To raise awareness in parliament about immigration detention in the UK and its impacts; to connect parliamentarians with relevant research, organisations and experts, including people with lived experience of detention; and to advocate for evidence-based policy reforms and the welfare of detainees.
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4 Current APPG Officers
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Alison Thewliss
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central
Joined: 19th June 2019
12 Step Recovery , Ageing and Older People , Austria , Carbon Monoxide , Citizens' Rights , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Extraordinary Rendition , Frozen British Pensions , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Haiti , Limits to Growth , Race and Community , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Small and Micro Business , Social Integration , South Africa , Transport Safety , United Nations , Women in Transport , Zimbabwe
Contact Details
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Alison Thewliss MP, 1/2, 30 Bell Street, Glasgow, G1 1LG. Tel: 0141 552 7117.
Email: alison.thewliss.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Elspeth Macdonald, Medical Justice, Durham Road Resource Centre, 86 Durham Road, London N7 7DT. Tel: 020 7561 7482
Email: contact@appgdetention.org.uk
Secretariat:
Medical Justice acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.medicaljustice.org.uk/
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
Show/Hide28 Jan 2024
Medical Justice
Secretariat From : 28/01/2024 To : 27/01/2025
£9,001
28 Jan 2023
Medical Justice
Secretariat From : 28/01/2023 To : 27/01/2024
£10,501
28 Jan 2022
Medical Justice
Secretariat From : 28/01/2022 To : 27/01/2023
£10,501
28 Jan 2021
Medical Justice
Secretariat From : 28/01/2021 To : 27/01/2022
£9,001
28 Jan 2020
Medical Justice
Secretariat From : 28/01/2020 To : 27/01/2021
£9,001
24 Apr 2019
Medical Justice
Secretariat From : 24/04/2019 To : 23/04/2020
£9,001
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Immigration Detention APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Frozen British Pensions , Race and Community , Showing Racism the Red Card , Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia
Catalonia
Earl of Sandwich
Officer
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
Stuart C McDonald
Officer
Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
Helen Hayes
Officer
Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
Community Energy
Harriet Harman
Officer
Labour - Camberwell and Peckham
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Officer
Green Party - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 6th March 2024
Christine Jardine
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 6th March 2024
Stephen Doughty
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th April 2023
Armed Forces
Richard Fuller
Officer
Conservative - North East Bedfordshire
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 22nd February 2023
Baroness Hamwee
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 21st April 2021
Afzal Khan
Vice Chair
Labour - Manchester, Gorton
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Curry Industry , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Islamic and Ethical Finance , Libya , Morocco , Muslim Women , Parks and Green Spaces , Uyghurs
Keith Vaz
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Leicester East
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Stuart C McDonald
Officer
Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Ruth George
Officer
Labour - Former Member for High Peak
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Joan Ryan
Secretary
The Independent Group for Change - Former Member for Enfield North
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Paul Sweeney
Treasurer
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Glasgow North East
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019