Fairtrade APPG

First Registered: 03/02/2016 • Last updated on: 08/04/2024

To promote fairtrade within parliament; to deepen the relationship between local fairtrade organisations and parliamentarians and to further raise awareness of the importance of fairtrade.

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
Holly Lynch Portrait
Holly Lynch
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Halifax
Joined: 3rd February 2016
1 APPG Membership
British Museum
Stuart C McDonald Portrait
Stuart C McDonald
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Joined: 8th April 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Citizens' Rights , Social Integration
Anne McLaughlin Portrait
Anne McLaughlin
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Glasgow North East
Joined: 14th July 2021
2 APPG Memberships
Immigration Detention , Refugees
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Holly Lynch MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 6277.

Email: holly.lynch.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Alice Lucas, Fairtrade Foundation, The Loom, 14 Gower's Walk, London E1 8PY. Tel: 07946 752 341

Email: Alice.lucas@fairtrade.org.uk

Secretariat:

Fairtrade Foundation acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/

Group's Website:

http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/Get-Involved/In-your-community/Fairtrade-All-Party-Parliamentary-Group

Date
28 Jan 2024
Source
Fairtrade Foundation
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2024 To : 27/01/2025
Value
£3,001
Date
28 Jan 2022
Source
Fairtrade Foundation
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2022 To : 27/01/2023
Value
£4,501
Date
28 Jan 2021
Source
Fairtrade Foundation
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2021 To : 27/01/2022
Value
£3,001
Date
28 Jan 2020
Source
Fairtrade Foundation
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2020 To : 27/01/2021
Value
£3,001
Date
12 Jul 2018
Source
Fairtrade Foundation
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/07/2018 To : 11/07/2019
Value
£3,001
Date
12 Jul 2017
Source
Fairtrade Foundation
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/07/2017 To : 11/07/2018
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Dec 2016
Source
Fairtrade Foundation
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/12/2016 To : 30/11/2017
Value
£7,501
Date
1 Dec 2015
Source
Fairtrade Foundation
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/12/2015 To : 30/11/2016
Value
£7,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Fairtrade APPG

Former APPG Officers
Jeff Smith Portrait
Jeff Smith
Vice Chair
Labour - Manchester, Withington
Joined: 6th January 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
Virendra Sharma Portrait
Virendra Sharma
Vice Chair
Labour - Ealing, Southall
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Navendu Mishra Portrait
Navendu Mishra
Vice Chair
Labour - Stockport
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Jim Shannon Portrait
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 17th May 2023
Jessica Morden Portrait
Jessica Morden
Vice Chair
Labour - Newport East
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 17th May 2023
Huw Merriman Portrait
Huw Merriman
Vice Chair
Conservative - Bexhill and Battle
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Catherine McKinnell Portrait
Catherine McKinnell
Vice Chair
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 2nd June 2021
Seema Malhotra Portrait
Seema Malhotra
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
Caroline Lucas Portrait
Caroline Lucas
Officer
Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
Stephen Doughty Portrait
Stephen Doughty
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 2nd June 2021
1 APPG Membership
Armed Forces
Lisa Cameron Portrait
Lisa Cameron
Vice Chair
Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 2nd June 2021
Kim Johnson Portrait
Kim Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool, Riverside
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
Kirstene Hair Portrait
Kirstene Hair
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Angus
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Gareth Snell Portrait
Gareth Snell
Vice-Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Tracy Brabin Portrait
Tracy Brabin
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Batley and Spen
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Will Quince Portrait
Will Quince
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Colchester
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 27th March 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Cat Smith Portrait
Cat Smith
Vice-Chair
Labour - Lancaster and Fleetwood
Joined: 6th January 2017
Departed: 10th October 2018
2 APPG Memberships
Parkrun , West Coast Main Line
Maggie Throup Portrait
Maggie Throup
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Erewash
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 10th October 2018
Mark Durkan Portrait
Mark Durkan
Vice Chair
Social Democratic & Labour Party - Former Member for Foyle
Joined: 3rd February 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Carolyn Harris Portrait
Carolyn Harris
Vice Chair
Labour - Swansea East
Joined: 6th January 2017
Departed: 2nd May 2017
1 APPG Membership
Penal Affairs