Foster Care Work APPG

First Registered: 06/06/2018 • Last updated on: 02/06/2021

Note: This APPG was last registered on 2nd June 2021. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 8th April 2024 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Future of Work APPG?

This group aims to support foster care workers in their demand for a central register, workers' rights and collective bargaining.

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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Former APPG Members
Ian Mearns Portrait
Ian Mearns
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Gateshead
Joined: 6th June 2018
Departed: 2nd June 2021
Chris Law Portrait
Chris Law
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Dundee West
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
Bill Esterson Portrait
Bill Esterson
Vice Chair
Labour - Sefton Central
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
Rachel Hopkins Portrait
Rachel Hopkins
Vice Chair
Labour - Luton South
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
3 APPG Memberships
Council Housing , Humanist , Pubs
Kate Osborne Portrait
Kate Osborne
Vice Chair
Labour - Jarrow
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Stewart Malcolm McDonald Portrait
Stewart Malcolm McDonald
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Glasgow South
Joined: 6th June 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Membership
Modern Conflict
Norman Lamb Portrait
Norman Lamb
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for North Norfolk
Joined: 6th June 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Earl of Listowel Portrait
Earl of Listowel
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 6th June 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Ian Mearns MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7074.

Email: ian.mearns.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Lydia Hughes, Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain, Room1, 15 Old Ford Road, London E2 9PJ . Tel: 020 3490 7530

Email: lydiahughes@iwgb.co.uk

Secretariat:

Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) acts as the group's secretariat. https://iwgb.org.uk/

Date
11 Feb 2020
Source
Independent Workers Union of Great Britain
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/02/2020 To : 10/02/2021
Value
£1,501
Date
25 Apr 2019
Source
Independent Workers Union of Great Britain
Description
Secretariat   From : 25/04/2019 To : 24/04/2020
Value
£6,001
Date
25 Apr 2018
Source
Independent Workers Union of Great Britain
Description
Secretariat   From : 25/04/2018 To : 24/04/2019
Value
£6,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Foster Care Work APPG