Terminal Illness APPG

First Registered: 18/07/2018 • Last updated on: 06/10/2021

Note: This APPG was last registered on 6th October 2021. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct.

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Raises awareness of issues around terminal illness in parliament. Promotes links between parliament, individuals and families affected, charities, scientists, health professionals and decision makers. Includes MPs from across the political spectrum who are keen to discuss, improve and share knowledge of end of life care.

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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Former Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Officers
Alison Thewliss Portrait
Alison Thewliss
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Gavin Newlands Portrait
Gavin Newlands
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Linden Portrait
David Linden
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow East
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Dykes Portrait
Lord Dykes
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Owen Thompson Portrait
Owen Thompson
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Midlothian
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jim Shannon Portrait
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 6th October 2021
5 APPG Officer Positions
Healthy Homes and Buildings , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Respiratory Health , UK Food Security , Vascular and Venous Disease

No other APPG Memberships

Imran Ahmad Khan Portrait
Imran Ahmad Khan
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Wakefield
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jessica Morden Portrait
Jessica Morden
Vice Chair
Labour - Newport East
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th October 2021
3 APPG Officer Positions
Armenia , Georgia , Hospitality, Events, Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales

No other APPG Memberships

Liz Saville Roberts Portrait
Liz Saville Roberts
Vice Chair/Treasurer
Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 6th October 2021
6 APPG Officer Positions
Greenland , Heritage Rail , Miscarriages of Justice , Nuclear Energy , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Women affected by the Criminal Justice System

No other APPG Memberships

Jeffrey M Donaldson Portrait
Jeffrey M Donaldson
Vice Chair/Secretary
Independent - Former Member for Lagan Valley
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Drew Hendry Portrait
Drew Hendry
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Nia Griffith Portrait
Nia Griffith
Officer
Labour - Llanelli
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Robert Neill Portrait
Robert Neill
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Bromley and Chislehurst
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Greg Clark Portrait
Greg Clark
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Tunbridge Wells
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tom Tugendhat Portrait
Tom Tugendhat
Officer
Conservative - Tonbridge
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 21st April 2021
1 APPG Officer Position
Estonia

No other APPG Memberships

Philippa Whitford Portrait
Philippa Whitford
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Central Ayrshire
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Valerie Vaz Portrait
Valerie Vaz
Vice Chair
Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
5 APPG Officer Positions
Classical Music , Gardening and Horticulture , Parkrun , Portugal , Publishing

No other APPG Memberships

Marion Fellows Portrait
Marion Fellows
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Motherwell and Wishaw
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

John Hayes Portrait
John Hayes
Officer
Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
6 APPG Officer Positions
Acquired Brain Injury , Craft , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Lebanon , Skills, Careers and Employment , UK Fresh Produce Network

No other APPG Memberships

Hugh Gaffney Portrait
Hugh Gaffney
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Carol Monaghan Portrait
Carol Monaghan
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North West
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Christine Jardine Portrait
Christine Jardine
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
5 APPG Officer Positions
Antisemitism , Choice at the End of Life , Grief Support and the Impact of Death on Society , Portugal , Switzerland and Liechtenstein

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Law Portrait
Chris Law
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Dundee Central
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 13th February 2019
2 APPG Officer Positions
Aid Match , Armenia

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Drew Hendry MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 6118.

Email: drew.hendry.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Marine Paclet, Marie Curie, 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP. Tel: 020 7599 7256

Email: marine.paclet@mariecurie.org.uk

Secretariat:

Marie Curie acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/policy/appg-for-terminal-illness

Benefits in Kind
Date
11 Feb 2021
Source
Marie Curie
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/02/2021 To : 10/02/2022
Value
£3,001
Date
11 Feb 2020
Source
Marie Curie
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/02/2020 To : 10/02/2021
Value
£3,001
Date
28 Feb 2019
Source
Marie Curie
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/02/2019 To : 27/02/2020
Value
£1,501
Date
28 Feb 2018
Source
Marie Curie
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/02/2018 To : 27/02/2019
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Terminal Illness APPG