Blockchain Technologies APPG

First Registered: 20/09/2023 • Last updated on: 18/06/2025

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
20 Current APPG Members
Lord Altrincham Portrait
Lord Altrincham
Member
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
2 APPG Officer Positions
Greater Manchester , Hadrian's Wall
1 APPG Membership
Beyond Pills
Viscount Camrose Portrait
Viscount Camrose
Member
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
1 APPG Officer Position
Digital Communities

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Gilbert of Panteg Portrait
Lord Gilbert of Panteg
Member
Conservative - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
BBC
3 APPG Memberships
Aviation , Poland , Publishing
Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge Portrait
Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge
Member
Conservative - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Tigray
3 APPG Memberships
Beauty and Wellbeing , Environment , India
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
Baroness Swinburne Portrait
Baroness Swinburne
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mike Tapp Portrait
Mike Tapp
Member
Labour - Dover and Deal
1 APPG Officer Position
Estonia
3 APPG Memberships
India , International Conservation , Water Pollution
Alison Taylor Portrait
Alison Taylor
Member
Labour - Paisley and Renfrewshire North
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