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 8th April 2024 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Poverty APPG?

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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 Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Members
Chris Law Portrait
Chris Law
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Dundee West
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
8 APPG Memberships
Aid Match , Armenia , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Cuba , Listed Properties , Multiple Sclerosis , Tibet , Video Games and Esports
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 Memberships
Lyn Brown Portrait
Lyn Brown
Vice Chair
Labour - West Ham
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Sudan and South Sudan , Thrombosis
Patrick Grady Portrait
Patrick Grady
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Glasgow North
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
7 APPG Memberships
CAFOD , Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , Global Education , Limits to Growth , Malawi , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , West Papua
Imran Hussain Portrait
Imran Hussain
Vice Chair
Labour - Bradford East
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Boxing , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Brendan O'Hara Portrait
Brendan O'Hara
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Argyll and Bute
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity , Yazidis
Virendra Sharma Portrait
Virendra Sharma
Vice Chair
Labour - Ealing, Southall
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
4 APPG Memberships
British Gujaratis , Global Tuberculosis , Jainism , Population, Development and Reproductive Health
Stephen Timms Portrait
Stephen Timms
Vice Chair
Labour - East Ham
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
11 APPG Memberships
Broadband and Digital Communication , Christianity in the Holy Land , Digital Finance , Dying Well , Extraordinary Rendition , Financial Markets and Services , Human Rights , Romania , Singapore , Switzerland and Liechtenstein , Taxation
Nigel Mills Portrait
Nigel Mills
Vice Chair
Conservative - Amber Valley
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Food and Drink , Pensions , Taxation
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Portrait
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Vice Chair
Labour - Slough
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
4 APPG Memberships
British Sikhs , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , South East , Western Rail Link to Heathrow
Wera Hobhouse Portrait
Wera Hobhouse
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Bath
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
8 APPG Memberships
Childhood Trauma , Community Energy , Eating Disorders , Environment , Key Cities , Music Education , Net Zero , Tidy Britain
Mohammad Yasin Portrait
Mohammad Yasin
Officer
Labour - Bedford
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Hazaras , Immigration Detention , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Yasmin Qureshi Portrait
Yasmin Qureshi
Officer
Labour - Bolton South East
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 11th January 2023
3 APPG Memberships
Dalits , Dentistry and Oral Health , Obesity
Tom Tugendhat Portrait
Tom Tugendhat
Vice Chair
Conservative - Tonbridge and Malling
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 7th September 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Stephen Timms Portrait
Stephen Timms
Vice Chair
Labour - East Ham
Joined: 17th November 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
11 APPG Memberships
Broadband and Digital Communication , Christianity in the Holy Land , Digital Finance , Dying Well , Extraordinary Rendition , Financial Markets and Services , Human Rights , Romania , Singapore , Switzerland and Liechtenstein , Taxation
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