To raise the profile of issues which affect and concern young people; to encourage dialogue between parliamentarians, young people and youth services; and to encourage a co-ordinated and coherent approach to policy making on youth affairs.
1. 16th Report - Serious youth violence
31/07/2019 - Inquiry: Serious violence - Home Affairs Committee
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Serious youth violence - Home Affairs Committee - House of Commons
2. Restless Development - written evidence
12/02/2019 - Inquiry: UK progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - International Development Committee
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Found: people each year. Restless Development coordinates Youth Power - the campaign to support young people and
3. 2nd African Girls Summit: speech by DFID Country Director Philip Smith
26/11/2018 - Department for International Development
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Found: Social Protection, AU Commissioner for Social Affairs, traditional and religious leaders, development
4. National Youth Agency - written evidence
21/01/2019 - Inquiry: Funding of local authorities’ children’s services - Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
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Found: evidence - National Youth AgencyWritten evidence submitted by the National Youth Agency [ACS 031] Executive
5. Letter to the Home Secretary on the Chair's re-election as Chair of the Committee dated 5 February 2020
08/04/2020 - Inquiry: Letter to the Home Secretary on the Chair's re-election as Chair of the Committee dated 5 February 2020 - Home Affairs Committee
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Found:
Home Affairs Committee
Committee Office House of Commons London SW1A 0AA
Tel +44 (0)20 7219 2049
1. Youth Services
24/07/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: House has considered the role and sufficiency of youth services.The Government have called this - Speech Link
2: Friend join me in paying tribute to the voluntary youth workers, both in my constituency of Crawley and - Speech Link
2. Serious Violence
15/05/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: nurses who fight to save lives; I have talked to youth workers, who try to turn people away from violence; - Speech Link
2: but the reality on the ground is that locally our youth services have been cut, our school budgets have - Speech Link
3: Government help these excellent Members of the Youth Parliament get the message out to other people that - Speech Link
3. House of Lords Commission
28/01/2021 - Lords Chamber
1: of Lord Haskel and Lord Thurlow.Economic Affairs CommitteeThat, as proposed by the Committee - Speech Link
2: appointment of a time-limited special inquiry into youth unemployment. These give effect to recommendations - Speech Link
4. Oral Answers to Questions
11/04/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: authorities’ duty to provide appropriate local youth services. In addition, I am delighted to announce - Speech Link
2: parliamentary group on youth affairs. Evidence submitted to our recent cross-party inquiry into youth work shows - Speech Link
3: report on youth policy and funding. The Office for Civil Society has allocated £195 million to youth programmes - Speech Link
5. Full-time Social Action
08/05/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: debate. I also thank City Year UK and the National Youth Agency for their important work, and for their help - Speech Link
2: Gentleman will agree that we can do more to reinstate youth clubs, which played a vital role in the past. Does - Speech Link
3: agree that youth work is important; I am very involved in that through the National Youth Agency, which - Speech Link
asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
18/11/2020
... what steps she is taking to increase youth intervention services in (a) Slough and (b) England. 2. Youth Services
asked by: Fleur Anderson
23/10/2020
... what steps she is taking to increase youth intervention services. 3. Youth Custody
asked by: Peter Kyle
19/11/2020
... what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a right to review for children held in custody cells for more than 20 hours per day. 4. Youth Custody
asked by: Lyn Brown
15/12/2020
... if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of existing guidance for the implementation of reverse cohorting measures in youth custody. 5. Youth Justice
asked by: Tulip Siddiq
11/01/2021
... HC 306.
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11 Current APPG Officers
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Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Co-Chair (Youth Work)
Labour (Co-op) - Brighton, Kemptown
Joined: 20th December 2017Bahá'í Faith , British Council , British Overseas Territories , Council Housing , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Gasworks Redevelopment , HIV and AIDS , Housing Market and Housing Delivery , Kurdistan in Turkey and Syria , Night Time Economy , Private Rented Sector , Renters and Rental Reform , Sixth Form Education , United Nations , University , West Papua , Western Sahara
Belgium , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Fairs and Showgrounds , Faith and Society , Financial Resilience , Greenland , Luxembourg , Nutrition for Growth , One Punch Assaults , Parkrun , Poverty , Running , Scotch Whisky , Social Media , Terminal Illness , Tunisia
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Knife Crime and Violence Reduction , Nigeria , Pharmacy , School Food , Thalassaemia , West Midlands
Adult Education , Ageing and Older People , Arts and Heritage , Austria , BBC , Black Maternal Health , Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Business Owners , British Overseas Territories , Carbon Monoxide , Citizens Rights , Commonwealth , Cycling and Walking , Dalits , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Disability , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Equitable Life Policyholders , Fatherhood , Flags and Heraldry , Gasworks Redevelopment , Global Security and Non-Proliferation , Governance and Inclusive Leadership , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Haiti , Hospice and End of Life Care , Immigration Detention , Insurance and Financial Services , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Kosovo , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Limits to Growth , Longevity , Media , Music , No Recourse to Public Funds , Olympic and Paralympic Games , Opera , Park Homes , Period Equality , Photography , Race and Community , Religious Education , Republic of Korea , Retail Crime , Road Freight and Logistics , Rowing , Scientific , Scotch Whisky , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single Parent Families , Social Enterprise , Social Integration , Social Science and Policy , Social Work , St George's Day , Tibet , Transport Safety , United Nations , United Nations Women , Vascular and Venous Disease , Votes at 16 , Western Rail Link to Heathrow , Western Sahara , Wine and Spirits , Wine of Great Britain , Women in Transport
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Bangladesh , British Council , British Hindus , Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK (CANZUK) , Crossrail , Down Syndrome , Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Professionals , Gaps in Support , Gasworks Redevelopment , Global Tuberculosis , Heart Valve Disease , Hong Kong , Honour Based Abuse , India , Indian Traditional Sciences , London's Planning and Built Environment , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Nepal , Nutrition for Growth , Population, Development and Reproductive Health , Sixth Form Education , Social Integration , Sri Lanka , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics
Apprenticeships , Archives and History , Corporate Responsibility , Digital Skills , Hospitality, Events and Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales , Minimally Invasive Cancer Therapies , Music Education , Opera , Pancreatic Cancer , Performing Arts Education and Training , Slovenia , T Levels , Youth Employment
Chalk Streams , Council Housing , Cricket , Cuba , Darts , East of England , Events , Football , Football Supporters , Hospitality and Tourism , Kashmir , Local Government , Oracy , Period Equality , Pubs , Renters and Rental Reform , Showing Racism the Red Card , Sixth Form Education , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Vascular and Venous Disease , Veterans , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , Western Sahara , Yemen , Zimbabwe
Cyber Security , Dairy , Diabetes , Digital Identity , Eating Disorders , Fire Safety and Rescue , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Liverpool City Region , Pancreatic Cancer , San Marino
Contact Details
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Jo Gideon MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8131.
Email: jo.gideon.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
David Bridson, YMCA England & Wales, 10-11 Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6EH. Tel: 020 7186 9553
Email: david.bridson@ymca.org.uk
Secretariat:
YMCA England & Wales and British Youth Council jointly act as the group's secretariat. https://www.ymca.org.uk/ and http://www.byc.org.uk/
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
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British Youth Council
Joint Secretariat From : 29/01/2021 To : 28/01/2022
£1,501
29 Jan 2021
YMCA England and Wales
Joint Secretariat From : 29/01/2021 To : 28/01/2022
£1,501
29 Jan 2020
British Youth Council
Joint Secretariat From : 29/01/2020 To : 28/01/2021
£1,501
29 Jan 2020
YMCA England and Wales
Joint Secretariat From : 29/01/2020 To : 28/01/2021
£1,501
2 Nov 2018
YMCA England & Wales
Joint Secretariat From : 02/11/2018 To : 01/11/2019
£1,501
2 Nov 2018
British Youth Council
Joint Secretariat From : 02/11/2018 To : 01/11/2019
£1,501
25 May 2018
National Youth Agency
Costs met for an Inquiry held from May 2018 to January 2019
£72,001
2 Nov 2017
YMCA England & Wales
Joint Secretariat From : 02/11/2017 To : 01/11/2018
£1,501
2 Nov 2017
British Youth Council
Joint Secretariat From : 02/11/2017 To : 01/11/2018
£1,501
15 Nov 2016
YMCA England
YMCA England is funded by the British Youth Council to act as the group's secretariat From : 15/11/2016 To : 14/11/2017
£1,501
15 Jul 2015
YMCA England
YMCA England is funded by the British Youth Council and National Council for Voluntary Youth Services to act as the group's secretariat From : 15/07/2015 To : 15/07/2016
£4,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Youth Affairs APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Football , Football Club , Hockey , Issues Affecting Men and Boys , Sport , Youth Employment
Olivia Blake
Officer
Labour - Sheffield, Hallam
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 21st April 2021
James Murray
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Ealing North
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 21st April 2021
Claudia Webbe
Officer
Independent - Leicester East
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 21st April 2021
Knife Crime and Violence Reduction
Bahá'í Faith , Britiish Offshore Oil and Gas Industry , Disability , Fair Fuel for UK Motorists and UK Hauliers , Family Business , Fire Safety and Rescue , Healthy Homes and Buildings , Kurdistan Region in Iraq , Muscular Dystrophy , Obesity , Parkinson's , Pro-Life , Religious Education , Vaping
Amanda Solloway
Co-Chair
Conservative - Derby North
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 1st July 2020
Tim Loughton
Secretary
Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Adoption and Permanence , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Armenia , Austria , British Museum , Children , Coastal Communities , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Dark Skies , Ethiopia and Djibouti , Fatherhood , Hockey , Kinship Care , Looked After Children and Care Leavers , Menopause , Mindfulness , Oman , Photography , Refugees , Switzerland , Tennis , Tibet , Wellbeing Economics , Wine of Great Britain , Yemen
Karen Lee
Treasurer
Labour - Former Member for Lincoln
Joined: 20th December 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
Gillian Keegan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Chichester
Joined: 20th December 2017Departed: 13th February 2019
Karen Lee
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Lincoln
Joined: 20th December 2017Departed: 20th December 2017
Vicky Foxcroft
Vice Chair
Labour - Lewisham, Deptford
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Chloe Smith
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Norwich North
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 12th October 2016
Stephen Pound
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ealing North
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 12th October 2016
Lord Purvis of Tweed
Secretary
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 12th October 2016
Australia and New Zealand , Canada , Côte d’Ivoire , Death Penalty , Devolution , Libya , Nutrition for Growth , Trade and Export Promotion , Trade Justice , Trade out of Poverty
Paul Blomfield
Treasurer
Labour - Sheffield Central
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 12th October 2016
Choice at the End of Life , Debt and Personal Finance , Electoral Reform , International Students , Kashmir , Students , University