/08/2020
...To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ask UK Sport to provide financial support for rugby sevens teams ahead of the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after their RFU funding expires in August. 5. Rugby: Females
asked by: Lord Addington
06/08/2020
...To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the professional playing opportunities available to women’s rugby sevens teams; and what plans they have to ask UK Sport to provide financial support for the Great Britain Women’s Olympic Rugby Sevens programme.
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Antisemitism , Bahrain , Jazz Appreciation , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Mayflower 400 , Population, Development and Reproductive Health , St George's Day , Trade and Export Promotion
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Baseball and Softball , BBC , Channel 4 , Cricket , East Coast Main Line , Fairtrade , Football Supporters , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Homelessness , ITV , Kashmir , Knife Crime and Violence Reduction , Kurdistan Region in Iraq , Northern Culture , Northern Powerhouse , Pharmacy , Sixth Form Education , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Transport Across the North , Ukraine , University , Waterways , Woods and Trees , Working at Height , Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Lord Smith of Leigh
Treasurer
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Contact Details
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Judith Cummins MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8607.
Email: judith.cummins.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Paul Kenny, Office of Yvonne Fovargue MP, Wigan Investment Centre, Waterside Drive, Wigan WN3 5BA. Tel: 01942 824 029
Email: paul.kenny@parliament.uk
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
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MR Group
MR Group is part funded by Rugby Football League to act as secretariat to the APPG From : 05/07/2016 To : 04/07/2017
£24,001
2 Jun 2015
Mark Ramsdale Ltd
Mark Ramsdale Ltd is part funded by Rugby Football League to act as secretariat to the APPG From : 02/06/2015 To : 31/12/2015
£18,001
Financial Benefits Received
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RFL
£9,000
14 Jun 2019
RFL
£3,600
24 Dec 2018
RFL
£4,500
5 Sep 2018
RFL
£8,100
4 Jul 2018
RFL
£4,500
3 May 2018
RFL
£4,500
7 Mar 2018
RFL
£4,500
5 Jan 2018
Kingstone Press
£3,360
11 Oct 2017
RFL
£4,500
25 Sep 2017
RFL
£3,600
22 Aug 2016
Rugby Football League
£3,600
25 Jul 2016
Rugby Football League
£8,100
22 May 2015
Rugby Football League
£3,600
20 Mar 2015
RSA Oakwood Insurance
£6,000
Former APPG Officers
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Paula Sherriff
Vice-Chair
Labour - Former Member for Dewsbury
Joined: 21st July 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
Imran Ahmad Khan
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Wakefield
Joined: 31st July 2019Departed: 23rd October 2019
Greg Mulholland
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Leeds North West
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
David Mowat
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Warrington South
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
Marie Rimmer
Secretary
Labour - St Helens South and Whiston
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 15th February 2017