Terminal Illness APPG
First Registered: 18/07/2018 • Last updated on: 21/04/2021
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TwitterRaises 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.
1. Marie Curie - written evidence
09/09/2019 - Inquiry: Welfare policy in Scotland - Scottish Affairs Committee
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Found: Attendance Allowance. People living with a terminal illness can access these benefits under a system of
2. Marie Curie Northern Ireland - written evidence
05/06/2019 - Inquiry: Welfare policy in Northern Ireland - Work and Pensions Committee
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Found: in the provision of care to people with a terminal illness in Northern Ireland. We provide a range of
3. Together for Short Lives - written evidence
09/09/2019 - Inquiry: Welfare policy in Scotland - Scottish Affairs Committee
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Found: that the misalignment between definitions of terminal illness, for the sake of ‘fast-track’ access to certain
4. Bill 253 2017-19 (as introduced)
16/11/2018 - Bill Documents
Found: Bill 253
57/1Access to Welfare (Terminal Illness Definition) BillCONTENTS1Amendment of the Welfare Reform
5. Bill 216 2017-19, as introduced
21/11/2018 - Bill Documents
Found: Bill 216
57/1Terminal Illness (Provision of Palliative Care and
Support for Carers) BillCONTENTS1Duty
1. Employment: Terminal Illness
17/12/2018 - Grand Committee
1: she informed her employer of her diagnosis of terminal breast cancer. Ms Woodcock is not alone, and therefore - Speech Link
2: accommodation they occupy by virtue of their office. A terminal illness for one of those clergy, as for anybody else - Speech Link
2. Terminally Ill People: Access to Benefits
22/02/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: forward my ten-minute rule Bill, the Welfare (Terminal Illness) Bill, last summer. I also thank individual - Speech Link
2: their review, more people are diagnosed with a terminal illness and risk being unable to get fast-track support - Speech Link
3. Welfare (Terminal Illness)
22/07/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: address the failures of the special rules for terminal illness, which do not fast-track some terminally ill - Speech Link
4. Access to Welfare (Terminal Illness Definition)
18/07/2018 - Commons Chamber
1: bring in a Bill to amend the definition of terminal illness in the Welfare Reform Act 2012; and for connected - Speech Link
5. Universal Credit and Terminal Illness
09/05/2018 - Commons Chamber
1: acutely aware of every second as it passes. Terminal illness deeply affects families in our communities - Speech Link
2: universal credit is having on people with terminal illness, I ask the Minister not to follow the same - Speech Link
asked by: Preet Kaur Gill
12/07/2018
... what assessment his Department has made of the merits of allowing clinicians to to determine if someone is terminally ill instead of requiring a reasonable expectation of death within six months. 2. Terminal Illnesses: Coronavirus
asked by: Julian Sturdy
13/01/2021
... whether visiting a person who is terminally ill is a permissible reason for staying away from home overnight under the January 2021 lockdown restrictions. 3. Terminal Illnesses: Suicide
asked by: Baroness Watkins of Tavistock
19/11/2020
... suicide in each of the past three years. 4. Terminal Illnesses: Suicide
asked by: Christine Jardine
13/04/2021
... what estimate his Department has made of the number of people diagnosed with a terminal illness who end their own lives each year. 5. Terminal Illnesses: Suicide
asked by: Baroness Hayman
01/03/2021
...To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the National Institute for Health Research about commissioning research into how many people with terminal illnesses die as a result of suicide per year.
11 Current APPG Officers
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Drew Hendry
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Joined: 18th July 2018Cuba , Financial Education for Young People , Forestry and Tree Planting , Germany , Gibraltar , Greenland , Light Rail , Manufacturing , Romania , Scotch Whisky
Access to Medicines and Medical Devices , Alevis , Bahá'í Faith , Beer , Blood Cancer , Carbon Monoxide , Cerebral Palsy , Christianity in the Holy Land , Cleaning and Hygiene , Coastal Communities , Dairy , Diabetes , Disability , Eggs, Pigs and Poultry , Energy Studies , Equitable Life Policyholders , Eye Health and Visual Impairment , Farming , Health in all Policies , Healthy Homes and Buildings , Heart Valve Disease , Hong Kong , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Malawi , Marine Energy , Mentoring , Muscular Dystrophy , Obesity , Pakistani Minorities , Pancreatic Cancer , Pigeon Racing , Pro-Life , Professional Sales , Respiratory Health , Shooting and Conservation , Veterans , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics , Wood Panel Industry
Armed Forces Covenant , Cyber Security , Digital Identity , Digital Skills , Erasmus , Events , Football Club , Hong Kong , Internet, Communications and Technology , Life Sciences , Media , Political Literacy
Financial Markets and Services , Modern Languages , Romania , Russia , San Marino , Turkey
Animal Welfare , Antisemitism , Broadband and Digital Communication , Celtic Nations , Coronavirus , Fisheries , Future Generations , Green New Deal , Heritage Rail , Holiday Parks and Campsites , Marine Energy , Nuclear Energy , Ocean Conservation , Outdoor Learning , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Space , State Pension Inequality for Women , United Nations Women , Votes at 16 , Women and Work
Afghanistan , Fair Business Banking , Food Banks , Packaging Manufacturing Industry , Parental Participation in Education
Channel Islands , Financial Markets and Services , France , Gibraltar , Hungary , London , Miscarriages of Justice , Norfolk Island , Opera , Rohingya , Rule of Law
Contact Details
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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
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Marie Curie
Secretariat From : 11/02/2020 To : 10/02/2021
£3,001
28 Feb 2019
Marie Curie
Secretariat From : 28/02/2019 To : 27/02/2020
£1,501
28 Feb 2018
Marie Curie
Secretariat From : 28/02/2018 To : 27/02/2019
£1,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Terminal Illness APPG
Former APPG Officers
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John Hayes
Officer
Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings
Joined: 27th March 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Acquired Brain Injury , Craft , Funerals and Bereavement , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Lebanon , Parks and Green Spaces , Publishing , Skills, Careers and Employment , Taxis
Marion Fellows
Officer
Scottish National Party - Motherwell and Wishaw
Joined: 27th March 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Alternative Lending , Autism , Fairs and Showgrounds , Financial Education for Young People , Food Banks , Global Education , Italy , Malawi , Poland , Post Offices , Steel and Metal Related Industries , Tibet , Unconscious Bias
Christine Jardine
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
China , Choice at the End of Life , Cyprus , Hong Kong , Hospitality and Tourism , Immigration Detention , Marine Energy , Media , Medical Cannabis under Prescription , Motor Neurone Disease , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Small and Micro Business , Union , Women in Parliament
Carol Monaghan
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Glasgow North West
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Aerospace , Armed Forces Covenant , Artificial Intelligence , Data Poverty , Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths , Greenland , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Photonics and Quantum , Romania , Scientific , Shipbuilding and Ship Repair , Space , Technology and National Security , University , Veterans
Hugh Gaffney
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Chris Law
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Dundee West
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 13th February 2019
Canada , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Explosive Threats , Fair Business Banking , Foster Care Work , Listed Properties , Motorcycling , Multiple Sclerosis , Scotch Whisky , Tibet , Uyghurs
Alison Thewliss
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 13th February 2019
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Bahá'í Faith , British Hindus , British Sikhs , Building Communities , Cameroon , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drug Policy Reform , Fair Business Banking , Fairs and Showgrounds , Financial Markets and Services , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Gaps in Support , HIV and AIDS , Hospitality and Tourism , Immigration Detention , India , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , International Students , Jazz Appreciation , Limits to Growth , Loneliness , Maternity , Mortgage Prisoners , Museums , Ovarian Cancer , Stem Cell Transplantation , Students , Swimming , Theatre , Ticket Abuse , University , Votes at 16 , Women's Health , Working at Height , Yemen
Gavin Newlands
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 13th February 2019
American Football , Bridge , Connected and Automated Mobility , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Electric Vehicles , Esports , Golf , Green Deal Misselling , Greenland , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Light Rail , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Scottish Sport , Single Parent Families , Snooker , State Pension Inequality for Women , Tennis