Italy APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To further UK-Italy relations and discuss issues affecting both countries.

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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Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
Alberto Costa Portrait
Alberto Costa
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - South Leicestershire
Joined: 30th July 2015
3 APPG Officer Positions
Greece , Microplastics , Tidy Britain
3 APPG Memberships
Access to Justice , Beer , British Sign Language
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Portrait
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
19 Current APPG Members
Lord Cryer Portrait
Lord Cryer
Member
Labour - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Swimming
1 APPG Membership
Commonwealth
Lord Hampton Portrait
Lord Hampton
Member
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
Apprenticeships , Obesity , Schools, Learning and Assessment
Baroness Janke Portrait
Baroness Janke
Member
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
France
1 APPG Membership
United Nations Global Goals
Edward Leigh Portrait
Edward Leigh
Member
Conservative - Gainsborough
Douglas McAllister Portrait
Douglas McAllister
Member
Labour - West Dunbartonshire
Jamie Stone Portrait
Jamie Stone
Member
Liberal Democrat - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Lord Touhig Portrait
Lord Touhig
Member
Labour - Life peer
3 APPG Officer Positions
Autism , France , Netherlands
3 APPG Memberships
Adoption and Permanence , Christians in Parliament , Mutuals
Lord Verdirame Portrait
Lord Verdirame
Member
Non-affiliated - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Alberto Costa MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 4936.

Email: alberto.costa.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Charlie Mannix Beale, Office of Alberto Costa MP. Tel: 020 7219 1049

Email: charlie.mannixbeale@parliament.uk

Date
24 Jan 2023
Source
Italian Trade Agency
Description
Event
Value
£10,501
Date
8 Jan 2020
Source
Newington Communications
Description
Newington Communications is paid by CNH Industrial to act as the group's secretariat   From : 08/01/2020 To : 07/01/2021
Value
£22,501
Date
8 Jan 2020
Source
Newington Communications
Description
Newington Communications is paid by CNH Industrial to act as the group's secretariat   From : 08/01/2020 To : 07/01/2021
Value
£22,501
Date
11 Jul 2019
Source
Newington Communications
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
Value
£24,001
Date
12 Jan 2021
Source
Tratos UK Ltd (via SEC Newgate UK)
Value
£6,000
Date
12 Jan 2021
Source
CNH Industrial (via SEC Newgate UK)
Value
£6,000
Date
12 Jan 2021
Source
ERG (via SEC Newgate UK)
Value
£6,000
Former APPG Officers
Baroness Janke Portrait
Baroness Janke
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 13th May 2024
Departed: 20th November 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
France

No other APPG Memberships

Dan Carden Portrait
Dan Carden
Officer
Labour - Liverpool Walton
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
Lord Russell of Liverpool Portrait
Lord Russell of Liverpool
Officer
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 8th April 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Adoption and Permanence , Children's Online Safety

No other APPG Memberships

Lia Nici Portrait
Lia Nici
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Great Grimsby
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tahir Ali Portrait
Tahir Ali
Vice Chair
Labour - Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 13th December 2023
5 APPG Officer Positions
Jordan , Kashmir , Kuwait , Turkey , Yemen

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Menzies Portrait
Mark Menzies
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Fylde
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Edward Leigh Portrait
Edward Leigh
Honorary President
Conservative - Gainsborough
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 13th December 2023
6 APPG Officer Positions
Christianity in the Holy Land , Community Development , Croatia , France , Holy See , Lebanon

No other APPG Memberships

Ben Bradshaw Portrait
Ben Bradshaw
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Exeter
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ellie Reeves Portrait
Ellie Reeves
Co-Chair
Labour - Lewisham West and East Dulwich
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Marion Fellows Portrait
Marion Fellows
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Motherwell and Wishaw
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Gagan Mohindra Portrait
Gagan Mohindra
Vice Chair
Conservative - South West Hertfordshire
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Greg Clark Portrait
Greg Clark
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Tunbridge Wells
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 9th February 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tonia Antoniazzi Portrait
Tonia Antoniazzi
Vice Chair
Labour - Gower
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 9th February 2022
Andrea Jenkyns Portrait
Andrea Jenkyns
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Morley and Outwood
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 9th February 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jack Lopresti Portrait
Jack Lopresti
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Filton and Bradley Stoke
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 9th February 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Robert Courts Portrait
Robert Courts
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Witney
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 9th February 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Anderson of Swansea Portrait
Lord Anderson of Swansea
Treasurer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 9th February 2022
1 APPG Officer Position
Egypt

No other APPG Memberships

Andrea Jenkyns Portrait
Andrea Jenkyns
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Morley and Outwood
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 24th February 2020
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Paul Farrelly Portrait
Paul Farrelly
Vice Chairman
Labour - Former Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

John Howell Portrait
John Howell
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for Henley
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 29th August 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Vice Chairman
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 29th August 2018
5 APPG Officer Positions
Egypt , Georgia , India , Libya , Turkey

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Dykes Portrait
Lord Dykes
Vice Chairman
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 29th August 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Davies of Stamford Portrait
Lord Davies of Stamford
Vice Chairman
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 29th August 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

None Portrait
Sir Edward Garnier
Vice Chair
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Touhig Portrait
Lord Touhig
Treasurer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
3 APPG Officer Positions
Autism , France , Netherlands

No other APPG Memberships

Robert Flello Portrait
Robert Flello
Treasurer
Labour - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent South
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships