Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 20/11/2024

To build discussion, debate and support for action on suicide and self-harm prevention within Parliament.

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
Liz Twist Portrait
Liz Twist
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Blaydon and Consett
Joined: 29th August 2018
1 APPG Membership
Respiratory Health
Neil Hudson Portrait
Neil Hudson
Officer
Conservative - Epping Forest
Joined: 9th October 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Anna Sabine Portrait
Anna Sabine
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Frome and East Somerset
Joined: 9th October 2024
1 APPG Membership
Music Education
Laura Kyrke-Smith Portrait
Laura Kyrke-Smith
Officer
Labour - Aylesbury
Joined: 9th October 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Liz Twist MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 2221.

Email: liz.twist.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Debbie Laycock, Samaritans

Email: d.laycock2@samaritans.org

Secretariat:

Samaritans acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.samaritans.org/

Group's Website:

https://www.samaritans.org/about-samaritans/research-policy/appg/

Date
10 Sep 2024
Source
Samaritans
Description
Secretariat   From : 10/09/2024 To : 09/09/2025
Value
£7,501
Date
22 Jan 2024
Source
Samaritans
Description
Secretariat   From : 22/01/2024 To : 21/01/2025
Value
£7,501
Date
22 Jan 2023
Source
Samaritans
Description
Secretariat   From : 22/01/2023 To : 21/01/2024
Value
£3,001
Date
12 Jul 2018
Source
Samaritans
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/07/2018 To : 11/07/2019
Value
£1,501
Date
12 Jul 2017
Source
Samaritans
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/07/2017 To : 12/07/2018
Value
£1,501
Date
12 Jul 2017
Source
Samaritans
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/07/2017 To : 11/07/2018
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention APPG

Former APPG Officers
Kerry McCarthy Portrait
Kerry McCarthy
Officer
Labour - Bristol East
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Ian Levy Portrait
Ian Levy
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Blyth Valley
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Jason McCartney Portrait
Jason McCartney
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Rachael Maskell Portrait
Rachael Maskell
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - York Central
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
Sarah Green Portrait
Sarah Green
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
First Do No Harm , Ukraine
Richard Burgon Portrait
Richard Burgon
Officer
Independent - Leeds East
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Sarah Olney Portrait
Sarah Olney
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Karin Smyth Portrait
Karin Smyth
Treasurer
Labour - Bristol South
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Owen Paterson Portrait
Owen Paterson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Shropshire
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Matt Western Portrait
Matt Western
Vice Chair
Labour - Warwick and Leamington
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
Jim Shannon Portrait
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
Lord Carlile of Berriew Portrait
Lord Carlile of Berriew
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Portrait
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
2 APPG Memberships
Carbon Monoxide , Dying Well
Charles Walker Portrait
Charles Walker
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Broxbourne
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Madeleine Moon Portrait
Madeleine Moon
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Bridgend
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Charles Walker Portrait
Charles Walker
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Broxbourne
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 11th September 2019
No other APPG Memberships
James Gray Portrait
James Gray
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Wiltshire
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 18th July 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Greg Mulholland Portrait
Greg Mulholland
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Leeds North West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships