Commonwealth APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

To inform Members about the Commonwealth Secretariat's developments to strengthen the Commonwealth network; to keep members aware of the range of non-parliamentary activities and programmes carried out underneath the Commonwealth brand, both on governmental and non-governmental levels; and to take advantage of opportunities within the developing Commonwealth network for Britain's political and commercial activities and for Britain's positioning in the new international landscape.

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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APPG Supplied Content

APPGs can register with Parallel Parliament and submit files and articles to be placed here.

Parallel Parliament offers the facility for APPGs to submit written content and files, which are made available through this page.

Submitters can draft and edit publications, and either release them on demand, or schedule release for a future date.

Both text content and attached files submitted through this facility is indexed by our website, and made available through both the search function and relevant e-mail alerts. Any of our users registered for an alert which matches your content, will receive a link making them aware of its publication.

If you wish to register as an authorised representative of the Commonwealth APPG and use this facility, click below

30 Current APPG Officers
Lord Kamall Portrait
Lord Kamall
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Lord Howell of Guildford Portrait
Lord Howell of Guildford
Honorary President
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Edward Leigh Portrait
Edward Leigh
Vice Chair
Conservative - Gainsborough
Joined: 28th September 2017
Conor McGinn Portrait
Conor McGinn
Vice Chair
Independent - St Helens North
Joined: 10th October 2018
Deidre Brock Portrait
Deidre Brock
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith
Joined: 10th October 2018
Lisa Cameron Portrait
Lisa Cameron
Vice Chair
Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 24th February 2020
Paul Bristow Portrait
Paul Bristow
Vice Chair
Conservative - Peterborough
Joined: 24th February 2020
Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Worthing West
Joined: 21st April 2021
82 APPG Memberships
12 Step Recovery , Adult Education , Afrikan Reparations , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Austria , BBC , British Muslims , British Overseas Territories , Carbon Monoxide , Children in Police Custody , Citizens' Rights , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Community Development , Croatia , Cycling and Walking , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Disability , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Explosive Threats , Fatherhood , Film and Broader Screen , Flags and Heraldry , Frozen British Pensions , Global Security and Non-Proliferation , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Holocaust Memorial , Hospice and End of Life Care , Immigration Detention , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Limits to Growth , Manufacturing , Maternity , Media , Media Freedom , Music , Muslim Women , National Parks , National Trust , Night Time Economy , No Recourse to Public Funds , Opera , Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , Park Homes , Performing Arts Education and Training , Photography , Public Accountability , Race and Community , Religion in the Media , Religious Education , Rowing , Scientific , Scotch Whisky , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single Parent Families , Social Enterprise , Social Integration , Social Science and Policy , South East , St George's Day , Sustainable Finance , Tibet , Transport Safety , Ukraine , United Nations , United Nations Women , Vascular and Venous Disease , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , Western Sahara , White Ribbon UK , Wine and Spirits , Wine of Great Britain , Women and Work , Women in Transport , Zimbabwe
Baroness Hoey Portrait
Baroness Hoey
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
2 APPG Memberships
Oman , Zimbabwe
Tom Randall Portrait
Tom Randall
Vice Chair
Conservative - Gedling
Joined: 21st April 2021
Lord Popat Portrait
Lord Popat
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Baroness Mobarik Portrait
Baroness Mobarik
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Lord Whitby Portrait
Lord Whitby
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 22nd February 2023
1 APPG Membership
Levelling up Birmingham
Shailesh Vara Portrait
Shailesh Vara
Vice Chair
Conservative - North West Cambridgeshire
Joined: 17th May 2023
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Andrew Rosindell MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8475.

Email: andrew.rosindell.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Pierre-Louis Plumejeau-Wilby, Office of Andrew Rosindell MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8499

Email: pierre.wilby@parliament.uk

Date
6 Jul 2017
Source
The Royal Commonwealth Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 06/07/2017 To : 05/07/2018
Value
£1,501
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
The Royal Commonwealth Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Commonwealth APPG

Former APPG Officers
Mary Robinson Portrait
Mary Robinson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Cheadle
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
Viscount Waverley Portrait
Viscount Waverley
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 17th May 2023
1 APPG Membership
India (Trade and Investment)
Lord Chidgey Portrait
Lord Chidgey
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 9th February 2022
No other APPG Memberships
James Cleverly Portrait
James Cleverly
Vice Chair
Conservative - Braintree
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Richard Graham Portrait
Richard Graham
Vice Chair
Conservative - Gloucester
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
2 APPG Memberships
China , Marine Energy
Roger Godsiff Portrait
Roger Godsiff
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Hall Green
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Berridge Portrait
Baroness Berridge
Vice Chair & Secretary
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Bellingham Portrait
Lord Bellingham
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
2 APPG Memberships
Caribbean , Norfolk Island
Earl of Sandwich Portrait
Earl of Sandwich
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 21st July 2016
Lord Bellingham Portrait
Lord Bellingham
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 23rd December 2015
2 APPG Memberships
Caribbean , Norfolk Island