Fruit, Vegetables and Horticulture APPG

First Registered: 14/07/2021 • Last updated on: 06/03/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 6th March 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 7th May 2025 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Gardening and Horticulture APPG?

To raise awareness and understanding of the domestic horticulture industry and be the voice of fruit, vegetable and horticultural growers both inside and outside parliament.

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
Theo Clarke Portrait
Theo Clarke
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Stafford
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Rosie Duffield Portrait
Rosie Duffield
Co-Chair
Independent - Canterbury
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Dog Advisory Welfare

No other APPG Memberships

Cat Smith Portrait
Cat Smith
Officer
Labour - Lancaster and Wyre
Joined: 1st November 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Christianity in the Holy Land , Funerals and Bereavement , Parkrun , West Coast Main Line

No other APPG Memberships

Simon Baynes Portrait
Simon Baynes
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Clwyd South
Joined: 1st November 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Freight and Logistics , Gardening and Horticulture , Netherlands

No other APPG Memberships

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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Officer
Green Party - Life peer
Joined: 22nd July 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Antimicrobial Resistance , Respiratory Health

No other APPG Memberships

Damian Green Portrait
Damian Green
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Ashford
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Valerie Vaz Portrait
Valerie Vaz
Officer
Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Classical Music , Gardening and Horticulture , Parkrun , Portugal , Publishing

No other APPG Memberships

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Lord Colgrain
Officer
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 22nd July 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Forestry and Timber Security

No other APPG Memberships

Katherine Fletcher Portrait
Katherine Fletcher
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for South Ribble
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Huw Merriman
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Bexhill and Battle
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Robert Goodwill
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Scarborough and Whitby
Joined: 9th February 2022
Departed: 15th June 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Robert Goodwill Portrait
Robert Goodwill
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Scarborough and Whitby
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 29th December 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Theo Clarke MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 01785 245444.

Email: theo.clarke.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Emma Crosby, National Farmers’ Union, 18 Smith Square, London SW1P 3HZ. Tel: 07810 252 304

Email: emma.crosby@nfu.org.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Fruit, Vegetables and Horticulture APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Fruit, Vegetables and Horticulture APPG