Visual Arts and Artists APPG

First Registered: 20/11/2024 • Last updated on: 31/07/2025

To advance the understanding of how visual artists carry out their practice and develop their careers, promote the value artists and the visual arts bring to society and the UK economy, and to foster an environment in the UK in which the visual arts sector can flourish.

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 - 24 Current Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
Cat Eccles Portrait
Cat Eccles
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Stourbridge
Joined: 20th November 2024
Earl of Clancarty Portrait
Earl of Clancarty
Officer
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 20th November 2024
Manuela Perteghella Portrait
Manuela Perteghella
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Stratford-on-Avon
Joined: 20th November 2024
24 Current APPG Members
Baroness Bakewell Portrait
Baroness Bakewell
Member
Labour - Life peer
Lord Bassam of Brighton Portrait
Lord Bassam of Brighton
Member
Labour - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Advertising
2 APPG Memberships
Football Supporters , Music
Lord Bird Portrait
Lord Bird
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
5 APPG Memberships
Autism , India , Mutuals , Political and Media Literacy , United Nations Global Goals
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Portrait
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
Member
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Lord Crathorne Portrait
Lord Crathorne
Member
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Lord Freyberg Portrait
Lord Freyberg
Member
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Intellectual Property
Lord Hampton Portrait
Lord Hampton
Member
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
No other APPG Officer Positions
4 APPG Memberships
Apprenticeships , Italy , Obesity , Schools, Learning and Assessment
Lord Inglewood Portrait
Lord Inglewood
Member
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Satvir Kaur Portrait
Satvir Kaur
Member
Labour - Southampton Test
No other APPG Officer Positions
6 APPG Memberships
Aid Match , Central South , International Students , Key Cities , South East , Women in Parliament
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Portrait
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Theatre
Baroness Rebuck Portrait
Baroness Rebuck
Member
Labour - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Publishing

No other APPG Memberships

Jamie Stone Portrait
Jamie Stone
Member
Liberal Democrat - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe Portrait
Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe
Member
Labour - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Craft
4 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Carers , International Students , United Nations Global Goals
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Cat Eccles MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: cat.eccles.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Alistair Small, Design and Artists Copyright Society

Email: communications@dacs.org.uk

Secretariat:

Design and Artists Copyright Society acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.dacs.org.uk/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Visual Arts and Artists APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Visual Arts and Artists APPG