Fire Safety and Rescue APPG

First Registered: 23/10/2019 • Last updated on: 13/04/2026

Note: This APPG was last registered on 13th April 2026. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th May 2026 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Occupational Safety and Health APPG?

To meet and consider important fire safety and rescue issues with appropriate specialists in these fields, consulting wider with other related agencies to create a safer built environment; contributing to fire safety events both inside and outside parliament, whilst raising issues of concern to government through its minsters.

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 APPG Officers
Baroness Brinton Portrait
Baroness Brinton
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 13th April 2026
1 APPG Officer Position
Children of Alcoholics

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Goddard of Stockport Portrait
Lord Goddard of Stockport
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th August 2024
Departed: 13th April 2026
7 APPG Officer Positions
Blockchain Technologies , Cats , Greater Manchester , Greece , Local Markets , Morocco , Project Delivery

No other APPG Memberships

Bob Blackman Portrait
Bob Blackman
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Harrow East
Joined: 29th December 2021
Departed: 13th April 2026
4 APPG Officer Positions
British Hindus , Homelessness , Israel , Smoking and Health

No other APPG Memberships

Mary Glindon Portrait
Mary Glindon
Vice Chair
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 12th January 2026
6 APPG Officer Positions
British Offshore Energy Industry , Grid Networks , Hadrian's Wall , North East , Obesity , Responsible Vaping

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Aldous Portrait
Peter Aldous
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Waveney
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Co Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mike Penning Portrait
Mike Penning
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for Hemel Hempstead
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Robbie Moore Portrait
Robbie Moore
Co Vice Chair
Conservative - Keighley and Ilkley
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Desmond Swayne Portrait
Desmond Swayne
Co Vice Chair
Conservative - New Forest West
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 13th December 2023
4 APPG Officer Positions
Kidney , National Parks and National Landscapes , Pro-Life , South Western Railway

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Hendy Portrait
Lord Hendy
Co Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 13th December 2023
1 APPG Officer Position
Occupational Safety and Health

No other APPG Memberships

Andy Slaughter Portrait
Andy Slaughter
Co Vice Chair
Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

George Howarth Portrait
George Howarth
Co Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Knowsley
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Kieran Mullan Portrait
Kieran Mullan
Co Vice Chair
Conservative - Bexhill and Battle
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 13th December 2023
Felicity Buchan Portrait
Felicity Buchan
Co Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Kensington
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord McKenzie of Luton Portrait
Lord McKenzie of Luton
Co Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Amess Portrait
David Amess
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Porter of Spalding Portrait
Lord Porter of Spalding
Co Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 14th July 2021
3 APPG Officer Positions
Future Homes, Skills and Innovation , UK Innovation Startups and SMEs , Warm Homes

No other APPG Memberships

Bill Grant Portrait
Bill Grant
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jim Fitzpatrick Portrait
Jim Fitzpatrick
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Poplar and Limehouse
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Emma Dent Coad Portrait
Emma Dent Coad
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Kensington
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Bob Blackman MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7082.

Email: bob.blackman.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Ronnie King, Office of Lord Hendy. Tel: 07836266614

Email: kingrb@parliament.uk

Group's Website:

https://firesafetyrescueappg.co.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Fire Safety and Rescue APPG

Date
11 Jul 2025
Source
Fire Sector Federation
Value
£3,000
Date
21 Oct 2024
Source
Fire Sector Federation
Value
£3,000
Date
5 Apr 2024
Source
Fire Sector Federation
Value
£3,000
Date
11 Jan 2024
Source
Fire Sector Federation
Value
£3,000
Date
3 Jul 2023
Source
Fire Sector Federation
Value
£3,000
Date
1 Apr 2023
Source
Fire Protection Association
Value
£5,000
Date
3 Jan 2023
Source
Fire Sector Federation
Value
£3,000
Date
4 Jul 2022
Source
Fire Sector Federation
Value
£3,000
Date
6 May 2022
Source
Fire Protection Association
Value
£5,000
Date
31 Dec 2021
Source
Fire Sector Federation
Value
£3,000
Date
1 Jul 2021
Source
Fire Sector Federation
Value
£3,000
Date
28 May 2021
Source
Fire Protection Association
Value
£5,000
Date
31 Dec 2020
Source
Fire Sector Federation
Value
£3,000
Date
1 Jul 2020
Source
Fire Sector Federation
Value
£3,000
Date
28 Feb 2020
Source
Fire Protection Association
Value
£5,000