Brings together MPs and peers to discuss and campaign for increasing the number of women in parliament in all parties and, to support women in parliament and those standing for public office.
1. Proxy voting: review of pilot arrangements
11/03/2020 - Inquiry: Proxy voting: review of pilot arrangements - Procedure Committee
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Found: CAG was established in 2018, 100 years since some women gained the right to vote, to eradicate the barriers
2. PM speech at reception for Women MPs of the World conference: 7 November 2018
07/11/2018 - Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street (Number 10)
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Found:
PM speech at reception for Women MPs of the World conference: 7 November 2018 - GOV
3. Women in the Lords: Viscountess Rhondda Peerage Case
28/11/2018 - Parliamentary Research
Found: Purvis and Russell Taylor | 28 November 2018 Women in the Lords: Viscountess Rhondda Peerage Case
4. Evolution and changing composition of departmental select committees
24/06/2019 - Parliamentary Research
Found: members 3. Women on select committees 4. 1979 Parliament 5. 1983 Parliament 6. 1987 Parliament 7. 1992 Parliament
5. UK National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) 2018 to 2022: report to Parliament (December 2018)
19/12/2018 - Stabilisation Unit (SU)
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Found: Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) 2018 to 2022: report to Parliament (December 2018) -
1. International Women’s Day
07/03/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: important—and I am proud to be the first ever Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee, which was made permanent - Speech Link
2: exams today, and 68% of women accepted as law undergraduates this year were women. That bodes very well - Speech Link
2. Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Bill
22/02/2021 - Lords Chamber
1: period. Women who aspire to, and hold, high office will no longer be disadvantaged against other women in - Speech Link
3. Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Bill
11/02/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: language, and the Government will still use the word “women” in all documents, as is our policy. The issue is - Speech Link
2: If we are to encourage women from all backgrounds to become Members of Parliament and, indeed, Ministers - Speech Link
4. Parliament as a Workplace
13/06/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: That this House has considered making Parliament a more modern, family friendly and accessible - Speech Link
2: That this House has considered making Parliament a more modern, family friendly and accessible - Speech Link
5. Equal Franchise Act 1928
05/07/2018 - Westminster Hall
1: (Equal Franchise) Act 1928. For the first time ever, women were afforded equal rights to men in formal political - Speech Link
6. Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
15/06/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: we had no choice but to remake them and give Parliament an additional 28 days to consider them. I am - Speech Link
7. Decriminalisation of Abortion
23/07/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: 1967 are properly applied until, and unless, Parliament chooses further to amend that law. The hon. Lady - Speech Link
2: imprisonment. That includes women who obtain pills online, and they might be women in abusive, coercive or - Speech Link
8. International Women’s Day
05/03/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: speaks to the vision that I have as Minister for Women and Equalities. I believe in the dignity and autonomy - Speech Link
9. Women’s Suffrage Centenary
06/02/2018 - Commons Chamber
1: look up—to look up and remember that before 1834, women could only watch proceedings in this House through - Speech Link
2: deliberate: it was there to stop the MPs from seeing the women because it was thought that they might distract - Speech Link
10. Role of Women in Public Life
05/02/2018 - Lords Chamber
1: role of women in public life and the progress made in increasing their representation in Parliament 100 years - Speech Link
2: year 1918 was a turning point and, 100 years on, women and men gather to celebrate and commemorate. It - Speech Link
asked by: Giles Watling
20/11/2018
... what plans the Government has to use the centenary of the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 to encourage more women to stand for public office. 2. Candidates: Females
asked by: Jim Shannon
22/11/2018
... if her Department will take steps to help hold events in Northern Ireland to mark the 100th anniversary of women being allowed to stand for Parliament. 3. Candidates: Females
asked by: Victoria Prentis
13/03/2019
...What plans the Government has to use the centenary of Nancy Astor’s election to Parliament to encourage more women to stand for public office. 4. Females: Candidates
asked by: Lord Porter of Spalding
19/03/2018
... and (2) Members of Parliament. 5. Westminster Foundation for Democracy
asked by: Lyn Brown
19/07/2019
... for an event in Parliament on the 3 July 2019.
17 Current APPG Officers
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Animal Welfare , Antibiotics , Autism , Bahá'í Faith , Cannabis: Harmful Effects on Developing Brains , Chalk Streams , Electric Vehicles , Environment , Epilepsy , Eye Health and Visual Impairment , Food Banks , Future Generations , Gardening and Horticulture , Golf , Hong Kong , Muscular Dystrophy , Rare, Genetic and Undiagnosed Conditions , Sepsis , Skin , Space , Woods and Trees
Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion , Food and Health , Obesity , Population, Development and Reproductive Health
Immigration Detention
Africa , Angola , Bahrain , British Council , Canada , China , Global Health , International Trade and Investment , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Nepal , Nigeria , Population, Development and Reproductive Health , Qatar , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , Zimbabwe
Celtic Nations , Cycling and Walking , Hospitality and Tourism , Marine Energy , Outdoor Learning , UK Islands , Wales in the World , Women and Enterprise , Zoos and Aquariums
Antisemitism , Holocaust Memorial , Homelessness , International Conservation , Listed Properties , Motor Neurone Disease , Net Zero , Parks and Green Spaces , Rural Services , Single Parent Families , Young People's Health
Broadband and Digital Communication , Channel 4 , Children's Media and the Arts , Digital Skills , Eating Disorders , Energy Costs , Energy Studies , Fit and Healthy Childhood , Human Microbiome , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Key Cities , Northern Culture , Northern Powerhouse , Palestine , United Nations Women , Writers
China , Choice at the End of Life , Cyprus , Immigration Detention , Marine Energy , Media , Motor Neurone Disease , State Pension Inequality for Women
Australia and New Zealand , Challenger Banks and Building Societies , Commonwealth , Israel , Whistleblowing
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Charities and Volunteering , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Eritrea , Fairtrade , Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity , Heathrow Expansion and Regional Connectivity , Housing and Planning , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Isle of Man (Manx) , Knife Crime and Violence Reduction , London's Planning and Built Environment , Mentoring , Parks and Green Spaces , Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative , Social Integration , South Western Railway , Sudan and South Sudan , Sustainable Resource , Textiles and Fashion , Trade Justice , Trade out of Poverty , Video Games and Esports , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Acquired Brain Injury , Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming , Choice at the End of Life , Climate Change , Compassionate Politics , Coronavirus , Deliberative Democracy , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drones , Drug Policy Reform , Electoral Campaigning Transparency , Fairtrade , Future Generations , Gaps in Support , Green New Deal , Land Value Capture , Limits to Growth , Mindfulness , Nature , Ocean Conservation , Refugees , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Reuniting Britain Post-Brexit , Sixth Form Education , State Pension Inequality for Women , Students , Trade Justice , Votes at 16 , West Papua
Homelessness , Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative , Short Lets Sector , Theatre
Contact Details
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Mrs Maria Miller MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5749.
Email: maria.miller.mp@parliament.uk
Secretariat:
Fawcett Society acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/
Benefits in Kind
Show/Hide29 Jan 2020
Fawcett Society
Secretariat From : 29/01/2020 To : 28/01/2021
£1,501
19 Jul 2018
Fawcett Society
Secretariat From : 19/07/2018 To : 18/07/2019
£1,501
20 Dec 2017
Lloyds Banking Group
Function held on 20/12/2017
£4,501
8 Mar 2017
Lloyds Banking Group
Hospitality and room hire
£1,501
8 Mar 2016
Llloyds Banking Group
Photography and travel for an event held on 8 March 2016
£1,501
14 Dec 2015
Llloyds Banking Group
Function held on 14 December 2015
£1,501
13 Jul 2015
Northern Trust
Food and drink for an event held on 13 July 2015
£1,501
12 Mar 2015
Microsoft
Staff consultancy time to build APPG website
£4,501
Financial Benefits Received
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Blackrock Investment Management
£5,000
5 Jan 2015
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
£10,000
Former APPG Officers
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Baroness Howe of Idlicote
Officer
Crossbench - Retired on 2 June 2020
Joined: 14th March 2018Departed: 20th May 2020
Vicky Ford
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Chelmsford
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 24th February 2020
Paul Masterton
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for East Renfrewshire
Joined: 18th July 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Kemi Badenoch
Officer
Conservative - Saffron Walden
Joined: 14th March 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Preet Kaur Gill
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham, Edgbaston
Joined: 14th March 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
British Sikhs , Commonwealth Games , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Nigeria , West Midlands
Matt Warman
Officer
Conservative - Boston and Skegness
Joined: 14th March 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Caroline Johnson
Officer
Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham
Joined: 14th March 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Helen Whately
Officer
Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 11th September 2019
Rachel Maclean
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Redditch
Joined: 14th March 2018Departed: 6th June 2018
Philippa Whitford
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 6th June 2018
Aerospace , Breast Cancer , Coronavirus , Fisheries , Germany , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Health in all Policies , Heart Valve Disease , Hospice and End of Life Care , Space , Terminal Illness , Vaccinations for All
Mims Davies
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Mid Sussex
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 31st January 2018
Cheryl Gillan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 20th December 2017
Animal Welfare , Antibiotics , Autism , Bahá'í Faith , Cannabis: Harmful Effects on Developing Brains , Chalk Streams , Electric Vehicles , Environment , Epilepsy , Eye Health and Visual Impairment , Food Banks , Future Generations , Gardening and Horticulture , Golf , Hong Kong , Muscular Dystrophy , Rare, Genetic and Undiagnosed Conditions , Sepsis , Skin , Space , Woods and Trees
Eilidh Whiteford
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Banff and Buchan
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
Seema Kennedy
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for South Ribble
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
Jess Phillips
Officer
Labour - Birmingham, Yardley
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017