Sustainable Plastics APPG

First Registered: 31/07/2025 • Last updated on: 12/10/2026

To further evidence-based discussions regarding the positive and negative impacts of plastics across their full life-cycle, and influence policy towards achieving a sustainable future, and circular economy, for plastics.

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 - 20 Current Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
Laurence Turner Portrait
Laurence Turner
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Birmingham Northfield
Joined: 31st July 2025
Earl Russell Portrait
Earl Russell
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 31st July 2025
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
ClimateTech , Environment , London
Lord Whitby Portrait
Lord Whitby
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 1st September 2026
1 APPG Officer Position
Kuwait
2 APPG Memberships
Beer , Commonwealth
20 Current APPG Members
Tahir Ali Portrait
Tahir Ali
Member
Labour - Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
5 APPG Officer Positions
Kashmir , Kuwait , Oman , Türkiye , Yemen
3 APPG Memberships
Bosnia and Herzegovina , Boxing , Republic of Korea
Linsey Farnsworth Portrait
Linsey Farnsworth
Member
Labour - Amber Valley
Tracy Gilbert Portrait
Tracy Gilbert
Member
Labour - Edinburgh North and Leith
2 APPG Officer Positions
Commercial Sexual Exploitation , United Nations Global Goals
2 APPG Memberships
Marine Energy , Tennis
Baroness Grender Portrait
Baroness Grender
Member
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Earl of Leicester Portrait
Earl of Leicester
Member
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Listed Properties , Science and Technology in Agriculture
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Laurence Turner MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: [email protected]

Public Enquiry Point:

Giles Connolly, University of Birmingham

Email: [email protected]

Secretariat:

University of Birmingham, Birmingham Plastics Network acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/birmingham-plastics-network

No benefits in kind are on record for the Sustainable Plastics APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Sustainable Plastics APPG

Former APPG Officers
None Portrait
The Earl of Leicester
Officer
Joined: 31st July 2025
Departed: 29th June 2026