Holy See APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 02/01/2025

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.

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4 Current APPG Officers
Ian Byrne Portrait
Ian Byrne
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Liverpool West Derby
Joined: 2nd January 2025
1 APPG Membership
Motor Neurone Disease
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 Memberships
CAFOD , Pro-Life
Patricia Ferguson Portrait
Patricia Ferguson
Vice Chair
Labour - Glasgow West
Joined: 2nd January 2025
No other APPG Memberships
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
1 APPG Membership
Down Syndrome
Mike Kane Portrait
Mike Kane
Officer
Labour - Wythenshawe and Sale East
Joined: 20th December 2017
Departed: 30th May 2024
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 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 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 Memberships
Mark Menzies Portrait
Mark Menzies
Secretary
Independent - Former Member for Fylde
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Hooper Portrait
Baroness Hooper
Secretary
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
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 Memberships
None Portrait
Margaret Ferrier
Vice Chair
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 9th August 2023
2 APPG Memberships
British Buses , Self-Driving Vehicles
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 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 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 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 Memberships
Mary Glindon Portrait
Mary Glindon
Vice Chair
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
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 Memberships
Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Vice Chair
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
4 APPG Memberships
Georgia , India , Libya , Turkey