Gypsies, Travellers and Roma APPG

First Registered: 13/11/2015 • Last updated on: 30/05/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 30th May 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 28th August 2024 and may be defunct.

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To provide a forum for parliamentarians concerned about issues facing Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities and seek to address these issues and challenge inequalities.

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 Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
Reticulating Splines
Former APPG Members
Peter Gibson Portrait
Peter Gibson
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Darlington
Joined: 8th April 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Martin Docherty-Hughes Portrait
Martin Docherty-Hughes
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for West Dunbartonshire
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Whitaker Portrait
Baroness Whitaker
Co-Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Mary Kelly Foy Portrait
Mary Kelly Foy
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - City of Durham
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth Portrait
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Honorary President
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Nadia Whittome Portrait
Nadia Whittome
Officer
Labour - Nottingham East
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Bell Ribeiro-Addy Portrait
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Officer
Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Afrikan Reparations
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle Portrait
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Officer
Green Party - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Kate Osborne Portrait
Kate Osborne
Officer
Labour - Jarrow and Gateshead East
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville Portrait
Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Andy Slaughter Portrait
Andy Slaughter
Vice Chair
Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Deidre Brock Portrait
Deidre Brock
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Edinburgh North and Leith
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Brinton Portrait
Baroness Brinton
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 5th April 2023
1 APPG Membership
Fire Safety and Rescue
Baroness Hodgson of Abinger Portrait
Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Alex Sobel Portrait
Alex Sobel
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 21st April 2021
1 APPG Membership
Net Zero
Gill Furniss Portrait
Gill Furniss
Officer
Labour - Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
1 APPG Membership
Spinal Cord Injury
Kate Green Portrait
Kate Green
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Stretford and Urmston
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 1st July 2020
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Harris of Richmond Portrait
Baroness Harris of Richmond
Vice-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 29th August 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Evans of Rainow Portrait
Lord Evans of Rainow
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 15th February 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Neil Coyle Portrait
Neil Coyle
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 15th February 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Harry Harpham Portrait
Harry Harpham
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 3rd February 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Avebury Portrait
Lord Avebury
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 3rd February 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Mary Kelly Foy MP,

Email: No email supplied

Public Enquiry Point:

Abbie Kirkby, Friends, Families and Travellers, Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton BN1 3XG. Tel: 01273 234 777

Email: appg@gypsy-traveller.org

Secretariat:

Friends, Families and Travellers acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.gypsy-traveller.org/

Group's Website:

https://www.gypsy-traveller.org/appg/

Benefits in Kind
Date
22 Jan 2024
Source
Friends, Families and Travellers
Description
Friends, Families and Travellers is paid by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust to act as the group's secretariat   From : 22/01/2024 To : 21/01/2025
Value
£33,001
Date
22 Jan 2023
Source
Friends, Families and Travellers
Description
Friends, Families and Travellers is paid by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust to act as the group's secretariat   From : 22/01/2023 To : 21/01/2024
Value
£22,501
Date
22 Jan 2022
Source
Friends, Families and Travellers
Description
Friends, Families and Travellers is paid by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust to act as the group's secretariat   From : 22/01/2022 To : 21/01/2023
Value
£22,501
Date
22 Jan 2021
Source
Friends, Families and Travellers
Description
Friends, Families and Travellers is paid by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust to act as the group's secretariat   From : 22/01/2021 To : 21/01/2022
Value
£22,501
Date
22 Jan 2020
Source
Friends, Families and Travellers
Description
Friends, Families and Travellers is paid by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust to act as the group's secretariat   From : 22/01/2020 To : 21/01/2021
Value
£21,001
Date
18 Jul 2019
Source
Friends, Families and Travellers (funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust)
Description
Secretariat   From : 18/07/2019 To : 17/07/2020
Value
£19,501
Date
18 Jul 2018
Source
Friends, Families and Travellers (funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and Allen Lane Foundation)
Description
Secretariat   From : 18/07/2018 To : 17/07/2019
Value
£22,501
Date
1 Apr 2018
Source
Friends, Families and Travellers (funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust)
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/04/2018 To : 17/07/2018
Value
£6,001
Date
1 Jan 2017
Source
Traveller Law Reform Project
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2017 To : 31/12/2017
Value
£9,001
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
Traveller Law Reform Project
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£13,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Gypsies, Travellers and Roma APPG