Sovereign Defence Manufacturing Capability APPG

First Registered: 02/06/2021 • Last updated on: 30/05/2024

To facilitate a continuing discussion on how the UK can sustain a sovereign defence manufacturing capability.

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4 Current APPG Officers
Jack Lopresti Portrait
Jack Lopresti
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Filton and Bradley Stoke
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Lord Mountevans Portrait
Lord Mountevans
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 15th June 2022
Wayne David Portrait
Wayne David
Treasurer
Labour - Former Member for Caerphilly
Joined: 8th April 2024
Baroness Neville-Jones Portrait
Baroness Neville-Jones
Secretary
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2024
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Jack Lopresti MP,

Email: No email supplied

Public Enquiry Point:

Nicholas Watts, Office of Jack Lopresti MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 1989

Email: nicholas.watts@parliament.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Sovereign Defence Manufacturing Capability APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Sovereign Defence Manufacturing Capability APPG

Former APPG Officers
Ian Paisley Portrait
Ian Paisley
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Former Member for North Antrim
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Mark Menzies Portrait
Mark Menzies
Treasurer
Independent - Former Member for Fylde
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Latin America , Oman , Saudi Arabia
John Spellar Portrait
John Spellar
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Warley
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
Dave Doogan Portrait
Dave Doogan
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Angus and Perthshire Glens
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Khalid Mahmood Portrait
Khalid Mahmood
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
Kevan Jones Portrait
Kevan Jones
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for North Durham
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
3 APPG Memberships
Estonia , Photography , Transatlantic Trade