Japan APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

To develop and improve links between the British and Japanese parliaments and encourage a deeper understanding of their respective cultures. The APPG also has an important role to play in promoting trade between the two 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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14 Current APPG Officers
Greg Clark Portrait
Greg Clark
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Tunbridge Wells
Joined: 30th November 2022
Mark Hendrick Portrait
Mark Hendrick
Secretary
Labour (Co-op) - Preston
Joined: 31st January 2018
Mark Garnier Portrait
Mark Garnier
Treasurer
Conservative - Wyre Forest
Joined: 28th June 2023
David Morris Portrait
David Morris
Vice Chair
Conservative - Morecambe and Lunesdale
Joined: 8th April 2020
Lord Holmes of Richmond Portrait
Lord Holmes of Richmond
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Lord Lansley Portrait
Lord Lansley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
Deidre Brock Portrait
Deidre Brock
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith
Joined: 28th September 2017
Viscount Trenchard Portrait
Viscount Trenchard
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 30th July 2015
2 APPG Memberships
Energy Security , Nuclear Energy
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Greg Clark MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 1773.

Email: gregclarkmp@parliament.uk

Group's Website:

http://www.bjpg.co.uk/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Japan APPG

Date
28 Feb 2019
Source
Srixon Sports
Value
£1,800
Date
20 May 2018
Source
Hitachi
Value
£2,000
Date
25 Feb 2018
Source
Srixon Sports
Value
£1,800
Date
10 Oct 2017
Source
Allan and Overy
Value
£1,975
Date
6 Mar 2016
Source
Hitachi Europe Limited
Value
£2,000
Date
29 Jun 2015
Source
Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance
Value
£2,000
Former APPG Officers
Craig Williams Portrait
Craig Williams
Vice Chair
Conservative - Montgomeryshire
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
Ben Spencer Portrait
Ben Spencer
Vice Chair
Conservative - Runnymede and Weybridge
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
3 APPG Memberships
Finland , Rowing , Sweden
Gary Sambrook Portrait
Gary Sambrook
Vice Chair
Conservative - Birmingham, Northfield
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
Judith Cummins Portrait
Judith Cummins
Vice Chair
Labour - Bradford South
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 17th May 2023
Chris Elmore Portrait
Chris Elmore
Vice Chair
Labour - Ogmore
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
None Portrait
Lord Bates
Vice Chair
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
Lord Moynihan Portrait
Lord Moynihan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
Lisa Cameron Portrait
Lisa Cameron
Vice Chair
Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 17th May 2023
Viscount Waverley Portrait
Viscount Waverley
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 22nd February 2023
1 APPG Membership
India (Trade and Investment)
Jeremy Hunt Portrait
Jeremy Hunt
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - South West Surrey
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Heather Wheeler Portrait
Heather Wheeler
Vice Chair
Conservative - South Derbyshire
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 15th June 2022
David Amess Portrait
David Amess
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Pendry Portrait
Lord Pendry
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness D'Souza Portrait
Baroness D'Souza
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
Fabian Hamilton Portrait
Fabian Hamilton
Vice Chair
Labour - Leeds North East
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
Paul Farrelly Portrait
Paul Farrelly
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Douglas Chapman Portrait
Douglas Chapman
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Dunfermline and West Fife
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
Roger Godsiff Portrait
Roger Godsiff
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Hall Green
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Hendrick Portrait
Mark Hendrick
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Preston
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 20th December 2017
Paul Monaghan Portrait
Paul Monaghan
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships