Extreme Poverty APPG

First Registered: 17/11/2021 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 24th January 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct.

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To provide a focal point in the UK parliament for discussion on extreme poverty. To convene key stakeholders working towards the eradication of extreme poverty. To provide practical recommendations for the UK government to tackle extreme poverty.

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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Former Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Officers
Chris Law Portrait
Chris Law
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Dundee Central
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Aid Match , Armenia

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Purvis of Tweed Portrait
Lord Purvis of Tweed
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Brown of Silvertown Portrait
Baroness Brown of Silvertown
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Disability

No other APPG Memberships

Patrick Grady Portrait
Patrick Grady
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Imran Hussain Portrait
Imran Hussain
Vice Chair
Labour - Bradford East
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Boxing , Kashmir , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

No other APPG Memberships

Brendan O'Hara Portrait
Brendan O'Hara
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Arbitrary Detention and Hostage Affairs , Genocide Prevention , Greenland , International Law, Justice and Accountability , Yazidis

No other APPG Memberships

Virendra Sharma Portrait
Virendra Sharma
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ealing, Southall
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Timms Portrait
Stephen Timms
Vice Chair
Labour - East Ham
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Nigel Mills Portrait
Nigel Mills
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Amber Valley
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Portrait
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Vice Chair
Labour - Slough
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , South East , Western Rail Link to Heathrow

No other APPG Memberships

Wera Hobhouse Portrait
Wera Hobhouse
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Bath
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Eating Disorders , Emergency Care , Environment , Europe , Net Zero , Renewable and Sustainable Energy

No other APPG Memberships

Mohammad Yasin Portrait
Mohammad Yasin
Officer
Labour - Bedford
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Adult Social Care , Bahrain , Immigration Detention , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

No other APPG Memberships

Yasmin Qureshi Portrait
Yasmin Qureshi
Officer
Labour - Bolton South and Walkden
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 11th January 2023
5 APPG Officer Positions
Dentistry and Oral Health , Maldives , Obesity , Pakistan , Primodos

No other APPG Memberships

Tom Tugendhat Portrait
Tom Tugendhat
Vice Chair
Conservative - Tonbridge
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 7th September 2022
1 APPG Officer Position
Estonia

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Timms Portrait
Stephen Timms
Vice Chair
Labour - East Ham
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Chris Law MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: chris.law.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Chris Lyne, BRAC UK, 19 Wootton St, London SE1 8TG. Tel: 020 3434 3071

Email: Chris@bracuk.net

Secretariat:

BRAC UK acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.bracuk.net

Benefits in Kind
Date
25 Oct 2022
Source
BRAC UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 25/10/2022 To : 24/10/2023
Value
£19,501
Date
25 Oct 2021
Source
BRAC UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 25/10/2021 To : 24/10/2022
Value
£19,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Extreme Poverty APPG