Life Sciences APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To raise awareness and understanding of the valuable contribution the life sciences sector provides to the health and wealth of the nation and the important role of charities, industry, and academies in supporting and funding medical research and commercialisation to the benefit of patients across the UK.

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
Kit Malthouse Portrait
Kit Malthouse
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - North West Hampshire
Joined: 29th September 2015
20 Current APPG Members
Kevin Bonavia Portrait
Kevin Bonavia
Member
Labour - Stevenage
2 APPG Officer Positions
Legal and Constitutional Affairs , Space
6 APPG Memberships
Access to Justice , Carers , Classics , Homelessness , Refugees , Theatre
Freddie van Mierlo Portrait
Freddie van Mierlo
Member
Liberal Democrat - Henley and Thame
Lord Patel Portrait
Lord Patel
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
4 APPG Memberships
Autism , Healthy Places , India , Internet, Communications and Technology
Ian Roome Portrait
Ian Roome
Member
Liberal Democrat - North Devon
Lord Tarassenko Portrait
Lord Tarassenko
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
British Council and Soft Power , Explosive Weapons and their Impact , University
Lord Turnberg Portrait
Lord Turnberg
Member
Labour - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Genetic, Rare and Undiagnosed Conditions
2 APPG Memberships
Carers , Israel
Steve Yemm Portrait
Steve Yemm
Member
Labour - Mansfield
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Kit Malthouse MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5605.

Email: kit.malthouse.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Emma Lawrence, UK BioIndustry Association. Tel: 07880 009251

Email: lifesciencesappg@bioindustry.org

Secretariat:

UK BioIndustry Association and Association of Medical Research Charities jointly act as the group's secretariat. https://www.bioindustry.org/ and https://www.amrc.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://www.bioindustry.org/policy/appg.html

Date
15 Oct 2024
Source
UK BioIndustry Association
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 15/10/2024 To : 14/10/2025
Value
£1,501
Date
15 Oct 2024
Source
Association of Medical Research Charities
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 15/10/2024 To : 14/10/2025
Value
£1,501
Date
27 Feb 2023
Source
BioIndustry Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 27/02/2023 To : 26/02/2024
Value
£3,001
Date
27 Feb 2022
Source
BioIndustry Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 27/02/2022 To : 26/02/2023
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
Life Sciences UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£1,501
Date
29 Jun 2015
Source
Life Sciences UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 29/06/2015 To : 21/06/2016
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Life Sciences APPG

Former APPG Officers
Lord Patel Portrait
Lord Patel
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 27th March 2019
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Taiwo Owatemi Portrait
Taiwo Owatemi
Officer
Labour - Coventry North West
Joined: 8th April 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Green Portrait
Chris Green
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bolton West
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Daniel Zeichner Portrait
Daniel Zeichner
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Cambridge
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jerome Mayhew Portrait
Jerome Mayhew
Officer
Conservative - Broadland and Fakenham
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Financial Education for Young People

No other APPG Memberships

Maggie Throup Portrait
Maggie Throup
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Erewash
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

James Daly Portrait
James Daly
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Bury North
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Debbie Abrahams Portrait
Debbie Abrahams
Officer
Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Dementia , Healthy Places , Kashmir , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Palestine

No other APPG Memberships

Owen Thompson Portrait
Owen Thompson
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Midlothian
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Anthony Browne Portrait
Anthony Browne
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for South Cambridgeshire
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Warner Portrait
Lord Warner
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 2nd January 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Turnberg Portrait
Lord Turnberg
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 2nd January 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Officer Position
Genetic, Rare and Undiagnosed Conditions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Patel of Bradford Portrait
Lord Patel of Bradford
Officer
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 2nd January 2019
Departed: 13th February 2019
1 APPG Officer Position
Healthy Places

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Drayson Portrait
Lord Drayson
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 10th October 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bury St Edmunds
Joined: 31st August 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

John Glen Portrait
John Glen
Treasurer
Conservative - Salisbury
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
Liz McInnes Portrait
Liz McInnes
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Heywood and Middleton
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships