Leamside Line APPG

First Registered: 28/06/2023 • Last updated on: 08/04/2024

To campaign for the re-opening of the Leamside Line in full, which would provide significant economic, social and environmental benefits for the North-East of England and positively impact the East Coast Main Line ensuring an uplift in capacity.

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4 Current APPG Officers

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Sharon Hodgson

Chair & Registered Contact

Labour - Washington and Sunderland West

Joined: 28th June 2023

9 APPG Memberships
Art, Craft and Design in Education , Breast Cancer , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Difficulties , First Do No Harm , Food and Drink , Music Education , School Food , Ticket Abuse

Paul Howell

Co-Chair

Conservative - Sedgefield

Joined: 28th June 2023

1 APPG Membership
Sustainable Aviation

Ian Levy

Officer

Conservative - Blyth Valley

Joined: 28th June 2023

3 APPG Memberships
Manufacturing , Single Parent Families , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention

Emma Lewell-Buck

Officer

Labour - South Shields

Joined: 28th June 2023

2 APPG Memberships
Child of the North , Women in Defence

Contact Details

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Registered Contact:

Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5160.

Email: sharon.hodgson.mp@parliament.uk

Benefits in Kind

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Date
10 May 2023

Source
56 Degrees North

Description
56 Degrees North is paid by Transport North East to act as the group's secretariat From : 10/05/2023 To : 09/05/2024

Value
£3,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Leamside Line APPG

Former APPG Officers

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