Children in Wales APPG

First Registered: 23/12/2015 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To tackle key issues affecting children and young people in Wales and develop policies on children’s rights, family support, and child poverty – ensuring every child has the best possible start in life.

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
Gill German Portrait
Gill German
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Clwyd North
Joined: 28th March 2025
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Gill German MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: gill.german.mp@parliament.uk

Secretariat:

Children in Wales acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.childreninwales.org.uk/

Date
13 Sep 2019
Source
Children in Wales
Description
Secretariat   From : 13/09/2019 To : 12/09/2020
Value
£1,501
Date
13 Sep 2018
Source
Children in Wales
Description
Secretariat   From : 13/09/2018 To : 12/09/2019
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Children in Wales APPG

Former APPG Officers
Carolyn Harris Portrait
Carolyn Harris
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Neath and Swansea East
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
5 APPG Officer Positions
Beauty and Wellbeing , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , Gambling Reform , Menopause , Policing

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Gale Portrait
Baroness Gale
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord German Portrait
Lord German
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
3 APPG Officer Positions
Global Education , Slovenia , Waterways

No other APPG Memberships

Liz Saville Roberts Portrait
Liz Saville Roberts
Treasurer
Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
Jessica Morden Portrait
Jessica Morden
Secretary
Labour - Newport East
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
3 APPG Officer Positions
Armenia , Georgia , Hospitality, Events, Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Hart of Tenby Portrait
Lord Hart of Tenby
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 23rd October 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Anna McMorrin Portrait
Anna McMorrin
Treasurer
Labour - Cardiff North
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 23rd October 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Craig Williams Portrait
Craig Williams
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Montgomeryshire
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Hywel Williams Portrait
Hywel Williams
Vice Chair
Plaid Cymru - Former Member for Arfon
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Williams Portrait
Mark Williams
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Ceredigion
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Elmore Portrait
Chris Elmore
Treasurer
Labour - Bridgend
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Gerald Jones Portrait
Gerald Jones
Secretary
Labour - Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Anderson of Swansea Portrait
Lord Anderson of Swansea
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 15th February 2017
1 APPG Officer Position
Egypt

No other APPG Memberships