Holy See APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To foster closer relations between the UK and the Holy See in areas of mutual interest and to ensure MPs and Peers are better informed about the global activities of the Catholic Church.

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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4 Current Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

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4 Current APPG Officers
Edward Leigh Portrait
Edward Leigh
Co-Chair
Conservative - Gainsborough
Joined: 29th September 2015
Baroness O'Loan Portrait
Baroness O'Loan
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 2nd January 2025
2 APPG Officer Positions
CAFOD , Pro-Life
3 APPG Memberships
Christians in Parliament , Long Covid , Safeguarding in Faith Communities
Patricia Ferguson Portrait
Patricia Ferguson
Vice Chair
Labour - Glasgow West
Joined: 2nd January 2025
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Ian Byrne MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 3000.

Email: ian.byrne.mp@parliament.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Holy See APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Holy See APPG

Former APPG Officers
Baroness Hollins Portrait
Baroness Hollins
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 20th December 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Down Syndrome , Learning Disability

No other APPG Memberships

Mike Kane Portrait
Mike Kane
Officer
Labour - Wythenshawe and Sale East
Joined: 20th December 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alexander Stafford Portrait
Alexander Stafford
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Rother Valley
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Steven Bonnar Portrait
Steven Bonnar
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Balfe Portrait
Lord Balfe
Treasurer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
Angus Brendan MacNeil Portrait
Angus Brendan MacNeil
Treasurer
Independent - Former Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Menzies Portrait
Mark Menzies
Secretary
Independent - Former Member for Fylde
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Hooper Portrait
Baroness Hooper
Secretary
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
8 APPG Officer Positions
CAFOD , Education , Egypt , Haiti , International Law, Justice and Accountability , Latin America , Portugal , Spain

No other APPG Memberships

Patrick Grady Portrait
Patrick Grady
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Margaret Ferrier
Vice Chair
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 9th August 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Gordon of Strathblane Portrait
Lord Gordon of Strathblane
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 20th December 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Pound Portrait
Stephen Pound
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ealing North
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Conor Burns Portrait
Conor Burns
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bournemouth West
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd January 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

John Pugh Portrait
John Pugh
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Southport
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mary Glindon Portrait
Mary Glindon
Vice Chair
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
6 APPG Officer Positions
Fire Safety and Rescue , Grid Networks , Hadrian's Wall , Obesity , Parkinson's , Responsible Vaping

No other APPG Memberships

Robert Flello Portrait
Robert Flello
Co-Chair
Labour - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent South
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Vice Chair
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
5 APPG Officer Positions
Egypt , Georgia , India , Libya , Turkey

No other APPG Memberships