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4 Current APPG Officers
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Stephen Gethins
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
Joined: 9th October 2024Contact Details
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Adam Thompson MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.
Email: adam.thompson.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Harriet Jones, Universities UK. Tel: 07469 353460
Email: appug@universitiesuk.ac.uk
Secretariat:
Universities UK acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
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Universities UK
Secretariat From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2018
£49,501
1 Jan 2018
Universities UK
Secretariat From : 01/01/2018 To : 31/12/2018
£49,501
1 Jan 2017
Universities UK
Secretariat From : 01/01/2017 To : 31/12/2017
£49,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the University APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Paul Blomfield
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Sheffield Central
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 30th May 2024
Baroness Garden of Frognal
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 30th May 2024
Daniel Zeichner
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Cambridge
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 30th May 2024
Emma Hardy
Vice Chair
Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
Joined: 4th May 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
Alison Thewliss
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 29th August 2018Departed: 6th March 2024
Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
Craft
Alyn Smith
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Stirling
Joined: 1st July 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Norton of Louth
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 6th March 2024
Jason McCartney
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
Carol Monaghan
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North West
Joined: 1st July 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
Ben Lake
Vice Chair
Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion Preseli
Joined: 29th August 2018Departed: 6th March 2024
Netherlands
Lord Faulkner of Worcester
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
Channel Islands
Rachel Hopkins
Treasurer
Labour - Luton South and South Bedfordshire
Joined: 4th May 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
Chris Skidmore
Co-Chair
Joined: 1st July 2020Departed: 24th January 2024
Kate Green
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Stretford and Urmston
Joined: 4th May 2022Departed: 19th October 2022
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Treasurer
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Brighton, Kemptown
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 23rd March 2022
Aaron Bell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme
Joined: 1st July 2020Departed: 21st April 2021
Baroness Maddock
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 20th May 2020
Vicky Ford
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chelmsford
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 24th February 2020
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 31st July 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Bob Blackman
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Harrow East
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
British Hindus , Fire Safety and Rescue , Homelessness , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Israel , Smoking and Health
Rupa Huq
Vice Chair
Labour - Ealing Central and Acton
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 19th June 2019
British Sikhs , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single-Parent Families
