Rural Business APPG
First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 10/03/2021
Note: This APPG was last registered on 10th March 2021. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Responsible Business APPG?
To examine the areas that would reduce the productivity gap between urban and rural areas.
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Reticulating Splines
Former APPG Officers
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Julian Sturdy
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for York Outer
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Rosie Cooper
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for West Lancashire
Joined: 20th May 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Memberships
Simon Hoare
Vice Chair
Conservative - North Dorset
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 10th March 2021
Council Tax Reform , Dairy , Local Government , Menopause , Multiple Sclerosis , Theatre
No other APPG Memberships
Duncan Baker
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Norfolk
Joined: 20th May 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Liz Saville Roberts
Vice Chair
Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 10th March 2021
Greenland , Heritage Rail , Miscarriages of Justice , Nuclear Energy , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Women affected by the Criminal Justice System
No other APPG Memberships
Richard Holden
Vice Chair
Conservative - Basildon and Billericay
Joined: 20th May 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Freedom of Speech , Freight and Logistics , Insurance and Financial Services , Media , Pubs , Self-Driving Vehicles
No other APPG Memberships
Robert Goodwill
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Scarborough and Whitby
Joined: 20th May 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Scott Mann
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Cornwall
Joined: 20th May 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Angela Smith
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
James Heappey
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Wells
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
David Drew
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Stroud
Joined: 27th March 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Ruth George
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for High Peak
Joined: 27th March 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details
Show/HideRegistered Contact:
Julian Sturdy MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7199.
Email: julian.sturdy.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Louie Brockbank, Office of Julian Sturdy MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 7199
No benefits in kind are on record for the Rural Business APPG
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Rural Business APPG