Child of the North APPG

First Registered: 30/11/2022 • Last updated on: 08/04/2024

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Building a fairer future for children across the North of England.

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
Emma Lewell-Buck Portrait
Emma Lewell-Buck
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - South Shields
Joined: 30th November 2022
2 APPG Memberships
Leamside Line , Women in Defence
Mary Robinson Portrait
Mary Robinson
Co-Chair
Conservative - Cheadle
Joined: 30th November 2022
2 APPG Memberships
Motor Neurone Disease , Whistleblowing
Peter Gibson Portrait
Peter Gibson
Officer
Conservative - Darlington
Joined: 30th November 2022
3 APPG Memberships
Eye Health and Visual Impairment , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Social Integration
Kim Johnson Portrait
Kim Johnson
Officer
Labour - Liverpool, Riverside
Joined: 30th November 2022
6 APPG Memberships
Credit Unions , Race and Community , Showing Racism the Red Card , Somaliland , Visual Arts , Yemen
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 4468.

Email: emma.lewell-buck.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Alexis Darby , Northern Health Science Alliance, Weightmans LLP, Hardman Square, No 1 Spinningfields, Manchester M3 3EB . Tel: 07568 920 556

Email: alexis.darby@thenhsa.co.uk

Secretariat:

Northern Health Science Alliance acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.thenhsa.co.uk/

Group's Website:

https://www.thenhsa.co.uk/work-with-us/health-inequalities/the-child-of-the-north-appg/

Benefits in Kind
Date
19 Oct 2023
Source
Northern Health Science Alliance
Description
Northern Health Science Alliance acts as the group's secretariat   From : 19/10/2023 To : 18/10/2024
Value
£30,001
Date
19 Oct 2022
Source
Northern Health Science Alliance
Description
Northern Health Science Alliance acts as the group's secretariat   From : 19/10/2022 To : 18/10/2023
Value
£30,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Child of the North APPG

Former APPG Officers
Rachael Maskell Portrait
Rachael Maskell
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - York Central
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
7 APPG Memberships
Adoption and Permanence , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Childhood Trauma , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Flood Prevention , Intensive Care
Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Vice Chair
Labour - Washington and Sunderland West
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
10 APPG Memberships
Art, Craft and Design in Education , Breast Cancer , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Difficulties , First Do No Harm , Food and Drink , Leamside Line , Music Education , School Food , Ticket Abuse
Mary Glindon Portrait
Mary Glindon
Officer
Labour - North Tyneside
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
8 APPG Memberships
Bahá'í Faith , Fire Safety and Rescue , Hadrian's Wall , Muscular Dystrophy , Obesity , Parkinson's , Pro-Life , Responsible Vaping
Mike Amesbury Portrait
Mike Amesbury
Officer
Labour - Weaver Vale
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Lower Carbon Construction Vehicles , Small and Micro Business
Liz Twist Portrait
Liz Twist
Officer
Labour - Blaydon
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
10 APPG Memberships
Acquired Brain Injury , Carbon Monoxide , Child Contact Centres and Services , Deafness , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Muscular Dystrophy , Respiratory Health , Sleep , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Water
Mary Kelly Foy Portrait
Mary Kelly Foy
Officer
Labour - City of Durham
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Charities and Volunteering , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Smoking and Health
Simon Fell Portrait
Simon Fell
Officer
Conservative - Barrow and Furness
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Australia, United Kingdom and United States of America (AUKUS) , Political Literacy , Regeneration and Levelling Up , Whistleblowing
Baroness Blake of Leeds Portrait
Baroness Blake of Leeds
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
3 APPG Memberships
City Regions Transport , Infrastructure , Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Lord Bishop of Durham Portrait
Lord Bishop of Durham
Officer
Bishops - Bishops
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Catherine McKinnell Portrait
Catherine McKinnell
Officer
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 9th August 2023
3 APPG Memberships
Antisemitism , Armed Forces , Sustainable Aviation