To provide a platform within Parliament to promote veterans; to secure support and understanding for the needs of veterans; to scrutinise and hold government, institutions, public sector, business and the third sector, to account to ensure that the UK is the best place in the world to be a veteran.
1. Veterans World
23/05/2019 - Veterans UK
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3. Veterans World
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1. Nuclear Test Veterans: Service Medal
20/04/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: were the servicemen who are now our nuclear test veterans. What they did for their country in the 1950s - Speech Link
2: it is right and proper that these veterans, like most of our veterans, have appropriate recognition for - Speech Link
3: blocks of man, but that is something that the veterans now—the servicemen then—could not possibly have - Speech Link
2. Office for Veterans’ Affairs
09/09/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: the Office for Veterans’ Affairs, the Government have brought the Strategy for our Veterans to life. We - Speech Link
2: will mark the first anniversary of the Office for Veterans’ Affairs. I commend all those involved, especially - Speech Link
3: However, we want to do more, and the forthcoming veterans mental health high intensity service will see - Speech Link
3. Defence
13/07/2020 - Ministerial Corrections
1: The Minister said that the veterans’ gateway app would put veterans’ care in the palm of every veteran - Speech Link
2: user-friendly. That is an ambition of mine: to put veterans’ care in the palm of every single veteran in this - Speech Link
3: user-friendly. That is an ambition of mine: to put veterans’ care in the palm of every single veteran in this - Speech Link
4. Veterans’ Mental Health
12/03/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: Office for Veterans’ Affairs is funding the next stage of a long-term study of nearly 30,000 veterans who deployed - Speech Link
5. Oral Answers to Questions
06/07/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: Community, a charity in Broxtowe that supports veterans re-entering civilian life. We agreed that one - Speech Link
2: the life chances of veterans in this country is having a job. We have more veterans going into employment - Speech Link
3: and a half weeks, the telephone service of the Veterans UK helpline was closed. The Minister will no doubt - Speech Link
asked by: Kirsten Oswald
28/10/2020
... when (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department last met with representatives of each of the devolved Administrations to discuss the implementation of the 10 year Veterans Strategy. 2. Veterans
asked by: Baroness Greengross
23/09/2020
...To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support older veterans who are facing social isolation and loneliness; and how they plan to ensure that such veterans are treated equitably with those of working age. 3. Veterans
asked by: George Howarth
25/03/2021
... (b) access housing opportunities for those who are homeless and (c) link those about to leave the armed services with training opportunities. 4. Veterans
asked by: Kevan Jones
19/05/2021
... what steps he is taking to improve awareness of support for veterans. 5. Veterans
asked by: Jonathan Gullis
28/04/2020
... (b) Kidsgrove and (c) England.
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Angling , Armed Forces Covenant , Bahrain , Bosnia and Herzegovina , British Overseas Territories , CAFOD , Falkland Islands , Football Club , Formula One , Geographically Protected Foods , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Motorsport , Reserves and Cadets , South East , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Taiwan , Turks and Caicos Islands , War Heritage
War Heritage
Caribbean , Commonwealth , Sovereign Wealth Funds , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics , War Crimes
Australia and New Zealand , Heritage Rail , Motorcycle Speedway , Rail , Road Passenger Transport - Recovery and Renewal
Adult Education , Armed Forces , British Council , Citizens Rights , Drones and Modern Conflict , Falkland Islands , Magnitsky Sanctions , Polar Regions , Polo
Aerospace , Armed Forces Covenant , Artificial Intelligence , Data Poverty , Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths , Frozen British Pensions , Greenland , Internet, Communications and Technology , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Photonics and Quantum , Romania , Scientific , Shipbuilding and Ship Repair , Space , Technology and National Security , University
Afghanistan , British Overseas Territories , Falkland Islands , Liverpool City Region , Mountaineering
Antibiotics , Deliberative Democracy , Electoral Reform , Food Banks , Golf , Hospitality and Tourism , Malawi , Scotch Whisky , Universal Credit , Votes at 16 , Women and Work
Armed Forces Covenant , BBC , Brazil , Foreign Affairs , Geographically Protected Foods , Hong Kong , Marine Energy , Montserrat , One Punch Assaults , Pitcairn Islands , Reserves and Cadets , Running , Sustainable Aviation , Sweden , Technology and National Security , Timber Industries
Alcohol Harm , Antisemitism , British Jews , Childcare and Early Education , Children of Alcoholics , Education Technology , Insurance and Financial Services , Israel , Libraries, Information and Knowledge , Literacy , Night Time Economy , School Food , T Levels , Valproate and other Anti-Epileptic Drugs in Pregnancy , Video Games and Esports
Chalk Streams , Cricket , Dark Skies , Motorcycle Speedway , Motorsport , Small and Micro Business
Belgium , Ceramics , Coalfield Communities , Industrial Heritage , Luxembourg , Parkrun
22q11 Syndrome , Accounting for Growth , Aerospace , Alternative Dispute Resolution , Apprenticeships , Children, Teenagers, and Young Adults with Cancer , Fusion Energy , Gibraltar , Italy , Kurdistan Region in Iraq , Music , Performing Arts Education and Training , Professional Sales , Republic of Iraq , Reserves and Cadets , River Thames , Social Mobility , Sovereign Defence Manufacturing Capability , St George's Day
'Left Behind' Neighbourhoods , Accounting for Growth , Adult Education , Coalfield Communities , Conservation, Places and People , County , Cycling and Walking , Durham University , Financial Education for Young People , Furniture Industry , Housing and Planning , Housing in the North , Industrial Heritage , Net Zero , Sixth Form Education , UK Shared Prosperity Fund , Weddings
Business in a Pandemic (Covid) World , Civic Societies , Key Cities , Maritime and Ports , South East , UK Islands
Chalk Streams , Council Housing , Cricket , Cuba , Darts , East of England , Events , Football , Football Supporters , Hospitality and Tourism , Kashmir , Local Government , Oracy , Period Equality , Pubs , Renters and Rental Reform , Showing Racism the Red Card , Sixth Form Education , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Vascular and Venous Disease , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , Western Sahara , Yemen , Youth Affairs , Zimbabwe
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James Sunderland MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 5032.
Email: james.sunderland.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Kingsley Donaldson, Causeway Institute, c/o 2 Market Place, Lisburn, Co Antrim BT28 1AN. Tel: 07850 162 671
Email: Kingsley.donaldson@cipcr.org
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Former APPG Officers
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Jim Shannon
Co-Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 7th August 2020Departed: 14th July 2021
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 , Equipment for Disabled Children , 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 , Reserves and Cadets , Respiratory Health , Shooting and Conservation , Terminal Illness , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics , Wood Panel Industry
Diana Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Kingston upon Hull North
Joined: 7th August 2020Departed: 14th July 2021
'Left Behind' Neighbourhoods , Argentina , Caribbean , Children, Teenagers, and Young Adults with Cancer , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , Film and Broader Screen , Fit and Healthy Childhood , Funerals and Bereavement , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Human Rights , Iceland , Latin America , Music Education , Peru , Philanthropy and Social Investment , School Food , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Sixth Form Education , University of Hull
Jeffrey M Donaldson
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Lagan Valley
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 14th July 2021
Bahrain , Boys' Brigade , Cameroon , Christians in Parliament , Colombia , Egypt , Ethiopia and Djibouti , Formula One , Gaps in Support , Gibraltar , Golf , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Montserrat , Motorsport , North Korea , Philately , Poland , Pro-Life , Terminal Illness , Trade and Export Promotion , Turkey , Union , War Heritage
Gareth Davies
Vice Chair
Conservative - Grantham and Stamford
Joined: 7th August 2020Departed: 14th July 2021
Environmental, Social, and Governance , Financial Markets and Services , Sustainable Finance
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
Vice Chair
Joined: 16th December 2020Departed: 14th July 2021
Autism , Children , Children who need Palliative Care , Dark Skies , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Armed Forces Covenant
Action on Conflict and Global Britain , Africa , BBC , British Museum , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Friends of Syria , Fruit, Vegetables and Horticulture , International Conservation , Media Freedom , Midlands Engine , Museums , Theatre , Trade out of Poverty , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , United Nations Women , Visual Arts , Wilton Park , Women and Enterprise
Stuart Anderson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Wolverhampton South West
Joined: 7th August 2020Departed: 14th July 2021
Gordon Marsden
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Blackpool South
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Jeffrey M Donaldson
Vice-Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Lagan Valley
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Bahrain , Boys' Brigade , Cameroon , Christians in Parliament , Colombia , Egypt , Ethiopia and Djibouti , Formula One , Gaps in Support , Gibraltar , Golf , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Montserrat , Motorsport , North Korea , Philately , Poland , Pro-Life , Terminal Illness , Trade and Export Promotion , Turkey , Union , War Heritage
Johnny Mercer
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Plymouth, Moor View
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Paul Sweeney
Vice-Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Glasgow North East
Joined: 10th October 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Robert Flello
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent South
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
Jeffrey M Donaldson
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Lagan Valley
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 3rd June 2016
Bahrain , Boys' Brigade , Cameroon , Christians in Parliament , Colombia , Egypt , Ethiopia and Djibouti , Formula One , Gaps in Support , Gibraltar , Golf , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Montserrat , Motorsport , North Korea , Philately , Poland , Pro-Life , Terminal Illness , Trade and Export Promotion , Turkey , Union , War Heritage