Drug Policy Reform APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 08/04/2024

To enable debate about evidence-based drug policy reform that promotes the overall public good.

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
Jeff Smith Portrait
Jeff Smith
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Manchester, Withington
Joined: 28th September 2017
Adam Holloway Portrait
Adam Holloway
Vice Chair
Conservative - Gravesham
Joined: 8th April 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan
Baroness Meacher Portrait
Baroness Meacher
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
1 APPG Membership
Choice at the End of Life
Crispin Blunt Portrait
Crispin Blunt
Vice Chair
Independent - Reigate
Joined: 31st January 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Jeff Smith MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5878.

Email: jeff.smith.mp@parliament.uk

Group's Website:

http://www.drugpolicyreform.net/

Date
13 May 2022
Source
Redfield & Wilton Strategies
Description
Polling services
Value
£9,001
Date
4 Jul 2018
Source
Frank Warburton Consultancy
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/07/2018 To : 03/07/2019
Value
£10,501
Date
4 Jul 2017
Source
Frank Warburton Consultancy
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/07/2017 To : 04/07/2018
Value
£19,501
Date
4 Jul 2017
Source
Frank Warburton Consultancy
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/07/2017 To : 03/07/2018
Value
£19,501
Date
12 Jul 2016
Source
Frank Warburton Consultancy
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/07/2016 To : 12/07/2017
Value
£21,001
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
Frank Warburton Consultancy
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£22,501
Date
21 Mar 2022
Source
UNITE – Association of Parliamentarians to End Infectious Diseases
Value
£9,844
Date
2 Mar 2021
Source
UNITE Global Parliamentary Network (via Frank Warburton)
Value
£10,340
Date
26 Jan 2018
Source
Open Society Foundation
Value
£58,057
Date
9 May 2016
Source
AB Charitable Trust
Value
£4,400
Former APPG Officers
Ronnie Cowan Portrait
Ronnie Cowan
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Inverclyde
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Commercial Sexual Exploitation
Lord Norton of Louth Portrait
Lord Norton of Louth
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Skills, Careers and Employment
Alison Thewliss Portrait
Alison Thewliss
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
Caroline Lucas Portrait
Caroline Lucas
Vice Chair
Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
Anne McLaughlin Portrait
Anne McLaughlin
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Glasgow North East
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Fairtrade , Immigration Detention , Refugees
Rachael Maskell Portrait
Rachael Maskell
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - York Central
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
Dan Carden Portrait
Dan Carden
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool, Walton
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
Lloyd Russell-Moyle Portrait
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Brighton, Kemptown
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
Paul Sweeney Portrait
Paul Sweeney
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Glasgow North East
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Paul Flynn Portrait
Paul Flynn
Vice-Chair
Labour - Former Member for Newport West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 13th February 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Walmsley Portrait
Baroness Walmsley
Vice-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 18th July 2018
1 APPG Membership
Obesity
Lord Howarth of Newport Portrait
Lord Howarth of Newport
Vice-Chair & Treasurer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 18th July 2018
1 APPG Membership
Norfolk Island
Baroness Stern Portrait
Baroness Stern
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Paul Monaghan Portrait
Paul Monaghan
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Paddick Portrait
Lord Paddick
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships