Sri Lanka APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 31/07/2025

To further Anglo-Sri Lankan relations.

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

Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
Andrew Snowden Portrait
Andrew Snowden
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Fylde
Joined: 31st July 2025
Paul Foster Portrait
Paul Foster
Officer
Labour - South Ribble
Joined: 31st July 2025
1 APPG Officer Position
Armed Forces
2 APPG Memberships
Falkland Islands , Football Supporters
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Mr Andrew Snowden MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: andrew.snowden.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Amal Abeyawardene. Tel: 07725 587 509

Email: amal.abey@btopenworld.com

No benefits in kind are on record for the Sri Lanka APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Sri Lanka APPG

Former APPG Officers
Lord Brennan Portrait
Lord Brennan
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Microplastics

No other APPG Memberships

Ruth Cadbury Portrait
Ruth Cadbury
Vice Chair
Labour - Brentford and Isleworth
Joined: 13th May 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Western Rail Link to Heathrow

No other APPG Memberships

Matthew Offord Portrait
Matthew Offord
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Hendon
Joined: 2nd January 2019
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Dholakia Portrait
Lord Dholakia
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Uddin Portrait
Baroness Uddin
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Commonwealth , Digital Identity , Libya , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , Women and Work

No other APPG Memberships

Bob Blackman Portrait
Bob Blackman
Vice Chair
Conservative - Harrow East
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Rogan Portrait
Lord Rogan
Vice Chair
Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Taiwan

No other APPG Memberships

Virendra Sharma Portrait
Virendra Sharma
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ealing, Southall
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Saqib Bhatti Portrait
Saqib Bhatti
Officer
Conservative - Meriden and Solihull East
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 5th April 2023
5 APPG Officer Positions
Antisemitism , Baby Loss , Belarus , Sovereign Wealth Funds , Water Safety Education

No other APPG Memberships

Gagan Mohindra Portrait
Gagan Mohindra
Officer
Conservative - South West Hertfordshire
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Elliot Colburn Portrait
Elliot Colburn
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Carshalton and Wallington
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Sheikh Portrait
Lord Sheikh
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 7th September 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Ranger Portrait
Lord Ranger
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Hammond Portrait
Stephen Hammond
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Wimbledon
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Heather Wheeler Portrait
Heather Wheeler
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for South Derbyshire
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Logan Portrait
Mark Logan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bolton North East
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Birt Portrait
Lord Birt
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
1 APPG Officer Position
Electric Vehicle

No other APPG Memberships

Viscount Waverley Portrait
Viscount Waverley
Vice-Chairman
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Christian Matheson Portrait
Christian Matheson
Vice-Chairman
Independent - Former Member for City of Chester
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ranil Jayawardena Portrait
Ranil Jayawardena
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for North East Hampshire
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 1st July 2020
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Andrew Rosindell Portrait
Andrew Rosindell
Vice-Chairman
Conservative - Romford
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
Ian Paisley Portrait
Ian Paisley
Vice-Chairman
Democratic Unionist Party - Former Member for North Antrim
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ann Clwyd Portrait
Ann Clwyd
Vice-Chairman
Labour - Former Member for Cynon Valley
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships