Woods and Trees APPG

First Registered: 24/02/2020 • Last updated on: 20/11/2024

To raise awareness of the UK's woods and trees and to discuss the steps necessary to protect, restore and expand them in a time of climate and nature crises.

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4 Current APPG Officers
Alex Mayer Portrait
Alex Mayer
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
Joined: 9th October 2024
1 APPG Membership
Bus and Coach
Sarah Dyke Portrait
Sarah Dyke
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Glastonbury and Somerton
Joined: 9th October 2024
Katie Lam Portrait
Katie Lam
Vice Chair
Conservative - Weald of Kent
Joined: 9th October 2024
1 APPG Membership
Classics
Baroness Young of Old Scone Portrait
Baroness Young of Old Scone
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
1 APPG Membership
Classics
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Alex Mayer MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: alex.mayer.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Joe Piercy, The Woodland Trust. Tel: 07534 558023

Email: joepiercy@woodlandtrust.org.uk

Secretariat:

The Woodland Trust acts as the group's secretariat. https://woodlandtrust.org.uk

Group's Website:

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-trees-and-woods/campaign-with-us/appg-for-woods-and-trees/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Woods and Trees APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Woods and Trees APPG

Former APPG Officers
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle Portrait
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Officer
Green Party - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
1 APPG Membership
Respiratory Health
Catherine West Portrait
Catherine West
Officer
Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Simon Baynes Portrait
Simon Baynes
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Clwyd South
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Trudy Harrison Portrait
Trudy Harrison
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Copeland
Joined: 8th April 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Blencathra Portrait
Lord Blencathra
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Michael Fabricant Portrait
Michael Fabricant
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Lichfield
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Theresa Villiers Portrait
Theresa Villiers
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chipping Barnet
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Navendu Mishra Portrait
Navendu Mishra
Vice Chair
Labour - Stockport
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 5th April 2023
1 APPG Membership
British Hindus
Lord Carrington Portrait
Lord Carrington
Officer
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Greg Smith Portrait
Greg Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 5th April 2023
Jason McCartney Portrait
Jason McCartney
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 30th November 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Ian Byrne Portrait
Ian Byrne
Vice Chair
Independent - Liverpool West Derby
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Benyon Portrait
Lord Benyon
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Olivia Blake Portrait
Olivia Blake
Vice Chair
Labour - Sheffield Hallam
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
Kirsten Oswald Portrait
Kirsten Oswald
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for East Renfrewshire
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Lisa Cameron Portrait
Lisa Cameron
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Cheryl Gillan Portrait
Cheryl Gillan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Mike Hill Portrait
Mike Hill
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Hartlepool
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Alex Chalk Portrait
Alex Chalk
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Cheltenham
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 1st July 2020
No other APPG Memberships