Speech and Language Difficulties APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 18/06/2025

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To make parliament aware that the ability to communicate is a crucial life skill for all; to increase awareness about the impact communication difficulties have on other people's lives; to highlight the importance of early identification and intervention; and to press for increased provision of speech and language therapy.

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
David Pinto-Duschinsky Portrait
David Pinto-Duschinsky
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Hendon
Joined: 7th May 2025
2 APPG Officer Positions
Antisemitism , Financial Markets and Services
5 APPG Memberships
Afghan Women and Girls , British Jews , Cats , Customer Service , Cyprus
Lord Shinkwin Portrait
Lord Shinkwin
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
5 APPG Officer Positions
Assistive and Accessible Technology , Carbon Monoxide , Hong Kong , Micromobility , Wheelchair Users
3 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , British Jews , Israel
Mike Wood Portrait
Mike Wood
Vice Chair
Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
Joined: 7th May 2025
5 APPG Officer Positions
Bus and Coach , Cyprus , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Global Education , Sepsis
6 APPG Memberships
Autism , Beer , Events , Parks and Green Spaces , Tidy Britain , Waterways
Baroness Whitaker Portrait
Baroness Whitaker
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
1 APPG Officer Position
Gypsies, Travellers and Roma
9 APPG Memberships
British Jews , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Get Refusal , Humanist , Israel , Marine Energy , Modern Conflict , Music Education , Race and Community
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

David Pinto-Duschinsky MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7280.

Email: david.pintoduschinsky.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Elissa Cregan, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. Tel: 07513 724 112

Email: elissa.cregan@rcslt.org

Secretariat:

Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.rcslt.org/

Benefits in Kind
Date
12 Mar 2025
Source
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/03/2025 To : 11/03/2026
Value
£4,501
Date
5 Feb 2023
Source
The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/02/2023 To : 04/02/2024
Value
£3,001
Date
5 Feb 2022
Source
The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/02/2022 To : 04/02/2023
Value
£3,001
Date
5 Feb 2021
Source
The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/02/2021 To : 04/02/2022
Value
£3,001
Date
5 Feb 2020
Source
The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/02/2020 To : 04/02/2021
Value
£3,001
Date
24 Jan 2019
Source
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Description
Secretariat   From : 24/01/2019 To : 23/01/2020
Value
£3,001
Date
24 Jan 2018
Source
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Description
Secretariat   From : 24/01/2018 To : 23/01/2019
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£7,501
Date
15 Jun 2015
Source
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/06/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Speech and Language Difficulties APPG

Former APPG Officers
Geraint Davies Portrait
Geraint Davies
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Former Member for Swansea West
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Aldous Portrait
Peter Aldous
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Waveney
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord McCabe Portrait
Lord McCabe
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

James Wild Portrait
James Wild
Vice Chair
Conservative - North West Norfolk
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Dark Skies , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Parkrun , Shakespeare , Shellfish Aquaculture

No other APPG Memberships

Nick Smith Portrait
Nick Smith
Vice Chair
Labour - Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Film and Broader Screen , Parkrun

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Bradley Portrait
Lord Bradley
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Marie Rimmer Portrait
Marie Rimmer
Vice Chair
Labour - St Helens South and Whiston
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Industrialised Construction , Magnitsky Sanctions and Reparation , Rugby Football League

No other APPG Memberships

Robert Buckland Portrait
Robert Buckland
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for South Swindon
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Ramsbotham Portrait
Lord Ramsbotham
Co-Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Kevin Barron Portrait
Kevin Barron
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Rother Valley
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Rebecca Pow Portrait
Rebecca Pow
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Taunton Deane
Joined: 13th February 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Paul Maynard Portrait
Paul Maynard
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Kevin Barron Portrait
Kevin Barron
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Rother Valley
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships