Water, Sanitation and Hygiene APPG

First Registered: 16/12/2020 • Last updated on: 02/01/2025

To raise awareness within parliament and government of the impact that a lack of water, sanitation and hygiene has on the lives of people around the world, and the governments obligation to help meet the Sustainable Development Goal on water and sanitation.

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 APPG Officers
Laura Kyrke-Smith Portrait
Laura Kyrke-Smith
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Aylesbury
Joined: 2nd January 2025
Rupa Huq Portrait
Rupa Huq
Vice Chair
Labour - Ealing Central and Acton
Joined: 2nd January 2025
Brian Mathew Portrait
Brian Mathew
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Melksham and Devizes
Joined: 2nd January 2025
1 APPG Membership
ClimateTech
Lord Leigh of Hurley Portrait
Lord Leigh of Hurley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
1 APPG Membership
Running
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Laura Kyrke-Smith MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: laura.kyrkesmith.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Timothy Ingram, WaterAid. Tel: 020 7934 4594

Email: timothyingram@wateraid.org

Secretariat:

WaterAid acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.wateraid.org/

Date
4 Dec 2024
Source
WaterAid
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/12/2024 To : 03/12/2025
Value
£7,501
Date
13 Oct 2023
Source
WaterAid
Description
Secretariat   From : 13/10/2023 To : 12/10/2024
Value
£7,501
Date
13 Oct 2022
Source
WaterAid
Description
Secretariat   From : 13/10/2022 To : 12/10/2023
Value
£7,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene APPG

Former APPG Officers
Fleur Anderson Portrait
Fleur Anderson
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Putney
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Sarah Champion Portrait
Sarah Champion
Officer
Labour - Rotherham
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
Matthew Offord Portrait
Matthew Offord
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Hendon
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Patrick Grady Portrait
Patrick Grady
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Rachel Hopkins Portrait
Rachel Hopkins
Vice Chair
Labour - Luton South and South Bedfordshire
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 24th January 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Football Supporters , Humanist , Park Homes
Paulette Hamilton Portrait
Paulette Hamilton
Vice Chair
Labour - Birmingham Erdington
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
Alex Sobel Portrait
Alex Sobel
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Students , Ukraine , West Papua
Lord Sheikh Portrait
Lord Sheikh
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 7th September 2022
No other APPG Memberships
None Portrait
Lord Bates
Co-Chair
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 9th February 2022
2 APPG Memberships
British Buses , Self-Driving Vehicles
Lord Dubs Portrait
Lord Dubs
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 9th February 2022
3 APPG Memberships
Lebanon , Multiple Sclerosis , Refugees
Brendan O'Hara Portrait
Brendan O'Hara
Officer
Scottish National Party - Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 9th February 2022