Geographically Protected Foods APPG

First Registered: 24/02/2020 • Last updated on: 17/05/2023

Note: This APPG was last registered on 17th May 2023. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 7th May 2025 and may be defunct.

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To promote and protect the British foods that have shaped and built our culture and communities, and in particular to strengthen and defend the geographical indicator designation.

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
Alicia Kearns Portrait
Alicia Kearns
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Rutland and Stamford
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
3 APPG Officer Positions
Arbitrary Detention and Hostage Affairs , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Women, Peace and Security

No other APPG Memberships

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride Portrait
Lord McNicol of West Kilbride
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
5 APPG Officer Positions
Blockchain Technologies , Financial Technology , Industrial Strategy , Open Banking and Payments , Political and Media Literacy

No other APPG Memberships

Alistair Carmichael Portrait
Alistair Carmichael
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Orkney and Shetland
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
4 APPG Officer Positions
Fisheries , Jordan , Marine Energy , Syria

No other APPG Memberships

Ben Lake Portrait
Ben Lake
Vice Chair
Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion Preseli
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
4 APPG Officer Positions
Forestry and Timber Security , France , Industrial Hemp , Netherlands

No other APPG Memberships

Deidre Brock Portrait
Deidre Brock
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Edinburgh North and Leith
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Andrew Bowie Portrait
Andrew Bowie
Vice Chair
Conservative - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
2 APPG Officer Positions
Scotch Whisky , Small Modular Reactors

No other APPG Memberships

Fay Jones Portrait
Fay Jones
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Brecon and Radnorshire
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

James Sunderland Portrait
James Sunderland
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bracknell
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ruth Edwards Portrait
Ruth Edwards
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Rushcliffe
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Lord Tyler
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Alicia Kearns MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 3000.

Email: alicia.kearns.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Alexander Baker, Office of Alicia Kearns MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8284

Email: alex.baker@parliament.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Geographically Protected Foods APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Geographically Protected Foods APPG