Water APPG

First Registered: 23/12/2015 • Last updated on: 08/04/2024

To provide a focus for members to monitor government and regulatory policy and maintain a dialogue with consumers and those with an interest or a duty in relation to the environment and the water industry.

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
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Portrait
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Lord Wigley Portrait
Lord Wigley
Officer
Plaid Cymru - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
1 APPG Membership
Chess
Richard Foord Portrait
Richard Foord
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Tiverton and Honiton
Joined: 8th April 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Kosovo , Modern Conflict
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Liz Twist MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 2221.

Email: liz.twist.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Connect, Floor 3, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London SW1P 4QP. Tel: 020 7592 9592

Email: appwg@connectpa.co.uk

Secretariat:

Connect acts as the group's secretariat. https://connectpa.co.uk/

Group's Website:

https://connectpa.co.uk/water/

Date
29 Jan 2022
Source
Connect
Description
Connect is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Wessex Water, BPF Pipes Group and Water UK   From : 29/01/2022 To : 28/01/2023
Value
£18,001
Date
29 Jan 2021
Source
Connect
Description
Connect is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Wessex Water, BPF Pipes Group and Water UK   From : 29/01/2021 To : 28/01/2022
Value
£18,001
Date
29 Jan 2020
Source
Connect PA
Description
Connect PA is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Wessex Water, BPF Pipes Group, Affinity Water, Water UK.   From : 29/01/2020 To : 28/01/2021
Value
£15,001
Date
27 Jun 2019
Source
Connect
Description
Connect is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Wessex Water, Plastic Pipes Group, Affinity Water, Future Water Association, and Water UK.   From : 27/06/2019 To : 26/06/2020
Value
£28,501
Date
27 Jun 2018
Source
Connect
Description
Connect is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Wessex Water, Plastic Pipes Group, Affinity Water, Major Energy User Council, Water UK, and WWF.   From : 27/06/2018 To : 26/06/2019
Value
£21,001
Date
27 Jun 2017
Source
Connect
Description
Secretariat   From : 27/06/2017 To : 26/06/2018
Value
£21,001
Date
27 Jun 2017
Source
Connect
Description
Connect is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: Wessex Water, Plastic Pipes Group, Affinity Water, Major Energy User Council, Water UK, and WWF.   From : 27/06/2017 To : 26/06/2018
Value
£21,001
Date
7 Feb 2017
Source
Connect Communications
Description
Connect Communications is paid by Affinity Water, Gemserv, Future Water Association, Northumbrian Water, and Wessex Water to act as the group's secretariat.   From : 07/02/2017 To : 07/02/2018
Value
£16,501
Date
17 Nov 2015
Source
Connect Communications
Description
Connect Communications is paid by Water UK, Future Water Association, Anglian Water, Wessex Water, Southern Water, Plastic Pipes Group, Gemserv, Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd to act as the group's secretariat.   From : 17/11/2015 To : 17/11/2016
Value
£22,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Water APPG

Former APPG Officers
Baroness Hooper Portrait
Baroness Hooper
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Brazil , Catalonia , Haiti , Latin America
Lord Cameron of Dillington Portrait
Lord Cameron of Dillington
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Deep Geothermal , Rural Services
Baroness Golding Portrait
Baroness Golding
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Boxing , Radiotherapy
Alex Davies-Jones Portrait
Alex Davies-Jones
Officer
Labour - Pontypridd
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
Officer
Conservative - Ludlow
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Young of Norwood Green Portrait
Lord Young of Norwood Green
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 9th February 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Pinnock Portrait
Baroness Pinnock
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
1 APPG Membership
Heritage and Regeneration
Lord Moynihan Portrait
Lord Moynihan
Treasurer
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
1 APPG Membership
Ticket Abuse
Darren Jones Portrait
Darren Jones
Officer
Labour - Bristol North West
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Angela Smith Portrait
Angela Smith
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Neil Parish Portrait
Neil Parish
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Tiverton and Honiton
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Earl of Selborne Portrait
Earl of Selborne
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Young of Old Scone Portrait
Baroness Young of Old Scone
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 8th May 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Membership
Wetlands
None Portrait
Lord Bird
Vice Chair
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 29th August 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Treasurer
Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 29th August 2018
3 APPG Memberships
Armed Forces , National Trust , South West
Earl of Selborne Portrait
Earl of Selborne
Treasurer
Non-affiliated - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships