To promote and facilitate communication and understanding between representatives of the Scotch Whisky industry and MPs.
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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4 Current APPG Officers
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Wendy Chamberlain
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - North East Fife
Joined: 24th February 2020
No other APPG Memberships
1 APPG Membership
Football Club
Football Club
Contact Details
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Wendy Chamberlain MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 4409.
Email: wendy.chamberlain.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Fraser Grieve, Scotch Whisky Association, 16 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP. Tel: 020 3404 6393
Email: fgrieve@swa.org.uk
Benefits in Kind
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Date
5 Jul 2019
5 Jul 2019
Source
Scotch Whisky Association
Scotch Whisky Association
Description
Secretariat From : 05/07/2019 To : 04/07/2020
Secretariat From : 05/07/2019 To : 04/07/2020
Value
£1,501
£1,501
Date
5 Jul 2018
5 Jul 2018
Source
Scotch Whisky Association
Scotch Whisky Association
Description
Secretariat From : 05/07/2018 To : 04/07/2019
Secretariat From : 05/07/2018 To : 04/07/2019
Value
£1,501
£1,501
Date
5 Jul 2017
5 Jul 2017
Source
Scotch Whisky Association
Scotch Whisky Association
Description
Secretariat From : 05/07/2017 To : 04/07/2018
Secretariat From : 05/07/2017 To : 04/07/2018
Value
£1,501
£1,501
Date
1 Dec 2016
1 Dec 2016
Source
Scotch Whisky Association
Scotch Whisky Association
Description
Secretariat From : 01/12/2016 To : 30/11/2017
Secretariat From : 01/12/2016 To : 30/11/2017
Value
£1,501
£1,501
Date
7 Oct 2016
7 Oct 2016
Source
The Scotch Whiskey Association
The Scotch Whiskey Association
Description
Visit to Islay From : 07/10/2016 To : 08/10/2016
Visit to Islay From : 07/10/2016 To : 08/10/2016
Value
£3,001
£3,001
Date
7 Oct 2016
7 Oct 2016
Source
Scotch Whisky Association
Scotch Whisky Association
Description
Visit to Islay From : 07/10/2016 To : 08/10/2016
Visit to Islay From : 07/10/2016 To : 08/10/2016
Value
£3,001
£3,001
Date
15 Sep 2015
15 Sep 2015
Source
Scotch Whisky Association
Scotch Whisky Association
Description
Secretariat From : 15/09/2015 To : 15/09/2016
Secretariat From : 15/09/2015 To : 15/09/2016
Value
£1,501
£1,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Scotch Whisky APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Ian Blackford
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Jamie Stone
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Joined: 28th June 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Aerospace , Battlefields and Commonwealth War Graves , Beer , Single Parent Families , Visual Arts , Wine and Spirits
Aerospace , Battlefields and Commonwealth War Graves , Beer , Single Parent Families , Visual Arts , Wine and Spirits
Chris Law
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Dundee West
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 6th March 2024
8 APPG Memberships
Aid Match , Armenia , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Cuba , Listed Properties , Multiple Sclerosis , Tibet , Video Games and Esports
Aid Match , Armenia , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Cuba , Listed Properties , Multiple Sclerosis , Tibet , Video Games and Esports
Alistair Carmichael
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Orkney and Shetland
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 6th March 2024
9 APPG Memberships
Bahá'í Faith , Broadband and Digital Communication , Death Penalty , Fisheries , Hong Kong , Lower Carbon Construction Vehicles , Marine Energy , Trafficked Britons in Syria , Uyghurs
Bahá'í Faith , Broadband and Digital Communication , Death Penalty , Fisheries , Hong Kong , Lower Carbon Construction Vehicles , Marine Energy , Trafficked Britons in Syria , Uyghurs
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Worthing West
Joined: 6th January 2017Departed: 6th March 2024
25 APPG Memberships
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
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
Gagan Mohindra
Vice Chair
Conservative - South West Hertfordshire
Joined: 2nd June 2021Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Memberships
David Linden
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Glasgow East
Joined: 2nd June 2021Departed: 17th May 2023
John Lamont
Vice Chair
Conservative - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Martin Docherty-Hughes
Treasurer
Scottish National Party - West Dunbartonshire
Joined: 16th March 2016Departed: 17th May 2023
5 APPG Memberships
British Sikhs , Digital Finance , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Occupational Safety and Health
British Sikhs , Digital Finance , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Occupational Safety and Health
John Stevenson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Carlisle
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 23rd March 2022
Drew Hendry
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Brendan O'Hara
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Argyll and Bute
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 21st April 2021
3 APPG Memberships
Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity , Yazidis
Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity , Yazidis
Douglas Ross
Vice Chair
Conservative - Moray
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Purvis of Tweed
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Michelle Thomson
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Edinburgh West
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Jim Fitzpatrick
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Poplar and Limehouse
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 24th November 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Martin John Docherty
Treasurer
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 3rd February 2016
No other APPG Memberships