Jazz APPG

First Registered: 04/05/2022 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To encourage wider and deeper enjoyment of jazz, to increase parliamentarians' understanding of the jazz industry and issues surrounding it, to promote jazz as a musical form and to raise its profile inside and outside parliament.

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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Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Chi Onwurah MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7114.

Email: chi.onwurah.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Chris Hodgkins. Tel: 07507649077

Email: appjag1@gmail.com

Secretariat:

Chris Hodgkins acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.chrishodgkins.co.uk/

Group's Website:

https://appjag.org/

Date
23 Jul 2024
Source
Chris Hodgkins
Description
Secretariat   From : 23/07/2024 To : 22/07/2025
Value
£4,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Jazz APPG

Former APPG Officers
Lord Spellar Portrait
Lord Spellar
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
Greg Knight Portrait
Greg Knight
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for East Yorkshire
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Haselhurst Portrait
Lord Haselhurst
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alison Thewliss Portrait
Alison Thewliss
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ian Paisley Portrait
Ian Paisley
Treasurer
Democratic Unionist Party - Former Member for North Antrim
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Alton of Liverpool Portrait
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
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Sarah Champion
Officer
Labour - Rotherham
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Channel Islands , Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , Ocean , Taiwan , Zoos and Aquariums

No other APPG Memberships

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride Portrait
Lord McNicol of West Kilbride
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
Patrick Grady Portrait
Patrick Grady
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Colwyn Portrait
Lord Colwyn
Officer
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 15th June 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships