To represent the interests of match-going football fans and to support the aims and objectives of the Football Supporters' Association.
1. Securing the future of football in England
12/05/2021 - Early Day Motions
Found: welcomes the Government-initiated fan-led review of football governance, but insists that it is used as an
2. Standing at football
30/01/2019 - Parliamentary Research
Found: Number 03937, 30 January 2019 Standing at football By John Woodhouse Contents: 1. The current position
3. Support of football fans for communities during the covid-19 outbreak
13/07/2020 - Early Day Motions
Found: pays tribute to the invaluable role played by football fans in supporting communities, frontline workers
4. Racism in football
09/06/2021 - Early Day Motions
Found: That this House applauds England football manager Gareth Southgate and his players for their principled
5. Football (Regulation) Bill 2019-21
26/01/2021 - Bills
Found: independent football regulator in England; to make provision for that regulator to license football clubs,
1. Football Governance
14/06/2021 - Westminster Hall
1: public engagement by the Petitions Committee on football governance, reported to the House on 8 June 2021 - Speech Link
2: considered e-petitions 583310 and 584632, relating to football governance.It is a pleasure to serve under - Speech Link
2. Football Regulation
26/06/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: regulator of football clubs; and for connected purposes.On 9 March this year, supporters of Blackpool - Speech Link
3. English Football
08/05/2019 - Lords Chamber
1: debate. The timing is quite incredible because the football club I support, Bolton Wanderers—my noble friend - Speech Link
4. Football: Safe Standing
25/06/2018 - Westminster Hall
1: relating to allowing Premier League and Championship football clubs to introduce safe standing.I am delighted - Speech Link
2: clubs later on. Standing was common practice at football grounds across the country until Lord Justice - Speech Link
5. Football (Regulation)
26/01/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: independent football regulator in England; to make provision for that regulator to license football clubs, - Speech Link
asked by: Alison McGovern
12/10/2020
... what assessment the Government has made of the economic benefits that football clubs can bring to the towns in which they are located throughout the UK. 2. Football
asked by: Paul Bristow
07/09/2020
... Media and Sport on the prospects for relaunching the British Home Football Championship. 3. Football
asked by: Paul Bristow
08/09/2020
... Media and Sport on relaunching the British Home Football Championship. 4. Football
asked by: Paul Bristow
08/09/2020
... what discussions he has had with the (a) Football Association and (b) his counterparts in the devolved administrations on the prospects for relaunching the British Home Football Championship. 5. Football
asked by: Richard Holden
08/09/2020
... whether (a) he or (b) a Minister in his Department is planning to attend the final of the delayed 2019-20 FA Vase.
8 Current APPG Officers
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British Jews , Business Travel , Deafness , Football , Greyhound , Housing in the North , Mexico , Mutuals , Nursery Schools, Nursery and Reception Classes , Oracy , Parental Participation in Education , Rail in the North , Renters and Rental Reform , Road Freight and Logistics , Smoking and Health , T Levels , Teaching Profession
American Football , Bahrain , Bingo , Child Contact Centres and Services , Darts , Deliberative Democracy , Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery , Kashmir , Parkrun , Retail Crime , Running , Sport, Modern Slavery and Human Rights , Surgical Mesh
Digital Skills , Media Freedom , Media Literacy , Performers' Alliance , Showing Racism the Red Card , Visual Arts
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , BBC , Carbon Monoxide , Channel 4 , Cricket , East Coast Main Line , Fairtrade , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Homelessness , Hospitality and Tourism , ITV , Kashmir , Knife Crime and Violence Reduction , Kurdistan Region in Iraq , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Northern Culture , Northern Powerhouse , Pharmacy , Rail in the North , Rowing , Rugby League , Sixth Form Education , State Pension Inequality for Women , Students , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Trailer and Towing Safety , Transport Across the North , Ukraine , University , Waterways , Woods and Trees , Working at Height , Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Chalk Streams , Climate Change , Council Housing , Cycling and Walking , Down Syndrome , Electric Vehicles , Motor , Parks and Green Spaces , Polar Regions , Pubs , Town Centres , Video Games and Esports
Chalk Streams , Council Housing , Cricket , Cuba , Darts , East of England , Events , Football , Hospitality and Tourism , Kashmir , Local Government , Oracy , Period Equality , Pubs , Renters and Rental Reform , Showing Racism the Red Card , Sixth Form Education , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Vascular and Venous Disease , Veterans , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , Western Sahara , Yemen , Youth Affairs , Zimbabwe
American Football , Angling , Animal Welfare , Breast Cancer , Compassionate Politics , Dark Skies , Football Club , Health and the Natural Environment , Mindfulness , Motorsport , Roadside Rescue and Recovery , University of Hull , Wellbeing Economics , Women's Football
Contact Details
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Ian Mearns MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7074.
Email: ian.mearns.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Michael Brunskill, The Football Supporters' Association, 1 Ashmore Terrace, Stockton Road, Sunderland SR2 7DE. Tel: 03304 400 044
Email: michael.brunskill@thefsa.org.uk
Group's Website:
https://thefsa.org.uk/our-work/appg-for-football-supporters/
No benefits in kind are on record for the Football Supporters APPG
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Football Supporters APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Ian Blackford
Deputy Chair
Scottish National Party - Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Joined: 23rd December 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Christians in Parliament
Gavin Newlands
Secretary
Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Joined: 23rd December 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
American Football , Connected and Automated Mobility , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Electric Vehicles , Esports , Golf , Greenland , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Light Rail , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Single Parent Families , Snooker , State Pension Inequality for Women , Tennis , Terminal Illness