Betting and Gaming APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 05/04/2023

Note: This APPG was last registered on 5th April 2023. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct.

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To keep in contact with the industry; to discuss with them, and in Parliament, fair gambling, safe gambling and policies towards gambling; to act as a go-between for the industry, Parliament and government; and to advise Parliament and the government on gambling-related issues.

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 Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Officers
Scott Benton Portrait
Scott Benton
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Former Member for Blackpool South
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Golding Portrait
Baroness Golding
Co-Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th April 2023
2 APPG Officer Positions
Local Government , Radiotherapy

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Vice Chair
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 5th April 2023
5 APPG Officer Positions
Egypt , Georgia , India , Libya , Turkey

No other APPG Memberships

Aaron Bell Portrait
Aaron Bell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Mancroft Portrait
Lord Mancroft
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th April 2023
1 APPG Officer Position
Hemp Carbon Capture and Rural Development

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Moynihan Portrait
Lord Moynihan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 5th April 2023
3 APPG Officer Positions
British Offshore Energy Industry , Golf , Ticket Abuse

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Smith of Hindhead Portrait
Lord Smith of Hindhead
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Donoughue Portrait
Lord Donoughue
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Viscount Astor Portrait
Viscount Astor
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Philip Davies Portrait
Philip Davies
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Shipley
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Lipsey Portrait
Lord Lipsey
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 9th February 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Spellar Portrait
Lord Spellar
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 9th February 2022
4 APPG Officer Positions
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Australia, United Kingdom and United States of America (AUKUS) , Japan , Thailand

No other APPG Memberships

Conor McGinn Portrait
Conor McGinn
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for St Helens North
Joined: 8th November 2017
Departed: 29th December 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Laurence Robertson Portrait
Laurence Robertson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Tewkesbury
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 14th July 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Viscount Falkland Portrait
Viscount Falkland
Treasurer
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Scott Benton MP, Office of Scott Benton MP, Lancaster House, Amy Johnson Way, Blackpool, FY4 2RP. Tel: 01253 361 350.

Group's Website:

http://www.apbgg.org/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Betting and Gaming APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Betting and Gaming APPG