Broadband and Digital Communication APPG
First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 08/04/2024
To further the rollout of broadband in rural and urban areas, and to look at digital communication across the UK.
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
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6 APPG Memberships
Celtic Sea , Climate Change , Community Energy , Cycling and Walking , Tidy Britain , Wood Panel Industry
Celtic Sea , Climate Change , Community Energy , Cycling and Walking , Tidy Britain , Wood Panel Industry
10 APPG Memberships
Christianity in the Holy Land , Digital Finance , Dying Well , Extraordinary Rendition , Financial Markets and Services , Human Rights , Romania , Singapore , Switzerland and Liechtenstein , Taxation
Christianity in the Holy Land , Digital Finance , Dying Well , Extraordinary Rendition , Financial Markets and Services , Human Rights , Romania , Singapore , Switzerland and Liechtenstein , Taxation
8 APPG Memberships
Bahá'í Faith , Death Penalty , Fisheries , Hong Kong , Lower Carbon Construction Vehicles , Marine Energy , Trafficked Britons in Syria , Uyghurs
Bahá'í Faith , Death Penalty , Fisheries , Hong Kong , Lower Carbon Construction Vehicles , Marine Energy , Trafficked Britons in Syria , Uyghurs
Contact Details
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Selaine Saxby MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5952.
Email: selaine.saxby.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Kieran Bergholcs, JBP Associates, 34 Smith Square, London SW1P 3HL . Tel: 07464 329 467
Email: Kieran.bergholcs@jbp.co.uk
Secretariat:
JBP Associates acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.jbp.co.uk/
Benefits in Kind
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Date
21 Jan 2024
21 Jan 2024
Source
JBP Associates
JBP Associates
Description
JBP Associates is paid by Independent Networks Cooperative Association and City Fibre Ltd to act as the group's secretariat From : 21/01/2024 To : 20/01/2025
JBP Associates is paid by Independent Networks Cooperative Association and City Fibre Ltd to act as the group's secretariat From : 21/01/2024 To : 20/01/2025
Value
£4,501
£4,501
Date
21 Jan 2023
21 Jan 2023
Source
JBP Associates
JBP Associates
Description
JBP Associates is paid by Independent Networks Cooperative Association and City Fibre Ltd to act as the group's secretariat From : 21/01/2023 To : 20/01/2024
JBP Associates is paid by Independent Networks Cooperative Association and City Fibre Ltd to act as the group's secretariat From : 21/01/2023 To : 20/01/2024
Value
£4,501
£4,501
Date
5 Nov 2015
5 Nov 2015
Source
Political Intelligence
Political Intelligence
Description
Secretariat From : 05/11/2015 To : 04/11/2016
Secretariat From : 05/11/2015 To : 04/11/2016
Value
£4,501
£4,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Broadband and Digital Communication APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Alun Cairns
Officer
Conservative - Vale of Glamorgan
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Beer , Blockchain Technologies , Crypto and Digital Assets , Financial Markets and Services
Beer , Blockchain Technologies , Crypto and Digital Assets , Financial Markets and Services
1 APPG Membership
Financial Education for Young People
Financial Education for Young People
Cherilyn Mackrory
Officer
Conservative - Truro and Falmouth
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Swimming
Swimming
Julie Elliott
Officer
Labour - Sunderland Central
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Children's Media and the Arts , Digital Inclusion , ITV , Jordan , Kidney , Palestine
Children's Media and the Arts , Digital Inclusion , ITV , Jordan , Kidney , Palestine
Ian Liddell-Grainger
Officer
Conservative - Bridgwater and West Somerset
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 6th March 2024
Liz Saville Roberts
Officer
Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness , Minimally Invasive Cancer Therapies , Radiotherapy
Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness , Minimally Invasive Cancer Therapies , Radiotherapy
1 APPG Membership
Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion and Hairdressing
Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion and Hairdressing
1 APPG Membership
Small Modular Reactors
Small Modular Reactors
Alison Thewliss
Officer
Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 6th March 2024
Fay Jones
Officer
Conservative - Brecon and Radnorshire
Joined: 4th May 2022Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Memberships
David Duguid
Officer
Conservative - Banff and Buchan
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 7th September 2022
10 APPG Memberships
Christianity in the Holy Land , Digital Finance , Dying Well , Extraordinary Rendition , Financial Markets and Services , Human Rights , Romania , Singapore , Switzerland and Liechtenstein , Taxation
Christianity in the Holy Land , Digital Finance , Dying Well , Extraordinary Rendition , Financial Markets and Services , Human Rights , Romania , Singapore , Switzerland and Liechtenstein , Taxation
Andrew Griffith
Officer
Conservative - Arundel and South Downs
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Rebecca Pow
Officer
Conservative - Taunton Deane
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Simon Hoare
Officer
Conservative - North Dorset
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Martin Whitfield
Officer
Labour - Former Member for East Lothian
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Scott Mann
Vice-Chair
Conservative - North Cornwall
Joined: 2nd January 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Ben Lake
Vice-Chair
Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
4 APPG Memberships
Bowel Cancer , Community Energy , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Genetic Haemochromatosis
Bowel Cancer , Community Energy , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Genetic Haemochromatosis
Lord Gordon of Strathblane
Vice-Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Kirstene Hair
Acting Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Angus
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
John Lamont
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 19th June 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Andrew Bowie
Vice-Chair
Conservative - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 21st November 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Victoria Atkins
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Louth and Horncastle
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 31st January 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Kelvin Hopkins
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Luton North
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Matt Warman
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Boston and Skegness
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
Michael Tomlinson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Antoinette Sandbach
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Eddisbury
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Chris Davies
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Brecon and Radnorshire
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Calum Kerr
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Joined: 16th March 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Hywel Williams
Vice Chair
Plaid Cymru - Arfon
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 12th October 2016
1 APPG Membership
Catalonia
Catalonia
Lord Cameron of Dillington
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 12th October 2016
Kevan Jones
Vice Chair
Labour - North Durham
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 12th October 2016