Volunteer Rescue Services APPG

First Registered: 18/06/2025 • Last updated on: 29/06/2026

Note: This APPG was last registered on 29th June 2026. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 1st September 2026 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Customer Service APPG?

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To advocate for legislation and policies that support and strengthen the volunteer rescue sector, ensuring volunteers are equipped, protected, and empowered to carry out their lifesaving work effectively across the UK in all emergency and disaster response situations.

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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Former Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Officers
Torcuil Crichton Portrait
Torcuil Crichton
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Joined: 18th June 2025
Departed: 29th June 2026
4 APPG Officer Positions
Genetic Haemochromatosis , Highlands and Islands , Marine Energy , Shellfish Aquaculture

No other APPG Memberships

John Lamont Portrait
John Lamont
Vice Chair
Conservative - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Joined: 23rd February 2026
Departed: 29th June 2026
3 APPG Officer Positions
Fairtrade , Food and Drink , Hemp Carbon Capture and Rural Development

No other APPG Memberships

Tim Farron Portrait
Tim Farron
Secretary
Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale
Joined: 18th June 2025
Departed: 29th June 2026
3 APPG Officer Positions
Christians in Parliament , Migration , Outdoor Learning

No other APPG Memberships

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Portrait
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
Treasurer
Labour - Suffolk Coastal
Joined: 18th June 2025
Departed: 29th June 2026
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Bethell Portrait
Lord Bethell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 18th June 2025
Departed: 12th January 2026
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Torcuil Crichton MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: [email protected]

Secretariat:

Mountain Rescue England and Wales acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.mountain.rescue.org.uk/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Volunteer Rescue Services APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Volunteer Rescue Services APPG