Hong Kong APPG

First Registered: 05/11/2019 • Last updated on: 08/04/2024

To promote democracy and the rule of law, and to defend human rights in Hong Kong, to share information about Hong Kong, to nurture relations between the United Kingdom and the people of Hong Kong; and to provide a welcome to Hongkongers coming to the United Kingdom.

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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Submitters can draft and edit publications, and either release them on demand, or schedule release for a future date.

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4 Current APPG Officers
Alistair Carmichael Portrait
Alistair Carmichael
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Orkney and Shetland
Joined: 5th November 2019
Tom Randall Portrait
Tom Randall
Vice Chair
Conservative - Gedling
Joined: 10th March 2021
1 APPG Membership
Almshouses
Siobhain McDonagh Portrait
Siobhain McDonagh
Vice Chair
Labour - Mitcham and Morden
Joined: 24th January 2024
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Mr Alistair Carmichael MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8181.

Email: carmichaela@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Venita Yeung, Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.. Tel: 07311 986 616

Email: venitay@standwithhk.org

Secretariat:

Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong. acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.standwithhk.org

Date
8 Jan 2024
Source
Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.
Description
Secretariat   From : 08/01/2024 To : 07/01/2025
Value
£10,501
Date
8 Jan 2023
Source
Whitehouse Communications Ltd
Description
Whitehouse Communications Ltd is funded by Stand With Hong Kong to act as the group's secretariat.   From : 08/01/2023 To : 07/01/2024
Value
£99,001
Date
8 Jan 2023
Source
Whitehouse Communications Ltd
Description
Whitehouse Communications Ltd is funded by Stand With Hong Kong to act as the group's secretariat.   From : 08/01/2023 To : 07/01/2024
Value
£24,001
Date
8 Jan 2023
Source
Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.
Description
Secretariat   From : 08/01/2023 To : 07/01/2024
Value
£12,001
Date
8 Jan 2022
Source
Whitehouse Communications Ltd
Description
Whitehouse Communications Ltd is funded by Stand With Hong Kong to act as the group's secretariat.   From : 08/01/2022 To : 07/01/2023
Value
£46,501
Date
8 Jan 2022
Source
Whitehouse Communications Ltd
Description
Whitehouse Communications Ltd is funded by Stand With Hong Kong to act as the group's secretariat.   From : 08/01/2022 To : 07/01/2023
Value
£58,501
Date
8 Jan 2021
Source
The Whitehouse Consultancy Ltd
Description
The Whitehouse Consultancy Ltd is funded by Stand With Hong Kong to act as the group's secretariat.   From : 08/01/2021 To : 07/01/2022
Value
£46,501
Date
8 Jan 2021
Source
Whitehouse Communications Ltd
Description
Whitehouse Communications Ltd is funded by Stand With Hong Kong to act as the group's secretariat.   From : 08/01/2021 To : 07/01/2022
Value
£46,501
Date
8 Jan 2020
Source
The Whitehouse Consultancy Ltd
Description
The Whitehouse Consultancy Ltd is funded by Stand With Hong Kong to act as the group's secretariat.   From : 08/01/2020 To : 07/01/2021
Value
£34,501
Date
5 Nov 2019
Source
The Whitehouse Consultancy Ltd
Description
The Whitehouse Consultancy Ltd is funded by Stand With Hong Kong to act as the group's secretariat.   From : 05/11/2019 To : 04/11/2020
Value
£34,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Hong Kong APPG

Former APPG Officers
Mike Kane Portrait
Mike Kane
Vice Chair
Labour - Wythenshawe and Sale East
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Holy See
Andrew Gwynne Portrait
Andrew Gwynne
Vice Chair
Labour - Denton and Reddish
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
Layla Moran Portrait
Layla Moran
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Owen Thompson Portrait
Owen Thompson
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Midlothian
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Coalfield Communities , Football Club
Stewart Malcolm McDonald Portrait
Stewart Malcolm McDonald
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Glasgow South
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Modern Conflict
Christine Jardine Portrait
Christine Jardine
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Choice at the End of Life , Hydrogen , Malawi
Ian Paisley Portrait
Ian Paisley
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Aviation , Motorcycling , Northern Ireland
Virendra Sharma Portrait
Virendra Sharma
Vice Chair
Labour - Ealing, Southall
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
Baroness D'Souza Portrait
Baroness D'Souza
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Jim Shannon Portrait
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord German Portrait
Lord German
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Marie Rimmer Portrait
Marie Rimmer
Vice Chair
Labour - St Helens South and Whiston
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Rugby League , West Coast Main Line
Patrick Grady Portrait
Patrick Grady
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Glasgow North
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Baroness Kennedy of Shaws Portrait
Baroness Kennedy of Shaws
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Baroness Goudie Portrait
Baroness Goudie
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Nutrition for Development
Carol Monaghan Portrait
Carol Monaghan
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Glasgow North West
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Valerie Vaz Portrait
Valerie Vaz
Vice Chair
Labour - Walsall South
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Baroness O'Loan Portrait
Baroness O'Loan
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
CAFOD
Lord Mann Portrait
Lord Mann
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Antisemitism , Jazz
Lord Falconer of Thoroton Portrait
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Andrew Bowie Portrait
Andrew Bowie
Vice Chair
Conservative - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Bob Seely Portrait
Bob Seely
Vice Chair
Conservative - Isle of Wight
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Shinkwin Portrait
Lord Shinkwin
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Assistive Technology
Geraint Davies Portrait
Geraint Davies
Vice Chair
Independent - Swansea West
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Alton of Liverpool Portrait
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
Siobhain McDonagh Portrait
Siobhain McDonagh
Vice Chair
Labour - Mitcham and Morden
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
None Portrait
Margaret Ferrier
Vice Chair
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 9th August 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Pendry Portrait
Lord Pendry
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Viscount Ridley Portrait
Viscount Ridley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Vice Chair
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 17th November 2021
2 APPG Memberships
Death Penalty , Georgia
Lord Sharpe of Epsom Portrait
Lord Sharpe of Epsom
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Steve Double Portrait
Steve Double
Vice Chair
Conservative - St Austell and Newquay
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 25th August 2021
Cheryl Gillan Portrait
Cheryl Gillan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Gordon of Strathblane Portrait
Lord Gordon of Strathblane
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Nigel Evans Portrait
Nigel Evans
Vice Chair
Conservative - Ribble Valley
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Membership
Wine and Spirits
Bob Seely Portrait
Bob Seely
Vice Chair
Conservative - Isle of Wight
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships