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: Coronavirus
asked by: James Grundy
26/02/2021
... what financial support the Government plans to provide to rugby league clubs to ensure the safe return of local sport following the covid-19 pandemic. 5. Rugby: Coronavirus
asked by: Colleen Fletcher
02/03/2021
... (ii) part and (iii) none of the grant funding they applied for; and what criteria was applied to such applications to determine whether a club was eligible for grant funding through that scheme.
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Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , BBC , Carbon Monoxide , Channel 4 , Cricket , East Coast Main Line , Fairtrade , Football Supporters , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Homelessness , Hospitality and Tourism , ITV , Kashmir , Knife Crime and Violence Reduction , Kurdistan Region in Iraq , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Northern Culture , Northern Powerhouse , Pharmacy , Rail in the North , Rowing , Sixth Form Education , State Pension Inequality for Women , Students , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Trailer and Towing Safety , Transport Across the North , Ukraine , University , Waterways , Woods and Trees , Working at Height , Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Alevis , Australia and New Zealand , Brazil , British Overseas Territories , Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , China , Coronavirus , Devolution , Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Hairdressing, Barbering and Cosmetology , London , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Norfolk Island , North Korea , Pacific Islands , Rare, Genetic and Undiagnosed Conditions , Serbia , Swimming , Thalassaemia , Uzbekistan , Woods and Trees , Zoos and Aquariums
Customer Service , Financial Resilience , Future of Retail , Hydrogen , Net Zero , Nuclear Energy , Pubs , Wine and Spirits
Animal Welfare , Beauty, Aesthetics and Wellbeing , Energy Security , Georgia , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Hospitality, Events and Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales , Human Microbiome , Industrial Heritage , Menopause , Mindfulness , Mining and Quarrying , Motor Neurone Disease , Nutrition for Growth , Outdoor Learning , Rail in Wales , Steel and Metal Related Industries , Terminal Illness , Western Gateway
Antisemitism , Bahrain , Jazz Appreciation , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Population, Development and Reproductive Health , St George's Day , Trade and Export Promotion
Bahrain , Beauty, Aesthetics and Wellbeing , Belize , Debt and Personal Finance , Eggs, Pigs and Poultry , Film and Broader Screen , Industrial Heritage , Kazakhstan , Parkrun , Pension Scams , Snooker , Taiwan , Ticket Abuse , Western Gateway
Betting and Gaming , Dying Well , Eating Disorders , Football Club , Saudi Arabia , St George's Day
Bermuda , Caribbean , China , Coalfield Communities , Consumer Protection , Debt and Personal Finance , Hormone Pregnancy Tests , Legal Aid , Mortgage Prisoners , Online and Home Electrical Safety , Pension Clawback , Respiratory Health , Singapore , Tunisia , United Arab Emirates
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Email: judith.cummins.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
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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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Lord Smith of Leigh
Treasurer
Joined: 5th November 2019Departed: 14th July 2021
Autism , Children , Children who need Palliative Care , Dark Skies , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Tracy Brabin
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Batley and Spen
Joined: 10th October 2018Departed: 21st April 2021
Andy Carter
Vice Chair
Conservative - Warrington South
Joined: 20th May 2020Departed: 21st April 2021
AEA Technology Pensions , Brazil , Channel 4 , Commercial Radio , Light Rail , Media , Oracy , School Exclusions and Alternative Provision
Lord Thomas of Gresford
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 21st April 2021
Paula Sherriff
Vice-Chair
Labour - Former Member for Dewsbury
Joined: 21st July 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
Imran Ahmad Khan
Vice-Chair
Independent - Wakefield
Joined: 31st July 2019Departed: 23rd October 2019
Gibraltar
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
Coalfield Communities , Dementia , Food Banks , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Liverpool City Region , Looked After Children and Care Leavers , Penal Affairs , Veterans , West Coast Main Line