Blockchain Technologies APPG

First Registered: 20/09/2023 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To examine the potential of Blockchain, Crypto-assets, and Web3 technologies in driving economic growth, and to promote the evidence-based adoption of these innovations across the united Kingdom.

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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Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
Matt Vickers Portrait
Matt Vickers
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Stockton West
Joined: 7th May 2025
John Lamont Portrait
John Lamont
Vice Chair
Conservative - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Joined: 7th May 2025
56 Current APPG Members
Lord Allen of Kensington Portrait
Lord Allen of Kensington
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Apprenticeships
Lord Bilimoria Portrait
Lord Bilimoria
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
3 APPG Officer Positions
India , International Students , Manufacturing
4 APPG Memberships
Beer , Israel , Tennis , University
Lord Brennan Portrait
Lord Brennan
Member
Non-affiliated - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Microplastics
4 APPG Memberships
Christians in Parliament , Intellectual Property , Media , Ocean
Feryal Clark Portrait
Feryal Clark
Member
Labour - Enfield North
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Kurdistan Region in Iraq
Lord Cromwell Portrait
Lord Cromwell
Member
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Gareth Davies Portrait
Gareth Davies
Member
Conservative - Grantham and Bourne
Alex Davies-Jones Portrait
Alex Davies-Jones
Member
Labour - Pontypridd
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Music
Luke Evans Portrait
Luke Evans
Member
Conservative - Hinckley and Bosworth
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Richard Fuller Portrait
Richard Fuller
Member
Conservative - North Bedfordshire
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Beer
Andrew Griffith Portrait
Andrew Griffith
Member
Conservative - Arundel and South Downs
3 APPG Officer Positions
Dark Skies , Infant Feeding , Wine of Great Britain
4 APPG Memberships
Aviation , Dementia , Fair Banking , Listed Properties
Lord Hannan of Kingsclere Portrait
Lord Hannan of Kingsclere
Member
Conservative - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Mexico
2 APPG Memberships
Commonwealth , Falkland Islands
Baroness Harman Portrait
Baroness Harman
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , Immigration Detention , Theatre
Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town Portrait
Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
4 APPG Memberships
Beer , Housing and Care for Older People , Parkrun , Theatre
Lord Holmes of Richmond Portrait
Lord Holmes of Richmond
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
5 APPG Memberships
Beer , Digital Identity , Financial Technology , Modernising Employment , Mutuals
Robert Jenrick Portrait
Robert Jenrick
Member
Conservative - Newark
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
Beer , Financial Education for Young People , Writers
Caroline Johnson Portrait
Caroline Johnson
Member
Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham
1 APPG Officer Position
Youth Employment
1 APPG Membership
Financial Education for Young People
Darren Jones Portrait
Darren Jones
Member
Labour - Bristol North West
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Digital Inclusion
Lord Kamall Portrait
Lord Kamall
Member
Conservative - Life peer
Baroness Kramer Portrait
Baroness Kramer
Member
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Extraordinary Rendition
2 APPG Memberships
Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Mutuals
Earl of Lindsay Portrait
Earl of Lindsay
Member
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Priti Patel Portrait
Priti Patel
Member
Conservative - Witham
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Member
Conservative - Croydon South
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Beer , Financial Education for Young People
Lord Roborough Portrait
Lord Roborough
Member
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
Listed Properties , Science and Technology in Agriculture , Woods and Trees
Lord St John of Bletso Portrait
Lord St John of Bletso
Member
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
1 APPG Officer Position
South Africa

No other APPG Memberships

Jamie Stone Portrait
Jamie Stone
Member
Liberal Democrat - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
No other APPG Officer Positions
9 APPG Memberships
Beer , Digital Inclusion , Football Supporters , Fusion Energy , India , Italy , Nuclear Energy , Respiratory Health , Wood Panel Industry
Jon Trickett Portrait
Jon Trickett
Member
Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
Financial Education for Young People , Miscarriages of Justice , Modernising Employment
Tom Tugendhat Portrait
Tom Tugendhat
Member
Conservative - Tonbridge
1 APPG Officer Position
Estonia
4 APPG Memberships
Autism , Fair Banking , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Taiwan
Christian Wakeford Portrait
Christian Wakeford
Member
Labour - Bury South
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Future of Work , Tennis
Lord Wei Portrait
Lord Wei
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Internet, Communications and Technology
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Matt Vickers MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 3723.

Email: matt.vickers.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Professor Dr Naseem Naqvi, British Blockchain Association. Tel: 07523 518103

Email: appg@britishblockchainassociation.org

Secretariat:

British Blockchain Association acts as the group's secretariat. https://britishblockchainassociation.org/

Group's Website:

https://britishblockchainassociation.org/appg

Date
17 Mar 2025
Source
British Blockchain Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 17/03/2025 To : 16/03/2026
Value
£19,501
Date
13 Sep 2023
Source
British Blockchain Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 13/09/2023 To : 12/09/2024
Value
£19,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Blockchain Technologies APPG

Former APPG Officers
Natalie Elphicke Portrait
Natalie Elphicke
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Dover
Joined: 20th September 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alun Cairns Portrait
Alun Cairns
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Vale of Glamorgan
Joined: 20th September 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Vaizey of Didcot Portrait
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 20th September 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024