Infant Feeding and Inequalities APPG

First Registered: 28/04/2016 • Last updated on: 30/05/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 30th May 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 7th May 2025 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Infant Feeding APPG?

To raise awareness of infant feeding and allow MPs, peers and policy stakeholders an opportunity to meet regularly to ensure that this topic remains a priority for HM Government with a view to reducing inequalities and improving health.

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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Former Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

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Former APPG Officers
Fleur Anderson Portrait
Fleur Anderson
Officer
Labour - Putney
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Mundell Portrait
David Mundell
Officer
Conservative - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Joined: 8th April 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
Kirsty Blackman Portrait
Kirsty Blackman
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 30th May 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Future of Work , Political and Media Literacy , Women's Football

No other APPG Memberships

Alison Thewliss Portrait
Alison Thewliss
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Drew Hendry Portrait
Drew Hendry
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Joined: 7th September 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Sarah Olney Portrait
Sarah Olney
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion

No other APPG Memberships

Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Vice Chair
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay Portrait
Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Timms Portrait
Stephen Timms
Vice Chair
Labour - East Ham
Joined: 7th September 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Gareth Thomas Portrait
Gareth Thomas
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ben Lake Portrait
Ben Lake
Vice Chair
Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion Preseli
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Forestry and Timber Security , France , Industrial Hemp , Netherlands

No other APPG Memberships

Oliver Heald Portrait
Oliver Heald
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North East Hertfordshire
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alex Davies-Jones Portrait
Alex Davies-Jones
Vice Chair
Labour - Pontypridd
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Gavin Newlands Portrait
Gavin Newlands
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jonathan Reynolds Portrait
Jonathan Reynolds
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Stalybridge and Hyde
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Julian Knight Portrait
Julian Knight
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Solihull
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Bethell Portrait
Lord Bethell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 7th September 2022
Departed: 22nd February 2023
8 APPG Officer Positions
Children's Online Safety , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , Health , Healthy Places , Long Covid , Radiotherapy , Running , Swimming

No other APPG Memberships

Carla Lockhart Portrait
Carla Lockhart
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Upper Bann
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
1 APPG Officer Position
Pro-Life

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Timms Portrait
Stephen Timms
Vice Chair
Labour - East Ham
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Anneliese Dodds Portrait
Anneliese Dodds
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Pound Portrait
Stephen Pound
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ealing North
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Emma Little Pengelly Portrait
Emma Little Pengelly
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Former Member for Belfast South
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jim Shannon Portrait
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
Karen Lumley Portrait
Karen Lumley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Redditch
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Flick Drummond Portrait
Flick Drummond
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Meon Valley
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Durkan Portrait
Mark Durkan
Vice Chair
Social Democratic & Labour Party - Former Member for Foyle
Joined: 28th April 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Alison Thewliss MP,

Email: No email supplied

Group's Website:

http://www.infantfeedingappg.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Infant Feeding and Inequalities APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Infant Feeding and Inequalities APPG