UK Spirits APPG

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

To promote understanding of the value of the spirits sector to the UK economy and wider society; boost awareness of the economic, cultural, and community benefits of the UK spirits trade; support members of the iconic spirits industry, including the vital network of SME distillers driving innovation and local growth; and to introduce parliamentarians to trade representatives and distillers from their constituencies.

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

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4 Current APPG Officers

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Carolyn Harris

Chair & Registered Contact

Labour - Neath and Swansea East

Joined: 31st July 2025

4 APPG Officer Positions
Beauty and Wellbeing , Gambling Reform , Menopause , Policing
8 APPG Memberships
Autism , Beer , Customer Service , Cyprus , Governance and Inclusive Leadership , Women affected by the Criminal Justice System , Women in Parliament , Women's Health

Joe Robertson

Officer

Conservative - Isle of Wight East

Joined: 31st July 2025

4 APPG Officer Positions
Dementia , Kinship Care , Modernising Employment , Pharmacy
4 APPG Memberships
Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Carers , Dentistry and Oral Health , Marine Energy

Jayne Kirkham

Officer

Labour (Co-op) - Truro and Falmouth

Joined: 31st July 2025

5 APPG Officer Positions
Celtic Sea , Deep Geothermal , Floating Offshore Wind , Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse , Shellfish Aquaculture
12 APPG Memberships
Access to Justice , Apprenticeships , Climate Change , Dentistry and Oral Health , Listed Properties , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Ocean , Prostate Cancer , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , University , Water Pollution

Peter Dowd

Officer

Labour - Bootle

Joined: 31st July 2025

5 APPG Officer Positions
Children who need Palliative Care , Falkland Islands , Genetic, Rare and Undiagnosed Conditions , Italy , Liverpool City Region
5 APPG Memberships
Dentistry and Oral Health , Football Supporters , Health , Parks and Green Spaces , Tidy Britain

Contact Details

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Registered Contact:

Carolyn Harris MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 4316.

Email: carolyn.harris.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

UK Spirits Alliance

Email: contact@spiritsuk.co.uk

Secretariat:

UK Spirits Alliance acts as the group's secretariat. https://spiritsuk.co.uk/

Group's Website:

https://spiritsuk.co.uk/APPG/

No benefits in kind are on record for the UK Spirits APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the UK Spirits APPG