Ceramics APPG

First Registered: 16/03/2016 • Last updated on: 22/07/2022

To increase the understanding of the uses of ceramics and broaden the understanding of ceramic manufacturing in the UK among parliamentarians; to promote ceramic manufacturing and the ceramics industry as an asset within the UK economy, and to provide a forum for parliamentary discussion on the issues impacting the industry.

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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6 Current APPG Officers

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Jo Gideon

Chair & Registered Contact

Conservative - Stoke-on-Trent Central

Joined: 14th July 2021

10 APPG Memberships
BBC , Business in a Pandemic (Covid) World , Charities and Volunteering , Entrepreneurship , Social Enterprise , Social Integration , UK Shared Prosperity Fund , Waterways , Women and Enterprise , Youth Affairs

Jack Brereton

Deputy Chair

Conservative - Stoke-on-Trent South

Joined: 11th September 2019

8 APPG Memberships
'Left Behind' Neighbourhoods , Belgium , Design and Innovation , Kashmir , Local Government , Luxembourg , Rail , Tunisia

Jonathan Gullis

Treasurer

Conservative - Stoke-on-Trent North

Joined: 8th April 2020

9 APPG Memberships
Apprenticeships , Coalfield Communities , Kashmir , Rail , School Exclusions and Alternative Provision , T Levels , Union , Video Games and Esports , West Midlands

David Linden

Secretary

Scottish National Party - Glasgow East

Joined: 23rd March 2022

13 APPG Memberships
Belgium , Epilepsy , Faith and Society , Financial Resilience , India (Trade and Investment) , Luxembourg , One Punch Assaults , Parkrun , Poverty , Running , Scotch Whisky , West Coast Main Line , Youth Affairs

Aaron Bell

Vice Chair

Conservative - Newcastle-under-Lyme

Joined: 8th April 2020

6 APPG Memberships
Betting and Gaming , Equipment for Disabled Children , Financial Technology , Humanist , Personal Banking and Fairer Financial Services , Social Media

Ian Mearns

Vice Chair

Labour - Gateshead

Joined: 23rd March 2022

16 APPG Memberships
British Jews , Business Travel , Childcare and Early Education , Deafness , Football , Football Supporters , Greyhound , Housing in the North , Mexico , Nursery Schools, Nursery and Reception Classes , Parental Participation in Education , Pedagogy, Curriculum and Accountability , Race Equality in Education , Rail in the North , T Levels , Tenanted Pubs