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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Reticulating Splines
4 Additional APPG Publications
4 Current APPG Officers
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4 APPG Officer Positions
Autism , Bladder and Bowel Continence Care , Cats , Healthcare Workers
10 APPG Memberships
Animal Welfare , Beyond Pills , Climate Change , Creative Health , Freight and Logistics , Humanist , Net Zero , Parks and Green Spaces , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Tidy Britain
Autism , Bladder and Bowel Continence Care , Cats , Healthcare Workers
10 APPG Memberships
Animal Welfare , Beyond Pills , Climate Change , Creative Health , Freight and Logistics , Humanist , Net Zero , Parks and Green Spaces , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Tidy Britain
5 APPG Officer Positions
Citizens' Rights , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Hospitality and Tourism , Italy , Shakespeare
9 APPG Memberships
Carers , Climate Change , Early Education and Childcare , Environment , Fair Elections , Healthy Homes and Buildings , Prostate Cancer , Theatre , Water Pollution
Citizens' Rights , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Hospitality and Tourism , Italy , Shakespeare
9 APPG Memberships
Carers , Climate Change , Early Education and Childcare , Environment , Fair Elections , Healthy Homes and Buildings , Prostate Cancer , Theatre , Water Pollution
7 APPG Officer Positions
Crypto and Digital Assets , Digital Creators , Financial Technology , Northern Culture , Performing Arts Education and Training , Sovereign Wealth Funds , Video Games and Esports
3 APPG Memberships
Apprenticeships , Blockchain Technologies , Writers
Crypto and Digital Assets , Digital Creators , Financial Technology , Northern Culture , Performing Arts Education and Training , Sovereign Wealth Funds , Video Games and Esports
3 APPG Memberships
Apprenticeships , Blockchain Technologies , Writers
23 Current APPG Members
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No other APPG Officer Positions
11 APPG Memberships
Apprenticeships , Classics , Defibrillators , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Less Survivable Cancers , Music , Music Education , Performing Arts Education and Training , Responsible Business , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Writers
11 APPG Memberships
Apprenticeships , Classics , Defibrillators , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Less Survivable Cancers , Music , Music Education , Performing Arts Education and Training , Responsible Business , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Writers
1 APPG Officer Position
National Parks and National Landscapes
6 APPG Memberships
Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Healthcare Workers , Humanist , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ocean , University
National Parks and National Landscapes
6 APPG Memberships
Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Healthcare Workers , Humanist , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ocean , University
No other APPG Officer Positions
5 APPG Memberships
Autism , India , Mutuals , Political and Media Literacy , United Nations Global Goals
5 APPG Memberships
Autism , India , Mutuals , Political and Media Literacy , United Nations Global Goals
6 APPG Officer Positions
BBC , Italy , ITV , Media , Publishing , Shakespeare
6 APPG Memberships
Intellectual Property , Music , Music Education , Performing Arts Education and Training , Theatre , Writers
BBC , Italy , ITV , Media , Publishing , Shakespeare
6 APPG Memberships
Intellectual Property , Music , Music Education , Performing Arts Education and Training , Theatre , Writers
1 APPG Officer Position
Western Rail Link to Heathrow
17 APPG Memberships
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Armenia , Beer , Choice at the End of Life , Climate Change , Fair Elections , Freight and Logistics , Get Refusal , Housing and Care for Older People , Humanist , Immigration Detention , India , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Miscarriages of Justice , Transport Safety , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics , Waterways
Western Rail Link to Heathrow
17 APPG Memberships
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Armenia , Beer , Choice at the End of Life , Climate Change , Fair Elections , Freight and Logistics , Get Refusal , Housing and Care for Older People , Humanist , Immigration Detention , India , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Miscarriages of Justice , Transport Safety , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics , Waterways
4 APPG Officer Positions
Artificial Intelligence , Digital Inclusion , Intellectual Property , Internet, Communications and Technology
15 APPG Memberships
Autism , Blockchain Technologies , Digital Communities , Digital Regulation and Responsibility , Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics , Fair Elections , Future of Work , Humanist , Modernising Employment , Music , Performing Arts Education and Training , Political and Media Literacy , Publishing , Shakespeare , Writers
Artificial Intelligence , Digital Inclusion , Intellectual Property , Internet, Communications and Technology
15 APPG Memberships
Autism , Blockchain Technologies , Digital Communities , Digital Regulation and Responsibility , Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics , Fair Elections , Future of Work , Humanist , Modernising Employment , Music , Performing Arts Education and Training , Political and Media Literacy , Publishing , Shakespeare , Writers
1 APPG Officer Position
Art, Craft and Design in Education
3 APPG Memberships
Autism , Infrastructure , Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Art, Craft and Design in Education
3 APPG Memberships
Autism , Infrastructure , Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
6 APPG Officer Positions
Carers , Caribbean , Creative Health , Early Education and Childcare , Internet, Communications and Technology , Women's Health
21 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Assistive and Accessible Technology , Aviation , Beer , Belarus , Central South , Children's Online Safety , Cyprus , Dementia , Fair Banking , Financial Education for Young People , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Housing and Care for Older People , Media , Pharmacy , Sepsis , Tennis , Women affected by the Criminal Justice System , Women in Parliament , Writers , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers
Carers , Caribbean , Creative Health , Early Education and Childcare , Internet, Communications and Technology , Women's Health
21 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Assistive and Accessible Technology , Aviation , Beer , Belarus , Central South , Children's Online Safety , Cyprus , Dementia , Fair Banking , Financial Education for Young People , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Housing and Care for Older People , Media , Pharmacy , Sepsis , Tennis , Women affected by the Criminal Justice System , Women in Parliament , Writers , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers
3 APPG Officer Positions
Channel Islands , Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Commemoration , Heritage Rail
6 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Football Supporters , Infrastructure , Sepsis , Smoking and Health , Taiwan
Channel Islands , Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Commemoration , Heritage Rail
6 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Football Supporters , Infrastructure , Sepsis , Smoking and Health , Taiwan
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Intellectual Property
2 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Intellectual Property
6 APPG Officer Positions
Debt and Financial Inclusion , Financial Education for Young People , Food Banks , PANS PANDAS , Spinal Cord Injury , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies
8 APPG Memberships
Adoption and Permanence , Beer , British Council and Soft Power , Carers , Christians in Parliament , Occupational Safety and Health , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Theatre
Debt and Financial Inclusion , Financial Education for Young People , Food Banks , PANS PANDAS , Spinal Cord Injury , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies
8 APPG Memberships
Adoption and Permanence , Beer , British Council and Soft Power , Carers , Christians in Parliament , Occupational Safety and Health , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Theatre
1 APPG Officer Position
Apprenticeships
3 APPG Memberships
Italy , Obesity , Schools, Learning and Assessment
Apprenticeships
3 APPG Memberships
Italy , Obesity , Schools, Learning and Assessment
6 APPG Officer Positions
Beauty and Wellbeing , First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate , Leamside Line , Parents , School Food , Ticket Abuse
46 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Assistive and Accessible Technology , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Baby Loss , Beer , British Jews , Carers , Child of the North , Children's Online Safety , City Regions Transport , Early Education and Childcare , Faith and Society , Falkland Islands , Financial Education for Young People , Football Supporters , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Hadrian's Wall , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Healthcare Workers , Healthy Homes and Buildings , India , Israel , Key Cities , Less Survivable Cancers , Long Covid , Maternity , Miscarriages of Justice , Music , Music Education , North East , Obesity , Performing Arts Education and Training , Political and Media Literacy , Prostate Cancer , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Sepsis , Smoking and Health , Social Science and Policy , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Tennis , Tidy Britain , Women in Parliament , Women's Health , Writers , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers , Youth Affairs
Beauty and Wellbeing , First Do No Harm - Mesh, Primodos, Valproate , Leamside Line , Parents , School Food , Ticket Abuse
46 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Assistive and Accessible Technology , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Baby Loss , Beer , British Jews , Carers , Child of the North , Children's Online Safety , City Regions Transport , Early Education and Childcare , Faith and Society , Falkland Islands , Financial Education for Young People , Football Supporters , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Hadrian's Wall , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Healthcare Workers , Healthy Homes and Buildings , India , Israel , Key Cities , Less Survivable Cancers , Long Covid , Maternity , Miscarriages of Justice , Music , Music Education , North East , Obesity , Performing Arts Education and Training , Political and Media Literacy , Prostate Cancer , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Sepsis , Smoking and Health , Social Science and Policy , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Tennis , Tidy Britain , Women in Parliament , Women's Health , Writers , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers , Youth Affairs
5 APPG Officer Positions
Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Fairtrade , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single-Parent Families , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
26 APPG Memberships
Access to Justice , Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Armenia , Aviation , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Beer , Boxing , CAFOD , Diabetes , Environment , Fair Elections , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Get Refusal , Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , India , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , London , Micromobility , Music , Poland , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Social Science and Policy , Tidy Britain , Women affected by the Criminal Justice System , Women's Health
Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Fairtrade , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single-Parent Families , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
26 APPG Memberships
Access to Justice , Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Armenia , Aviation , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Beer , Boxing , CAFOD , Diabetes , Environment , Fair Elections , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Get Refusal , Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , India , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , London , Micromobility , Music , Poland , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Social Science and Policy , Tidy Britain , Women affected by the Criminal Justice System , Women's Health
No other APPG Officer Positions
8 APPG Memberships
Environment , Falkland Islands , Listed Properties , Media , Nuclear Energy , Science and Technology in Agriculture , United Nations Global Goals , University
8 APPG Memberships
Environment , Falkland Islands , Listed Properties , Media , Nuclear Energy , Science and Technology in Agriculture , United Nations Global Goals , University
6 APPG Officer Positions
Boxing , Broadcasting, Entertainment and Arts Unions , Cuba , Miscarriages of Justice , Race Equality in Education , Somaliland
14 APPG Memberships
Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Events , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Homelessness , International Students , Liverpool City Region , Music , Race and Community , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Women affected by the Criminal Justice System , Women in Parliament , Youth Affairs
Boxing , Broadcasting, Entertainment and Arts Unions , Cuba , Miscarriages of Justice , Race Equality in Education , Somaliland
14 APPG Memberships
Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Events , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Homelessness , International Students , Liverpool City Region , Music , Race and Community , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Women affected by the Criminal Justice System , Women in Parliament , Youth Affairs
No other APPG Officer Positions
6 APPG Memberships
Aid Match , Central South , International Students , Key Cities , South East , Women in Parliament
6 APPG Memberships
Aid Match , Central South , International Students , Key Cities , South East , Women in Parliament
6 APPG Officer Positions
Adoption and Permanence , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Child of the North , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Dying Well
47 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Afghan Women and Girls , Animal Welfare , Autism , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Baby Loss , Beer , Beyond Pills , Blockchain Technologies , British Sign Language , Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Carers , Christians in Parliament , City Regions Transport , Classics , Climate Change , Defibrillators , Dentistry and Oral Health , Early Education and Childcare , Environment , Fair Elections , Fairtrade , Faith and Society , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Healthy Homes and Buildings , Heritage Rail , Housing and Care for Older People , Hydrogen , Music Education , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Obesity , Performing Arts Education and Training , Pharmacy , Prostate Cancer , Respiratory Health , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Sepsis , Smoking and Health , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , United Nations Global Goals , University , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics , Women in Parliament , Youth Affairs
Adoption and Permanence , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Child of the North , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Dying Well
47 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Afghan Women and Girls , Animal Welfare , Autism , Babies (Pregnancy to Age 2) , Baby Loss , Beer , Beyond Pills , Blockchain Technologies , British Sign Language , Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Carers , Christians in Parliament , City Regions Transport , Classics , Climate Change , Defibrillators , Dentistry and Oral Health , Early Education and Childcare , Environment , Fair Elections , Fairtrade , Faith and Society , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Healthy Homes and Buildings , Heritage Rail , Housing and Care for Older People , Hydrogen , Music Education , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Obesity , Performing Arts Education and Training , Pharmacy , Prostate Cancer , Respiratory Health , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Sepsis , Smoking and Health , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , United Nations Global Goals , University , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics , Women in Parliament , Youth Affairs
No other APPG Officer Positions
12 APPG Memberships
Beer , Blockchain Technologies , Digital Communities , Digital Inclusion , Fair Elections , Football Supporters , Fusion Energy , India , Italy , Nuclear Energy , Respiratory Health , Wood Panel Industry
12 APPG Memberships
Beer , Blockchain Technologies , Digital Communities , Digital Inclusion , Fair Elections , Football Supporters , Fusion Energy , India , Italy , Nuclear Energy , Respiratory Health , Wood Panel Industry
1 APPG Officer Position
Craft
4 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Carers , International Students , United Nations Global Goals
Craft
4 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Carers , International Students , United Nations Global Goals
No other APPG Officer Positions
6 APPG Memberships
Aid Match , Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Creative Health , Health , Humanist , Writers
6 APPG Memberships
Aid Match , Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Creative Health , Health , Humanist , Writers
Contact Details
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Cat Eccles MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.
Email: cat.eccles.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Kate Rosser Frost, Design and Artists Copyright Society
Email: communications@dacs.org.uk
Secretariat:
Design and Artists Copyright Society, Contemporary Visual Arts Network and a-n jointly act as the group's secretariat. https://www.dacs.org.uk/ and https://cvan.art/ and https://www.a-n.co.uk/
Benefits in Kind
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Date
8 Oct 2025
8 Oct 2025
Source
Design and Artists Copyright Society
Design and Artists Copyright Society
Description
Secretariat From: 08/10/2025 To: 07/10/2026
Secretariat From: 08/10/2025 To: 07/10/2026
Value
£3,001
£3,001
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Visual Arts and Artists APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Earl of Clancarty
Officer
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 20th November 2024Departed: 20th October 2025