Islamic Finance APPG
First Registered: 03/02/2016 • Last updated on: 02/06/2021
Note: This APPG was last registered on 2nd June 2021. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 7th May 2025 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Islamic and Ethical Finance APPG?
To give the Islamic finance industry a voice in parliament; to address issues as they arise such as Sukuk issuances, inclusivity, regulation and taxation whilst positioning the UK as the European hub of Islamic financial services, and also to play a wider role in promoting ethical finance.
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Former APPG Officers
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Naz Shah
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Bradford West
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 2nd June 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Alderdice
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 2nd June 2021
Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd June 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Hussain
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd June 2021
Earl of Lindsay
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 2nd June 2021
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Uddin
Secretary
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd June 2021
Commonwealth , Digital Identity , Kuwait , Libya , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , Women and Work
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Newby
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Afzal Khan
Vice Chair
Labour - Manchester Rusholme
Joined: 2nd January 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Bahrain , British Muslims , Greater Manchester , Pakistan , Parks and Green Spaces
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Gordon of Strathblane
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 23rd October 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Virendra Sharma
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Ealing, Southall
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Earl of Lindsay
Vice Chair
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Andy Slaughter
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Andrew Stephenson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Pendle
Joined: 3rd February 2016Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details
Show/HideRegistered Contact:
Naz Shah MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8603.
Email: naz.shah.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Chris Tait, UK Islamic Finance Council, Office of Lord Sheikh, House of Lords, Westminster, London SW1P 0PW. Tel: 020 7219 5529
Email: chris@ukifc.com
Group's Website:
No benefits in kind are on record for the Islamic Finance APPG
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Islamic Finance APPG