Animal Welfare APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

To use the influence of experts and politicians to raise awareness of animal welfare issues and to develop solutions through evidence based inquiries and policy development.

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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11 Current APPG Officers
Lord Trees Portrait
Lord Trees
Co-Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Lord De Mauley Portrait
Lord De Mauley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 15th June 2022
1 APPG Membership
Funerals and Bereavement
Baroness Mallalieu Portrait
Baroness Mallalieu
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 18th July 2018
2 APPG Memberships
Horse , National Parks
Neil Hudson Portrait
Neil Hudson
Secretary
Conservative - Penrith and The Border
Joined: 2nd June 2021
2 APPG Memberships
Horse , Outdoor Learning
Jane Stevenson Portrait
Jane Stevenson
Secretary
Conservative - Wolverhampton North East
Joined: 15th June 2022
Chris Loder Portrait
Chris Loder
Secretary
Conservative - West Dorset
Joined: 15th June 2022
Kirsten Oswald Portrait
Kirsten Oswald
Treasurer
Scottish National Party - East Renfrewshire
Joined: 8th April 2020
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Giles Watling MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: giles.watling.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Marisa Heath, Office of Tracey Crouch MP. Tel: 07764 247 098

Email: admin@apgaw.org

Group's Website:

http://www.apgaw.org/

Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
RSPCA
Description
Funds the post of an administrator for the APPG   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£15,001
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
RSPCA
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£15,001
Date
3 Dec 2020
Source
Petfood Manufacturers Industry
Value
£10,000
Date
3 Dec 2020
Source
RSPCA
Value
£18,500
Date
13 Jun 2019
Source
Petfood Manufacturers Association
Value
£10,000
Date
21 Jul 2017
Source
RSPCA
Value
£16,500
Date
21 Jul 2017
Source
RSPCA (amount registered is per year but it is paid in monthly instalments)
Value
£16,500
Former APPG Officers
Tracey Crouch Portrait
Tracey Crouch
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Chatham and Aylesford
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
Lord Taylor of Holbeach Portrait
Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Secretary
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
Cheryl Gillan Portrait
Cheryl Gillan
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Angela Smith Portrait
Angela Smith
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Rebecca Pow Portrait
Rebecca Pow
Vice Chair
Conservative - Taunton Deane
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Jim Fitzpatrick Portrait
Jim Fitzpatrick
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Poplar and Limehouse
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Andrea Jenkyns Portrait
Andrea Jenkyns
Treasurer
Conservative - Morley and Outwood
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th June 2018
1 APPG Membership
Adult Social Care
Robert Flello Portrait
Robert Flello
Treasurer
Labour - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent South
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Portrait
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Vice Chair
Conservative - The Cotswolds
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 21st July 2016