Gypsies, Travellers and Roma APPG

First Registered: 13/11/2015 • Last updated on: 18/06/2025

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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Reticulating Splines
52 Additional APPG Publications
25 Current APPG Members
Baroness Bakewell Portrait
Baroness Bakewell
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
5 APPG Memberships
Healthcare Workers , Humanist , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ocean , University
Apsana Begum Portrait
Apsana Begum
Member
Independent - Poplar and Limehouse
Sarah Jones Portrait
Sarah Jones
Member
Labour - Croydon West
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Music
Lord Kennedy of Southwark Portrait
Lord Kennedy of Southwark
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
4 APPG Memberships
Financial Education for Young People , Future of Work , Music , Mutuals
Tulip Siddiq Portrait
Tulip Siddiq
Member
Labour - Hampstead and Highgate
Andy Slaughter Portrait
Andy Slaughter
Member
Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick
Catherine West Portrait
Catherine West
Member
Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet
Nadia Whittome Portrait
Nadia Whittome
Member
Labour - Nottingham East
Lord Woolley of Woodford Portrait
Lord Woolley of Woodford
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Mary Kelly Foy MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 3000.

Email: mary.foy.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Friends, Families and Travellers. Tel: 01273 234777

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/

Date
4 Sep 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 : 04/09/2024 To : 03/09/2025
Value
£33,001
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

Former APPG Officers
Peter Gibson Portrait
Peter Gibson
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Darlington
Joined: 8th April 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

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 Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Nadia Whittome Portrait
Nadia Whittome
Officer
Labour - Nottingham East
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights

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
4 APPG Officer Positions
Afrikan Reparations , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Ghana , Immigration Detention

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle Portrait
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Officer
Green Party - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Antimicrobial Resistance , Respiratory Health

No other APPG Memberships

Kate Osborne Portrait
Kate Osborne
Officer
Labour - Jarrow and Gateshead East
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , North East , Women's Football

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 Officer Positions

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
2 APPG Officer Positions
Bosnia and Herzegovina , Zoos and Aquariums

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 Officer Positions

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 Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Brinton Portrait
Baroness Brinton
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 5th April 2023
2 APPG Officer Positions
Children of Alcoholics , Fire Safety and Rescue

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
6 APPG Officer Positions
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Students , Ukraine , West Papua

No other APPG Memberships

Gill Furniss Portrait
Gill Furniss
Officer
Labour - Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
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 Officer Positions

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 Officer Positions

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
Neil Coyle Portrait
Neil Coyle
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 15th February 2017
3 APPG Officer Positions
Food Banks , Housing and Care for Older People , Shakespeare

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 Officer Positions

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 Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships