Slovenia APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To develop links between the two countries and our parliaments, to share and understand policy issues of joint concern, and to develop further both existing and new cultural activities.

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 Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

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4 Current APPG Officers
Lord German Portrait
Lord German
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Gregory Stafford Portrait
Gregory Stafford
Officer
Conservative - Farnham and Bordon
Joined: 20th November 2024
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Dr Beccy Cooper MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: beccy.cooper.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Lord German, House of Lords. Tel: 020 7219 6942

Email: germanm@parliament.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Slovenia APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Slovenia APPG

Former APPG Officers
Oliver Heald Portrait
Oliver Heald
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for North East Hertfordshire
Joined: 29th December 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alex Sobel Portrait
Alex Sobel
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley
Joined: 13th May 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Students , Ukraine , West Papua

No other APPG Memberships

Ben Lake Portrait
Ben Lake
Chair & Registered Contact
Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion Preseli
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Forestry and Timber Security , France , Industrial Hemp , Netherlands

No other APPG Memberships

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Angus Brendan MacNeil
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Hayman of Ullock Portrait
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Bernard Jenkin Portrait
Bernard Jenkin
Vice Chair
Conservative - Harwich and North Essex
Joined: 29th December 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Patient Safety

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Wallace of Saltaire Portrait
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 29th December 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Wigley Portrait
Lord Wigley
Vice Chair
Plaid Cymru - Life peer
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Chess

No other APPG Memberships

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Karl McCartney
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Lincoln
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Balfe Portrait
Lord Balfe
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 19th October 2022
Lord Mackinlay of Richborough Portrait
Lord Mackinlay of Richborough
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 19th October 2022
3 APPG Officer Positions
Antimicrobial Resistance , Listed Properties , Sepsis

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Dubs Portrait
Lord Dubs
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 19th October 2022
3 APPG Officer Positions
Lebanon , Multiple Sclerosis , Refugees

No other APPG Memberships

Paul Farrelly Portrait
Paul Farrelly
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Helen Jones Portrait
Helen Jones
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Warrington North
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mike Gapes Portrait
Mike Gapes
Vice Chair
The Independent Group for Change - Former Member for Ilford South
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Sheryll Murray
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for South East Cornwall
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships