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. Gender Sensitive Parliament
23/02/2021 - Select Committee Inquiry
Found: Women MPs in the House of Commons, like their counterparts globally, continue 3. UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2018 to 2022: report to Parliament 2020
Found: National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2018 to 2022: report to Parliament 2020
This report 4. UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2018 to 2022: report to Parliament 2020
Found: National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2018 to 2022: report to Parliament 2020
This report 5. Bill 100 2019-20, as introduced
Found: assistance provided to increase the av
ailability of women™s sanitary products;
and for connected purposes
20/04/2021 - Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
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20/04/2021 - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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24/03/2020 - Bill Documents
1. Abortion in Northern Ireland
25/03/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: laid them before Parliament on Tuesday. We have taken that important step because women and girls are still - Speech Link
2. Elected Women Representatives: Online Abuse
20/04/2021 - Westminster Hall
1: this House has considered online abuse of elected women representatives.It is a great pleasure to - Speech Link
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
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. Parliament: Visits
asked by: Theresa Villiers
09/03/2021
... if the Commission will publish a plan for lifting covid-19 restrictions on admitting visitors to Parliament. 3. Parliament: Security
asked by: Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
07/12/2020
... what the reasons are for the sponsorship of those Parliamentary passes. 4. Parliament: Staff
asked by: Grahame Morris
01/09/2020
... what steps the Commission is taking to ensure that Parliamentary staff are protected in the event that they raise health and safety concerns. 5. Parliament: Coronavirus
asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
21/07/2021
... what steps the House of Commons Commission is taking to protect the safety of all Parliamentary staff from covid-19.
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19 Current APPG Officers
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British Hindus , Carbon Monoxide , Chalk Streams , Digital Regulation and Responsibility , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , Learning Disability , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , South Western Railway , United Nations Women , Women, Peace and Security
Cycling and Walking , Food and Health , Obesity , Population, Development and Reproductive Health
Africa , Angola , Bahrain , British Council , Canada , Channel Islands , China , Global Health , International Trade and Investment , Nepal , Nigeria , Population, Development and Reproductive Health , Qatar , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , Wilton Park , Zimbabwe
Dark Skies , Eggs, Pigs and Poultry , Marine Energy , Net Zero , Nuclear Energy , Outdoor Learning , UK Islands , Wales in the World , Women and Enterprise
Antisemitism , Dog Advisory Welfare , Fisheries , Fruit, Vegetables and Horticulture , Holocaust Memorial , International Conservation , Listed Properties , Menopause , Motor Neurone Disease , Net Zero , Parks and Green Spaces , Rural Services , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Single Parent Families , Young People's Health
Broadband and Digital Communication , Channel 4 , Children's Media and the Arts , Data Poverty , Digital Skills , Eating Disorders , Energy Costs , Energy Studies , Fit and Healthy Childhood , Human Microbiome , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Libya , Northern Culture , Northern Powerhouse , Palestine , United Nations Women , Visual Arts , Writers
China , Choice at the End of Life , Cyprus , Hong Kong , Hospitality and Tourism , Immigration Detention , Marine Energy , Media , Medical Cannabis under Prescription , Motor Neurone Disease , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Small and Micro Business , Union , United Nations Women
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Business Owners , Crossrail , Dance , Equipment for Disabled Children , Hockey
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Burma , Channel Islands , Charities and Volunteering , Côte d’Ivoire , Cycling and Walking , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Eritrea , Financial Resilience , Funerals and Bereavement , Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity , Housing and Planning , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Isle of Man (Manx) , Knife Crime and Violence Reduction , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness , Mentoring , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Parks and Green Spaces , Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative , South Western Railway , Sustainable Resource , Trade Justice , Video Games and Esports , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , Youth Employment
Choice at the End of Life , Citizens Rights , Climate Change , Compassionate Politics , Coronavirus , Dark Skies , Deliberative Democracy , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drones and Modern Conflict , Drug Policy Reform , Electoral Campaigning Transparency , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Future Generations , Gaps in Support , Green New Deal , Land Value Capture , Limits to Growth , Mindfulness , Ocean Conservation , Refugees , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Sixth Form Education , South East , Southern Rail , Students , Trade Justice , United Nations Women , Votes at 16 , West Papua
Cycling and Walking , Homelessness , London as a Global City , Menopause , Political Literacy , Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative , Short Lets Sector , Theatre , United Nations Women , Women's Health
Aerospace , Beer , British Sikhs , Complex Needs and Dual Diagnosis , Dog Advisory Welfare , Key Cities , Midlands Engine , Opera , T Levels
Marine Energy , Muslim Women , Polo , Southern Rail , Uyghurs , Wine of Great Britain
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
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Fawcett Society
Secretariat From : 29/01/2021 To : 28/01/2022
£1,501
29 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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Cheryl Gillan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 10th March 2021
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
Nuclear Energy
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 , 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
Data Analytics
Philippa Whitford
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 6th June 2018
Aerospace , Breast Cancer , Coronavirus , Fisheries , Future Generations , Germany , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Health in all Policies , Heart Valve Disease , Space , State Pension Inequality for Women , Vaccinations for All
Mims Davies
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Mid Sussex
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 31st January 2018
Cheryl Gillan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 20th December 2017
Marine Energy , Muslim Women , Polo , Southern Rail , Uyghurs , Wine of Great Britain
Action on Conflict and Global Britain , Burma , Digital Skills , Eritrea , Hydrogen , Sudan and South Sudan , Uyghurs , Women and Work , Yemen
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