Infant Feeding and Inequalities APPG

First Registered: 28/04/2016 • Last updated on: 08/04/2024

To raise awareness of infant feeding and allow MPs, peers and policy stakeholders an opportunity to meet regularly to ensure that this topic remains a priority for HM Government with a view to reducing inequalities and improving health.

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4 Current APPG Officers

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Alison Thewliss

Chair & Registered Contact

Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central

Joined: 28th April 2016

7 APPG Memberships
Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Fair Business Banking , Fairgrounds and Circuses , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Immigration Detention , Students , Yemen

Kirsty Blackman

Vice Chair

Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North

Joined: 28th April 2016

No other APPG Memberships

David Mundell

Officer

Conservative - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Joined: 8th April 2024

3 APPG Memberships
HIV, AIDS and Sexual Health , Malawi , Nutrition for Development

Fleur Anderson

Officer

Labour - Putney

Joined: 24th February 2020

5 APPG Memberships
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Contact Details

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Registered Contact:

Alison Thewliss MP, House of Commons , London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 6447.

Email: alison.thewliss.mp@parliament.uk

Group's Website:

http://www.infantfeedingappg.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Infant Feeding and Inequalities APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Infant Feeding and Inequalities APPG

Former APPG Officers

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Sarah Olney

Vice Chair

Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park

Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024

2 APPG Memberships
Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion

Sharon Hodgson

Vice Chair

Labour - Washington and Sunderland West

Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024

10 APPG Memberships
Art, Craft and Design in Education , Breast Cancer , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Difficulties , First Do No Harm , Food and Drink , Leamside Line , Music Education , School Food , Ticket Abuse

Julie Elliott

Vice Chair

Labour - Sunderland Central

Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024

6 APPG Memberships
Children's Media and the Arts , Digital Inclusion , ITV , Jordan , Kidney , Palestine

Stephen Timms

Vice Chair

Labour - East Ham

Joined: 7th September 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024

11 APPG Memberships
Broadband and Digital Communication , Christianity in the Holy Land , Digital Finance , Dying Well , Extraordinary Rendition , Financial Markets and Services , Human Rights , Romania , Singapore , Switzerland and Liechtenstein , Taxation