Rural Services APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

To promote a debate on the provision of rural services and to issue periodic reports.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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10 Current APPG Officers
Helen Morgan Portrait
Helen Morgan
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire
Joined: 4th May 2022
Julian Sturdy Portrait
Julian Sturdy
Vice Chair
Conservative - York Outer
Joined: 5th April 2023
Lord Crathorne Portrait
Lord Crathorne
Treasurer
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 21st July 2016
3 APPG Memberships
Archaeology , Arts and Heritage , Photography
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Derek Thomas MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 4435.

Email: derek.thomas.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Graham Biggs, Rural Services Network, C/o West Devon Borough Council Offices, Kilworthy Park, Drake Road, Tavistock, Devon PL19 0BZ. Tel: 07966 790 197

Email: graham.biggs@sparse.gov.uk

Secretariat:

Rural Services Network acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.rsnonline.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/category/appg

Date
28 Jan 2023
Source
Rural Services Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2023 To : 27/01/2024
Value
£3,001
Date
28 Jan 2022
Source
Rural Services Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2022 To : 27/01/2023
Value
£3,001
Date
28 Jan 2021
Source
Rural Services Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2021 To : 27/01/2022
Value
£3,001
Date
28 Jan 2020
Source
Rural Services Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2020 To : 27/01/2021
Value
£3,001
Date
7 Sep 2018
Source
Rural Services Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 07/09/2018 To : 06/09/2019
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2018
Source
Rural Services Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2018 To : 31/12/2018
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2017
Source
Rural Services Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2017 To : 31/12/2017
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
Rural Services Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
Rural Services Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£3,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Rural Services APPG

Former APPG Officers
Julie Marson Portrait
Julie Marson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Hertford and Stortford
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Chris Loder Portrait
Chris Loder
Vice Chair
Conservative - West Dorset
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 27th January 2021
Scott Mann Portrait
Scott Mann
Vice Chair
Conservative - North Cornwall
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 27th January 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Ludlow
Joined: 14th March 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
Rebecca Pow Portrait
Rebecca Pow
Deputy Chair
Conservative - Taunton Deane
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
David Drew Portrait
David Drew
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Stroud
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Ruth George Portrait
Ruth George
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for High Peak
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Byford Portrait
Baroness Byford
Secretary
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Rachel Maclean Portrait
Rachel Maclean
Vice Chair
Conservative - Redditch
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Bury St Edmunds
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 31st January 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Victoria Atkins Portrait
Victoria Atkins
Vice Chair
Conservative - Louth and Horncastle
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 31st January 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Helen Goodman Portrait
Helen Goodman
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Bishop Auckland
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Simon Hoare Portrait
Simon Hoare
Vice Chair
Conservative - North Dorset
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
2 APPG Memberships
Northern Ireland Economy , Thalidomide
Graham Stuart Portrait
Graham Stuart
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Beverley and Holderness
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Neil Parish Portrait
Neil Parish
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for Tiverton and Honiton
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 3rd June 2016
No other APPG Memberships